(a) Supervision for the LAC must be provided by an LPC in Arkansas:

1. (1) Who holds approved supervisor status from the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling; and
2. (2) Whose license is in good standing.

(b) Supervision for the LAMFT must be provided by an LMFT in Arkansas:

1. (1) Who holds approved supervisor status from the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling; and
2. (2) Whose license is in good standing.

(c)

1. (1) Supervision hours for applicants moving into the state must be approved by the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling unless the applicant has held a current full license in good standing for three (3) years from their state of origin.
2. (2) In this case the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling will review the applicant’s file under 17 CAR § 75-901, licensure by endorsement.

(d)

1. (1) Counselors or marriage and family therapists licensed at the associate level must complete three thousand (3,000) client contact hours (CCH) with supervision.

2. (2) The ratio for both the LAC and LAMFT will be:

   1. (A) One (1) hour of supervision for every ten (10) hours of client contact for the first five hundred (500) direct CCH (Level 1); and
   2. (B) One (1) hour of supervision for every twenty (20) CCH for the remaining two thousand five hundred (2,500) hours (Level 2).
3. (3) A direct client contact hour is defined as face-to-face contact with a client or clients in a therapeutic interaction with individuals or groups.

(e)

1. (1) The LAC and LAMFT are required to have a minimum of three thousand (3,000) hours of client contact, two thousand two hundred (2,200) hours defined as direct client contact.

2. (2)

   1. (A) No more than eight hundred (800) hours of indirect client contact may be counted in Level 2.
   2. (B) “Indirect client contact” means consultation, case management, paperwork, staffing, billing, and test administration when the clinician is not working face-to-face with the individuals or groups but the services are related to the direct care of the individual or groups.

(i)

1. (1) Group supervision may not exceed half of the one hundred seventy-five (175) hours of supervision.
2. (2) A supervision group consists of three (3) to six (6) supervisees with the contracted supervisor.
3. (3) Group supervision may be counted in both levels.

(j)

1. (1) Technology-assisted supervision cannot exceed fifty percent (50%) of supervision hours in Level 1.
2. (2) Technology-assisted supervision may be counted in both levels.

(n) A licensee may reduce CCH/supervision hours by completing any of the following:

1. (1)

   1. (A) One hundred (100) CCH may be gained for each three (3) graduate semester hours earned beyond the master’s degree, provided that the hours are:

(i) Clearly related to the field of counseling or marriage and family therapy; and

1. (ii) Acceptable to the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling.

   1. (B) Up to two thousand (2,000) CCH may be gained for each sixty (60) graduate semester hours; or

2. (2)

   1. (A) The LAC/LAMFT may petition the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling in writing to take the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination (NCMHCE), with recommendation of the contracted supervisor, upon the completion of Level 1.

   2. (B) When approved, the applicant may:

      1. (i) Apply to the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC); and
      2. (ii) Take the NCMHCE.
   3. (C) A passing score on the NCMHCE will reduce the number of CCH required by five hundred (500).
   4. (D) The applicant will send test application and test fee directly to NBCC.