1. (a) To be accepted by the board, supervised experience required under AS 08.29.110(a)(6) must include experience in those professional counseling skills included in the definition of "practice of professional counseling" in AS 08.29.490.
2. (b) To meet the supervised experience requirements of AS 08.29.110(a)(6), the board will accept the hours of supervised experience, accumulated by an applicant for licensure, under the supervision of a person that is certified before the supervision begins, as an approved counselor supervisor under 12 AAC 62.200.
3. (c) Repealed 2/20/2022.
4. (d) At least 50 hours of the 100 hours of face-to-face supervised experience required under AS 08.29.110(a)(6) must be accumulated by an applicant in a one-on-one setting with a supervisor certified as an approved counselor supervisor under 12 AAC 62.200. An applicant may accumulate the remaining 50 hours of supervised experience in a one-on-one setting or a group setting with a supervisor certified as an approved counselor supervisor under 12 AAC 62.200. An applicant must accumulate a minimum of one hour of supervision monthly.
5. (e) An applicant may receive supervision by telephonic or electronic means on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Apple FaceTime, or another audio and video platform that permits the supervisor and the applicant to engage in communication that is face-to-face. During supervision, the supervisor and applicant must have their microphone and camera activated.
6. (f) In this section, "face-to-face" means happening precisely at the same time during which the supervisor and applicant are able to communicate in real time.

(Eff. 10/30/99, Register 152; am 1/28/2005, Register 173; am 2/20/2022, Register 241)

Authority: AS 08.29.020, AS 08.29.110, AS 08.29.210