Marriage and family therapy requirements / Iowa
Iowa marriage and family therapy continuing education requirements
What the Iowa Board of Behavioral Health Professionals asks of a licensed marriage and family therapist at renewal.
Verified Read on October 9, 2026
Read from the board’s own source. What follows was read on October 9, 2026 in the sources named on this page. Rules change, and the board decides: confirm before you rely on it.
LMFT
Licensed Marital and Family Therapist
| Requirement | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total hours each cycle | 40 hours |
| Ethics Within the total. | 3 hours |
| Supervision — supervisors only For a licensee serving in a supervisory role. | 3 hours |
| First renewal | Nothing due |
| Renewal cycle | Every 2 years |
| Hours are due | September 30 of even-numbered years |
- Hours earned at any time from first licensure up to your second renewal may be used for that second renewal.
- Presenting, research, publication, teaching, authorship and board service together count for no more than 20 hours.
- A licensee who examines, attends, counsels or treats children or adults in Iowa also completes mandatory reporter training (child abuse, dependent adult abuse): a two-hour first course, then one hour every three years.
- Up to half of the hours earned beyond the minimum in one cycle may be carried into the next.
- Who decides
- Iowa Board of Behavioral Health Professionals
- Profession
- Marriage and family therapy
- Licenses on this page
- LMFT
- Read on
- October 9, 2026
- Sources
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- Iowa Administrative Code 481—Chapter 881, Continuing education Iowa Admin. Code r. 481—881.2(1), 881.2(4), 881.2(10)
- Iowa Administrative Code 481—Chapter 880, rule 880.10, License renewal for mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists Iowa Admin. Code r. 481—880.10
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