20.7.304 QUALIFICATIONS
(1) The individual must have received specialized documentable training in evaluation and treatment approaches from a nationally recognized program or provider specializing in working with sex offenders;
(2) Received formal education in the area of normal and abnormal sexual functioning;
(3) Received at least six hours of documentable annual continuing education in sex offender therapy or human sexuality;
(4) Spent the first year of their specialized clinical practice having at least monthly consultation and peer reviews of cases with a specialized sex offender clinician who practices in accordance with established national standards; and
(5) Possess one of the following combinations of degree and experience:
(a) Relevant bachelor's degree and 4,000 hours of specific sex offender treatment experience;
(b) Relevant master's degree, licensing and 2,000 hours of specific sex offender treatment experience;
(c) Relevant doctoral degree, licensing and 2,000 hours of specific sex offender treatment experience; or
(d) Medical degree and 2,000 hours of specific sex offender treatment experience; and
(e) Is a full or clinical member of at least one relevant national organization which has ethics of practice to which they adhere.
History: 53-1-203, MCA; IMP, 46-18-111, MCA; NEW, 1995 MAR p. 284, Eff. 2/24/95.