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Maryland marriage and family therapists

LGMFT and LCMFT are separate Maryland credentials and are not interchangeable with counselor credentials even though the same board administers them.

Public research guide—not professional advice.Verified against the cited official sources on 2026-08-11. Informational only; not legal, clinical, employment, tax, or billing advice.Editorially cross-checked by a second research agent. Professional approval was confirmed by the project owner on 2026-08-11; reviewer identity and credentials are retained outside this public guide.This remains informational research—not legal, clinical, employment, tax, or billing advice, and not approval by a regulator, licensing board, or payer.
Source verification
2026-08-11
Next scheduled review
2026-09-11
Independent cross-check
Cross-checked
Professional review
Approved — owner attested

Regulator

Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists

Credential names: LGMFT, LCMFT

Open official license verification

Claim-level evidence

What the official sources support

Applicability and exclusions are shown with each finding. “Qualified” or “conflicting” findings are not simplified into an operational answer.

Authority, credentials, and scope

Regulator, governing authority, credential names, regulated titles, scope boundaries, exemptions, and prohibited activities.

Credential map

Published research · Confirmed

Marriage and family therapy has its own graduate and clinical credential path within the counseling board.

Applies to
Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
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 status

Published research · Confirmed

LGMFT supervision, setting, hours, and documentation must be evaluated under the MFT rules rather than counselor rules.

Applies to
Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
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.

Practice structure

Published research · Confirmed

Entity ownership, naming, advertising, and multidisciplinary practice require a separate review from individual licensure.

Applies to
Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
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.

License maintenance

Published research · Confirmed

Use the Board’s current renewal, continuing education, inactive-status, reinstatement, complaint, and discipline routes for the credential held.

Applies to
Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
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.

Credential map

Published research · Confirmed

Marriage and family therapy has its own graduate and clinical credential path within the counseling board.

Applies to
Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
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 status

Published research · Confirmed

LGMFT supervision, setting, hours, and documentation must be evaluated under the MFT rules rather than counselor rules.

Applies to
Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
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

Open implementation questions

Confirm before acting

  • Confirm how the controlling board applies its rules to the proposed facts, setting, services, and payer arrangement.

Monitoring

What gets rechecked

  • Recheck board notices, applications, fees, compact activity, and rulemaking monthly.

Corrections

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Send the controlling official section, form, bulletin, or dated regulator instruction through the public corrections route.

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Printable tools

Credential, telehealth, and supervision worksheets

Credential and license-maintenance checklistWS-MD-LICENSE-MAINTENANCE · printable

Track verification, renewal, continuing education, audits, inactive status, and reinstatement.

Telehealth and cross-border decision treeWS-MD-TELEHEALTH · printable

Document the client location, practitioner authority, registration or privilege, consent, emergency plan, and payer rule.

Hiring and supervision checklistWS-MD-HIRING-SUPERVISION · printable

Collect credential evidence and document role, supervision, setting, hours, reporting, and payer enrollment.

Official authority

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