(a) Board-approved supervisor requirements:

1. (1) Supervisor must be fully licensed for three (3) years and be in good standing as an LPC and/or an LMFT in Arkansas;
2. (2) Supervisor must document the completion of a three-hour post-master’s graduate course in clinical supervision that included eighteen (18) hours of supervised experience in supervision;
3. (3) Supervisor must submit the board-approved supervisor status application and fee; and
4. (4) Prior to receiving the approved supervisor status, applicant must complete an oral interview.

(b) Supervisor restrictions:

1. (1)

   1. (A) A counselor or therapist holding board-approved supervisor status shall not sign new supervision plans/agreements if the:

(i) Supervisor’s license has not been renewed; or

1. (ii) Supervisor is under investigation.

   1. (B) If under investigation, no new contracts may be signed or submitted to the board until all reviews, hearings, or disciplinary actions (if any in progress) are completed and resolved;

2. (2)

   1. (A) Supervisors will be limited to twelve (12) supervision agreements at any given time.
   2. (B) Exceptions to the limitation of twelve (12) may be made only at an Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling-initiated request to a designated supervisor;
3. (3) The board office staff may not approve supervision agreements to exceed twelve (12) supervisees for any one (1) supervisor;
4. (4) Supervisors must have a board-approved copy of a supervision agreement dated prior to providing supervision to a LAC or LAMFT;
5. (5) Board-approved supervisors of LAC/LAMFT must carefully avoid multiple relationships with supervisees that interfere with the supervisory relationship, such as administrative supervisors within agencies with any level of direct or indirect administrative authority over the supervisee; and

6. (6)

   1. (A) The contracted supervisor may not delegate supervision responsibility to any other individual.
   2. (B) The contracted supervisor should have an emergency plan if he or she were to be unavailable.