Michigan LMFT & LLMFT Continuing Education Requirements

Recurring mandates outside the 3-year cycle

• One-time training in identifying victims of human trafficking, required by MCL 333.16148 and Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.7202. Must be completed prior to initial licensure (or by first renewal after the mandate took effect). Content must cover the defined topic areas (types of trafficking, warning signs, reporting resources). No minimum hour count is specified. This is a permanent one-and-done obligation; it does not recur each renewal cycle. A human trafficking training already completed under another Michigan health profession license satisfies this requirement and need not be repeated for the LMFT/LLMFT license.
• Implicit bias training required by Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.7004 for all Article 15 licensees except veterinarians. Required at a rate of 1 hour per year of the license cycle (3 hours per 3-year LMFT cycle; 1 hour per 1-year LLMFT cycle). Recurring each renewal/relicensure. Excess hours may not be carried to the next cycle, and identical/substantially identical training may not be counted twice in one cycle. The training content must focus on recognizing and mitigating implicit biases and the health disparities that result from them.