Authority, credentials, and scope
Regulator, governing authority, credential names, regulated titles, scope boundaries, exemptions, and prohibited activities.
LAMFT and LMFT
Published research · ConfirmedThe Board issues separate associate marriage and family therapist and marriage and family therapist licenses.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT, Mental Health Interstate Telehealth Registration research in DE.
- 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.
Supervised associate practice
Published research · ConfirmedAn LAMFT is the supervised credential and does not have the same independent-practice status as an LMFT.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT, Mental Health Interstate Telehealth Registration research in DE.
- 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.
Reciprocity is an application route
Published research · ConfirmedAn out-of-state license holder must use the Board’s reciprocity process and provide the required verifications; an out-of-state license alone is not Delaware authority.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT, Mental Health Interstate Telehealth Registration research in DE.
- 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.
Telehealth registration route
Published research · ConfirmedAn eligible out-of-state MFT may use Delaware’s interstate telehealth registration only after meeting Chapter 60 and Board registration requirements.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT, Mental Health Interstate Telehealth Registration research in DE.
- 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
Client-facing operations and records
Disclosure, consent, telehealth, emergencies, advertising, confidentiality, access, retention, minors, subpoenas, closure, fees, billing, and termination.
LAMFT and LMFT
Published research · ConfirmedThe Board issues separate associate marriage and family therapist and marriage and family therapist licenses.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT, Mental Health Interstate Telehealth Registration research in DE.
- 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
Maintenance, complaints, and monitoring
Renewal, continuing education, audits, inactive status, reinstatement, complaints, discipline, effective dates, exclusions, and unresolved interpretations.
Supervised associate practice
Published research · ConfirmedAn LAMFT is the supervised credential and does not have the same independent-practice status as an LMFT.
- Applies to
- Use for LAMFT, LMFT, Mental Health Interstate Telehealth Registration research in DE.
- 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