Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Registration of supervision. Supervised
experience obtained in Virginia without prior written board approval shall not
be accepted toward certification. Candidates shall not begin the experience
until after completion of the required degree as set forth in
18VAC125-30-40.
1. Prior to beginning supervised postdegree
experience in Virginia, an individual shall submit:
a. A completed supervisory
contract;
b. The application and
the registration fee prescribed in
18VAC125-30-20;
and
c. Official graduate transcript
documenting the degree requirement of
18VAC125-30-40.
2. The board may waive the registration
requirement for individuals who have obtained at least five years of documented
work experience in sex offender treatment in another jurisdiction. For
individuals with less than five years of documented work experience, the board
may accept supervised experience hours completed in another jurisdiction,
provided the experience meets the requirements of this section, except it is
not required that a supervisor in the other jurisdiction hold certification as
a sex offender treatment provider or a license issued by a health regulatory
board in Virginia.
B. An
applicant for certification as a sex offender treatment provider shall provide
documentation of having 2,000 hours of postdegree clinical experience in the
delivery of clinical assessment/treatment services. At least 200 hours of this
experience must be face-to-face treatment and assessment with sex offender
clients.
1. The experience shall include a
minimum of 100 hours of face-to-face supervision within the 2,000 hours
experience with a minimum of one hour of face-to-face supervision for every 20
hours of experience. A minimum of 50 hours shall be in individual face-to-face
supervision. Face-to-face supervision obtained in a group setting shall include
no more than six trainees in a group.
2. If the applicant has obtained the required
postdegree clinical experience for a mental health license within the past 10
years, the applicant can receive credit for those hours that were in the
delivery of clinical assessment/treatment services with sex offender clients
provided:
a. The applicant can document that
the hours were in the treatment and assessment with sex offender clients;
and
b. The supervisor for those
hours can attest that he was licensed and qualified to render services to sex
offender clients at the time of the supervision.
C. The supervisor.
1. The supervisor shall assume responsibility
for the professional activities of the applicant.
2. The supervisor shall not provide
supervision for activities for which the prospective applicant has not had
appropriate education.
3. The
supervisor shall be a certified sex offender treatment provider and hold a
current and unrestricted Virginia license as a clinical nurse specialist,
doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine, professional counselor, marriage
and family therapist, clinical social worker, or clinical
psychologist.
4. The supervisor
shall provide supervision only for those sex offender treatment services which
he is qualified to render.
5. At
the time of formal application for certification, the board approved supervisor
shall document for the board the applicant's total hours of supervision, length
of work experience, competence in sex offender treatment, and needs for
additional supervision or training.
Statutory Authority: §§
54.1-2400 and 54.1-3605
of the Code of Virginia.