MD MFT Juris

No. This is an independent study page. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists or the Maryland Department of Health. Use it to organize study, but confirm all registration, scheduling, and scoring details directly with the Board.

Maryland law and regulation governing MFT practice rather than clinical technique: the Practice Act and COMAR regulations, scope of practice and title protection, licensure and renewal, standards of conduct, confidentiality and privilege with exceptions, and discipline and hearing procedures. Expect questions that turn on precise wording of statutes and rules.

We cannot confirm an item count or time limit from an accessible official source, so we do not publish figures. Any number you see elsewhere may be outdated. Check the Board's current candidate materials before test day and plan your pacing from the instructions you receive with your scheduling notice.

Passing score and fee are not confirmed here and are deliberately left blank rather than guessed. Both are set by the Board and can change. Confirm the current passing standard and fee on the Board's site or in your application packet before paying or scheduling.

Retake rules, waiting periods, and any additional fees are Board policy and are not verified on this page. Do not assume a fixed waiting period. Ask the Board directly, and treat a failed attempt as diagnostic: identify which domain cost you the most points before rescheduling.

Candidates with clinical training often find it harder than expected because it rewards statutory precision over professional judgment. Plausible-sounding answers can conflict with the actual text. The reliable strategy is reading the Practice Act and regulations closely and practicing discrimination between permitted and prohibited conduct.

Start with the Practice Act and COMAR framework, since scope, title protection, and licensure all hang off those definitions. Then study standards of conduct, then confidentiality and privilege, then discipline and hearing procedure. Confidentiality questions are easier once you know the scope boundaries that create the duty.

Studying ethics codes instead of Maryland law, skimming regulations for gist rather than exact conditions, confusing privilege with confidentiality, and missing which entity holds authority at each complaint stage. Another frequent error is memorizing numbers from outdated third-party summaries instead of confirming current requirements with the Board.

Go to primary sources: the Health Occupations Article, Title 17, Subtitle 3, and the COMAR regulations governing MFT licensure and practice, plus the Board's own published guidance. Secondary summaries, including this page, are useful for orientation only and should never override the statute or regulation text.