(a) The board will approve a person to be an
approved supervisor for individual supervision under this chapter if the
applicant submits
(1) a complete, notarized
application on a form provided by the department;
(2) verification of a current license under
AS
08.63.100 to practice marital and family
therapy;
(3) documentation of
having practiced as a licensed marital and family therapist for five continuous
years; and
(4) documentation of
having completed at least six contact hours of education related to the
practice of supervising a marital and family therapist within the last two
years.
(b) The board
will approve a person to be an approved supervisor for group supervision under
this chapter if the applicant submits
(1) a
complete, notarized application on a form provided by the department;
(2) verification of a current license as
described under
AS
08.63.120(b)(2)(A) -
(F);
(3
) documentation of having practiced as a licensed professional as
listed under
AS
08.63.120(b)(2)(A) - (F) for
five continuous years; and
(4)
documentation of having completed at least six contact hours of education
related to the practice of supervising a marital and family therapist within
the last two years.
(c)
To maintain approval under
AS
08.63.120 and this section, a supervisor
shall document at the time of license renewal that during the concluding
license period the supervisor completed at least two contact hours of
continuing education related to the practice of supervising a marital and
family therapist. A supervisor may also include those two contact hours of
continuing education in the total continuing education contact hours required
for license renewal in
12 AAC 19.310.
(d) If a person does not maintain approval as
an approved supervisor under
AS
08.63.120 and this section because of
noncompliance with the continuing education requirements of (c) of this
section, the person may apply to the board for reinstatement of the approval.
The board will reinstate the approval if the applicant
(1) submits
(A) a complete, notarized application on a
form provided by the department; and
(B) documentation of compliance with the
continuing education requirements of (b) of this section; and
(2) complies with the requirements
of AS
08.63.120 and (a)(2) and (3) or (b)(2) and
(3) of this section.
(e)
A supervisor who participates in teletherapy must
(1) have completed at least four hours of
training required under
12 AAC 19.405(2)
in the use of teletherapy technologies before engaging in teletherapy
practice;
(2) determine that
telesupervision is appropriate for a supervisee considering the supervisee's
professional, intellectual, emotional, and physical needs;
(3) inform supervisees of the potential risks
and benefits associated with telesupervision;
(4) take reasonable steps to ensure the
security of the supervisor's communication medium;
(5) commence telesupervision only after
gaining appropriate education, training, or supervised experience using the
relevant technology;
(6) be aware
of the risks and responsibilities associated with telesupervision and advise
supervisees in writing of these risks as well as the supervisor's and
supervisees responsibilities for minimizing these risks;
(7) consider that communications may be
synchronous or asynchronous and that technologies may augment traditional
in-person supervision or be used as stand-alone supervision; and
(8) be aware of the potential benefits and
limitations in the supervisor's choices of technologies for a particular
supervisee in a particular situation.
