Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
514 - BOARD OF COUNSELING PROFESSIONALS LICENSURE
Chapter 5 - LICENSED PASTORAL COUNSELORS
Section 514-5-5 - Supervised experience
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
The applicant shall complete 3000 hours of supervised clinical counseling experience in pastoral counseling over a period of not less than 2 years following attainment of the qualifying degree. Supervision shall occur with substantial regularity throughout this period. The 3000 hours shall include a minimum of 1000 direct clinical client contact hours of pastoral counseling. The conditional licensee must receive 200 hours of supervision, including at least 1/3 of those hours (i.e., 67 hours) with an approved certified pastoral counseling supervisor. The 200 hours of supervision must be allocated in accordance with 32 MRSA §13858(3-A)(D). The approved supervisor may participate by live audio conference or live videoconference in lieu of physical presence in up to 50 hours of individual supervision. Supervised experience must be earned during the applicant's period of conditional licensure.
[NOTE: Title 32 MRSA §13858(3-A)(D) requires "two hundred hours of supervision...at least 30 hours of which must be interdisciplinary, 30 hours of which must be individual supervision by one supervisor of no more than 3 cases from intake to termination, and 70 hours of which must be individual supervision of multiple case material."]
All supervision required by this chapter must be provided by a supervisor approved by the board who is not related to, living with, or having a personal relationship with the supervisee and who meets the qualifications set forth below:
The supervisor is a licensed clinical professional counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed pastoral counselor, licensed clinical social worker, certified social worker-independent practice, licensed psychologist or licensed psychiatrist not under suspension or probation who meets one of the following additional criteria:
1. Licensed practice for a minimum period of five years, including not more than two years of practice as an entry-level conditional licensee;
2. Certification by a national professional organization in training or supervision; or
[NOTE: For example, certification as an approved clinical supervisor by NBCC.]
3. Thirty contact hours of training in supervision and a minimum of one year of licensed practice at a licensure level higher than entry-level conditional.
[TRANSITION NOTE: A supervisor who does not meet the qualifications for supervisor set forth in this subsection may continue to supervise only the specific individuals for whom the supervisor was responsible on the effective date of the rules adopted on [insert date of adoption].
