9105.1 An applicant for a license shall furnish proof satisfactory to the Board that he or she has completed, in a university-approved counseling setting, a one hundred (100) hour face-to-face supervised practicum followed by a six hundred (600) hour face to face supervised internship.

9105.2 Pursuant to § 9105.1, at least forty (40) hours of the one hundred (100) hours of supervised practicum shall be in the form of direct service to clients.

9105.3 Pursuant to § 9105.2, an applicant shall have acquired at least one (1) hour per week of individual or triadic face-to-face supervision provided by a program faculty member, student supervisor, or a site supervisor working in biweekly consultation with a program faculty member in accordance with a supervision contract.

9105.4 In addition to individual or triadic supervision, the applicant shall receive one and one-half (1.5) hours per week of group supervision during the practicum by a program faculty member or a student supervisor.

9105.5 Pursuant to § 9105.1, at least two hundred forty (240) hours of the six hundred (600) hours of supervised internship shall be in direct service to clients.

9105.6 Pursuant to § 9105.5, one (1) hour per week of individual or triadic face-to-face supervision shall be provided to the applicant by an on-site supervisor and one and one-half (1.5) hours per week of group supervision shall be provided by a program faculty member.

9105.7 A graduate professional counselor under supervision shall identify himself or herself as such at all times when practicing professional counseling.

9105.8 A supervisor or supervisee shall within two (2) weeks of commencing supervision submit to the Board a supervised practice form which supplies the Board with the following information:

1. (a) The supervisor's name, address, state of licensure, and license number;
2. (b) The supervisee's name;
3. (c) The expected period of supervision (start and ending dates); and
4. (d) The nature and location of the supervision.

9105.9 Only a licensed professional counselor may engage in independent practice. A

graduate professional counselor shall not engage in independent practice. For purposes of the section “independent practice” means:

(a) Rendering counseling services on his or her own responsibility, free of the administrative and professional control of an employer or clinical supervisor;

(b) Directly collecting fees from a client, or his or her representative, as the payor, for services rendered where the counselor is the payee; or

(c) Maintaining an office or office space at his or her own expense with advertising to the public that conveys information or the idea that the counselor is not affiliated with a licensed health professional who provides supervision.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 6819 (July 4, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 12530 (September 18, 2015).