(a) Licenses shall be renewed every two years upon payment of the required fee provided the person applying for renewal has completed at least 20 hours of continuing education, approved by the Board, during the preceding two-year period. The Board shall establish, by rule, guidelines and criteria for continuing education credit. The continuing education requirement shall not apply for the first renewal period.

(b) Biennially, the Board shall forward a renewal form to each licensed marriage and family therapist. Upon receipt of the completed form and the renewal fee, the Board shall renew a license.

(c) Any application for renewal of a license that has expired shall be accompanied by the renewal fee and late fee. A person shall not be required to pay renewal fees for years during which the license was lapsed.

(d) [Repealed.]  (Added 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 1997, No. 40, §§ 64, 73(a); 1999, No. 52, § 33; 2013, No. 27, § 45.)