A. A master's degree or a doctoral degree in counseling or an allied mental health field from an accredited institution or a program approved by the board. Such schooling shall must include a minimum core curriculum, and total credit hours as adopted by the board, of at least 45 semester hours; and

B. Two years of experience after obtainment of a master's degree, or a doctoral degree to include at least 3,000 hours of supervised clinical experience with a minimum of 100 hours of personal supervision.

3. Licensed marriage and family therapist. To be qualified as a licensed marriage and family therapist, an applicant shall have demonstrated must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board adherence to the ethics of the counseling profession, shall have successfully completed complete the examination prescribed by the board and shall have received:

A. A master's degree or a doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy or its equivalent from an accredited institution or a program approved by the board. Such schooling shall have included must include a minimum core curriculum to include a one-year clinical practicum and total credit hours adopted by the board; and

B. Two years of experience after obtainment of a master's degree or a doctoral degree comprised of at least 1,000 hours of direct clinical contact with couples and families and 200 hours of supervision, at least 100 of which shall must be individual supervision.

Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §13858, sub-§3-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 1991, c. 263, §3, is further amended to read:

B. Received a Master of Divinity degree or a Doctor of Divinity degree, or an equivalent degree approved by the board, from an accredited institution or a program approved by the board. Academic preparation includes a minimum graduate core curriculum to include 20 credit hours of counseling and human relations and 400 hours of clinical pastoral education;

Sec. 4. 32 MRSA §13858, sub-§8 is enacted to read:

8.__Rulemaking.__The board shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of subsections 1, 2 and 3 and subsection 3-A,