SECTION 86:21-15-2. Duration of supervision

(a)   Each applicant shall complete three (3) years or three-thousand (3000) clock hours of full time, on-the-job experience, which is supervised by an approved LBP supervisor.

(b)   For each one thousand (1000) clock hours of full time, on-the-job experience, three hundred fifty (350) hours shall be direct face-to-face client contact.

(c)   Weekly, face-to-face supervision shall be accrued at the ratio of forty-five (45) minutes of supervision for every twenty (20) hours of on-the-job experience.

(d)   No more than one-half (½) of the required supervision hours may be received in group supervision.

(e)   One (1) or two (2) years of supervised experience may be gained at the rate of one (1) year for each thirty (30) graduate hours in behavioral health services-related course work beyond the minimum number of required graduate semester hours.

(1)   Regardless of the number of hours earned beyond the minimum number of required graduate semester hours, the LBP Candidate shall receive at least one (1) year or one thousand (1000) clock hours of supervision in the ratio described in this rule.

(2)   If an LBP Candidate completes the supervised experience requirement before passing the licensure examination, the LBP Candidate shall continue to practice under LBP supervision as described in this subchapter, unless exempted by the Act, until licensed.

(3)   LBP Candidates shall complete supervised experience requirements within sixty (60) months of the date of the approval of the first supervision agreement or the license application shall be voided.

(f)   Approved supervisors shall perform at least two (2) observations (live or tape) per each six (6) month evaluation period for each supervisee.

(g)   Approved supervisors shall consult with on-site supervisor at least once during each six (6) month evaluation period for each supervisee.

[Source: Transferred from 310:403-15-2 by Laws 2013, c. 229, § 3(F), eff 11-1-13 (see Editor’s Note at beginning of this Chapter)]