Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 86 - State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure
Chapter 11 - Licensed Professional Counselors
Subchapter 11 - Supervised Experience Requirement
Section 86:11-11-5 - Duration of supervision

(a) Three (3) years or three-thousand (3000) clock hours of full time, on-the-job experience, which is supervised by an approved LPC supervisor, shall be completed.

(b) For each one-thousand (1000) clock hours of full time, on-the-job experience, three hundred fifty (350) hours shall be direct face to face client contact.

(c) "Full time" means at least twenty (20) hours per week.

(d) Weekly, face-to-face supervision shall be accrued under an LPC at the ratio of forty-five (45) minutes of supervision for every twenty (20) hours of on-the-job experience.

(e) "Group supervision" means an assemblage of counseling supervisees consisting of from two (2) to six (6) members and no more than one-half (½) of the required supervision hours may be received in group supervision.

(f) One (1) or two (2) years of supervised experience may be gained at the rate of one (1) year for each thirty (30) graduate semester credit hours or forty-five (45) graduate quarter credit hours in counseling-related course work beyond the master's degree. (Minimal educational requirements are a master's degree [at least forty-five (45) hours] or doctorate with the first forty-five (45) hours meeting the minimal educational requirements. As of January 1, 2000, minimal educational requirements are a master's degree [at least sixty (60) semester credit hours or ninety (90) quarter credit hours] or a doctorate with the first sixty (60) semester credit hours or ninety (90) quarter credit hours meeting the minimal educational requirements.)

(g) Regardless of the number of hours earned beyond the master's degree, the LPC supervisee shall receive at least one (1) year or one-thousand (1000) clock hours of supervision in the ratio described in subchapter 11, section 310:405-11-5(b-d).

(h) If an applicant completes the supervised experience requirement before passing the licensure examination, the applicant shall continue to practice under LPC supervision as described in this subchapter, unless exempted by the Act, until licensed. Failure to do so constitutes a violation of the Act and may be subject to prosecution under the District Attorney and sanction by the Commissioner of Health.

(i) Applicants shall complete supervised experience requirements within sixty (60) months of the date of the approval of the first supervision agreement or the application shall be voided.

(j) Approved supervisors shall perform at least two (2) observations (live or tape) per each six (6) month evaluation period for each supervisee.

(k) Approved supervisors shall consult with on-site supervisor at least once during each six (6) month evaluation period for each supervisee.