IC 25-23.6-8.5-4 Clinical Experience Requirements

• Library: Indiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 255-2023
• Year: 2023
• Citation: IC 25-23.6-8.5-4

(a) As used in this section, "first available examination" means the first examination after the date of an individual's:

(1) graduation; or

(2) moving into Indiana;

that has an application deadline that is at least thirty (30) days after the date of graduation or the date of moving into Indiana, unless the individual chooses to meet a deadline that is less than thirty (30) days after either of those events.

(b) The applicant must have at least three thousand (3,000) hours of post-graduate clinical experience over a two (2) year period. The clinical experience must consist of one hundred (100) hours of face to face supervision under the supervision of a licensed mental health counselor or an equivalent supervisor, as determined by the board.

(c) A doctoral internship may be applied toward the supervised work experience requirement.

(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), the clinical experience requirement may be met by work performed at or away from the premises of the supervising mental health counselor.

(e) The clinical work requirement may not be performed away from the supervising mental health counselor's premises if:

(1) the work is the independent private practice of mental health counseling; and

(2) the work is not performed at a place that has the supervision of a licensed mental health counselor or an equivalent supervisor, as determined by the board.