LMFT is a specialty training with a focus on relational and family systems. The scope of practice, theoretical orientation, differs from LPC which encompasses and has broader range of practice and training. The exam assesses for technical knowledge, as well as ethical and legal considerations. It should not be permissible for a LMFT to bypass this competency assessment particularly in the absence of training and education specific to the field with whom the exam is designed for. If the theories and training of both fields were deemed equivalent there would be one exam…there is not. I do not support this proposed exemption/petition.