Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) A
"qualified clinical supervisor" is:
(1) A
licensed clinical mental health counselor with the following:
(A) a master's degree as defined in
G.S.
90-336(b)(1);
(B) an independent license that is not under
supervision;
(C) the equivalent of
three semester graduate credits in clinical supervision from a regionally
accredited institution of higher education as documented by an official
transcript or 45 contact hours of continuing education in clinical supervision
as defined by Rule .0603(c) in this Chapter; and
(D) a minimum of five years of post-graduate
counseling experience with a minimum of two years of post licensure experience;
or
(2) An equivalently
and actively licensed mental health professional as defined in Paragraph (c) of
this Rule.
(b) As of
July 1, 2017, all qualified clinical supervisors shall hold the credential of
licensed clinical mental health counselor supervisor or be a licensed clinical
mental health counselor or an equivalently and actively licensed mental health
professional, as defined in Paragraph (c) of this Rule.
(c) "Equivalently and actively licensed"
means that the mental health professional shall have:
(1) at least a master's degree as defined in
G.S.
90-336(b)(1);
(2) an independent license that is not under
supervision and is in good standing with the respective licensing
board;
(3) the equivalent of three
semester graduate credits in clinical supervision from a regionally accredited
institution of higher education as documented by an official transcript or 45
contact hours of continuing education in clinical supervision, as defined by
Rule .0603(c) in this Chapter;
(4)
a minimum of five years of post-graduate counseling experience, with a minimum
of two years of post licensure experience; and
(5) a minimum of 10 contact hours of
continuing education in professional knowledge and competency in the field of
counseling supervision completed every two years and submitted to the
Board.
Authority
G.S.
90-330(a)(4);
90-334(h),(i);
90-336(d);
Eff. July 1, 1995;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2014; January 1, 2010; July
1, 2006;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. April 27, 2019;
Amended Eff.
January 1, 2020 (S.L. 2019-240, s. 3.(k)).
