SECTION 86:15-9-2. Acceptable supervised experience

  Supervised experience is acceptable when:

(1)   it begins after all applicable academic requirements as stated in Subchapter 5 have been completed, verification of Oklahoma LMFT Examination passing score and National Examination passing score has been received by the Board, and supervision agreement has been approved by the Board.

(2)   official application for licensure has been made. This includes Application, application fee, Internship/Practicum Documentation Form, official graduate transcript, completed criminal background check,, and Supervision Agreement. Applicants who have met part or all of supervision experience requirements for clinical membership in AAMFT will be considered to have met part or all of the supervision requirements for licensure in Oklahoma.

(3)   it consists of the performance of therapy activities as described in Section 1925.2, subsection 7 and 9 of the LMFT Act and contains the following characteristics:

(A)   supervision focuses on the raw data from a supervisee's continuing clinical practice, which may be available to the supervisor through a combination of direct observation, co-therapy, written clinical notes, and audio and video recordings and the LMFT Act and Regulations.

(B)   supervision is a process clearly distinguishable from personal psychotherapy, and is contracted in order to serve professional/vocational goals.

(C)   individual supervision shall be face-to-face with one supervisor and one or two supervisees.

(D)   group supervision may include three (3) to six supervisees and a supervisor.

(E)   technology-assisted supervision must be approved by the Board prior to the accrual of hours. Factors to be considered by the Board include: distance between approved supervisor and candidate; financial hardship on approved supervisor or candidate; physical hardship on approved supervisor or candidate; specialty credentials; and other pertinent factors.

(4)   supervised experience hours may be accrued in academic, governmental, or private practice settings.

(5)   the supervised experience is accrued in a private for-profit or private not-for-profit therapy setting, only if:

(A)   The LMFT Candidate is an employee, as defined by 86:15-1-3, of the same facility as a person licensed in the state of Oklahoma as a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, a Licensed Behavioral Practitioner, a Psychologist, a Psychiatrist, a Clinical Social Worker, or a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, whose assigned job duties include being immediately available to the LMFT Candidate for supervision at any time the LMFT Candidate is engaging in the practice of therapy or therapy-related services.

(B)   The LMFT Candidate is receiving supervision for licensure from an approved LMFT supervisor who is not required to work at the same location as the LMFT Candidate.

[Source: Added at 32 Ok Reg 159, eff 4-23-14 (emergency); Added at 32 Ok Reg 1569, eff 9-11-15; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 500, eff 7-25-19]