Authority, credentials, and scope
Regulator, governing authority, credential names, regulated titles, scope boundaries, exemptions, and prohibited activities.
Marriage and family therapist credentials
Published research · ConfirmedThe Board of Behavioral Health Examiners regulates marriage and family therapy and issues LAMFT and LMFT credentials.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT research in AZ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Application and practice status
Application, education, examination, background check, fees, temporary authority, endorsement, and supervised versus independent practice.
LAMFT is a supervised credential
Published research · ConfirmedThe associate credential does not itself establish independent-practice authority; current supervision and setting requirements must be documented.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT research in AZ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Supervision and workforce evidence
Supervisor qualifications, written agreements, settings, hours, reporting, license verification, and hiring or credentialing evidence.
Out-of-state licensure does not self-execute
Published research · ConfirmedAn out-of-state marriage and family therapist must use an Arizona application route or a valid statutory exception before practicing for an Arizona client.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT research in AZ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Cross-border and practice structure
Telehealth location rules, registration, compact privileges, ownership, entity naming, fee sharing, and multidisciplinary practice.
Supervised private practice is conditional
Published research · ConfirmedBoard approval and the supervised-private-practice conditions apply when an eligible LAMFT seeks to own the supervised practice.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT research in AZ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- 2025-11-02
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Client-facing operations and records
Disclosure, consent, telehealth, emergencies, advertising, confidentiality, access, retention, minors, subpoenas, closure, fees, billing, and termination.
Business-operations training is current
Published research · ConfirmedBeginning January 1, 2026, both the supervised licensee and supervisor must document three clock hours of behavioral-health business-operations training for supervised private practice.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT research in AZ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- 2026-01-01
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Maintenance, complaints, and monitoring
Renewal, continuing education, audits, inactive status, reinstatement, complaints, discipline, effective dates, exclusions, and unresolved interpretations.
Counseling Compact does not supply an LMFT privilege
Published research · ConfirmedThe Arizona Counseling Compact route is for eligible professional counselors and should not be presented as authority for an LMFT or LAMFT.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT research in AZ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11