Arizona Administrative Code
Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 6 - Board Of Behavioral Health Examiners
Article 5 - COUNSELING
Section R4-6-503 - Supervised Work Experience for Professional Counselor Licensure
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 4-6-503
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. An applicant for professional counselor licensure shall demonstrate completion of at least 3200 hours of supervised work experience in the practice of professional counseling in no less than 24 months. The applicant shall ensure that the supervised work experience includes:
1. At least 1600 hours
of direct client contact involving the use of psychotherapy;
2. No more than 400 of the 1600 hours of
direct client contact are in psychoeducation;
3. At least 100 hours of clinical supervision
as prescribed under
R4-6-212
and
R4-6-504;
and
4. For the purpose of
licensure, no more than 1600 hours of indirect client contact related to
psychotherapy services.
B. For any month in which an applicant provides direct client contact, the applicant shall obtain at least one hour of clinical supervision.
C. An applicant may submit more than the required 3200 hours of supervised work experience for consideration by the Board.
D. During the
period of supervised work experience specified in subsection (A), an applicant
for professional counselor licensure shall practice behavioral health under the
limitations specified in
R4-6-210
E. There is no
supervised work experience requirement for licensure as an associate
counselor.
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