24.219.604    LCPC SUPERVISED WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

(1) Up to 1500 of the 3000 hours required in 37-39-309(2)(b), MCA, may be obtained pre-degree under the academic requirements of the degree program. In order to qualify as experience under this rule the hours must be approved by the graduate program. 

(2) Any hours obtained post-degree must include 1000 hours direct client contact under face-to-face supervision in a clinical setting as defined in ARM 24.219.301. No more than 250 of those 1000 hours may be in a group or co-facilitative therapy situation.

(3) For all of the 3000 supervised work experience hours required under 37-39-309(2)(b), MCA, supervisors must provide at least one hour of face-to-face supervision and consultation for every 20 hours of professional counseling as defined in 37-39-102(11), MCA.

History: 37-1-131, 37-39-103, MCA; IMP, 37-1-131, 37-39-307, 37-39-309, MCA; NEW, 1986 MAR p. 662, Eff. 4/25/86; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 319, Eff. 2/24/89; AMD, 1993 MAR p. 1325, Eff. 6/25/93; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 26, Eff. 12/24/93; AMD, 1997 MAR p. 986, Eff. 6/3/97; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 558, Eff. 4/6/01; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 14, Eff. 10/18/02; TRANS, from Commerce, 2004 MAR p. 1477; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 2158, Eff. 11/13/09; AMD, 2016 MAR p. 221, Eff. 2/6/16; AMD, 2019 MAR p. 2371, Eff. 12/28/19; AMD, 2020 MAR p. 1517, Eff. 8/8/20; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 279, Eff. 2/10/24.