1. A. Licensure. An individual providing supervision shall be:

   1. (1) Licensed by the Board as a clinical:

      1. (a) Marriage and family therapist;
      2. (b) Professional counselor;
      3. (c) Alcohol and drug counselor; or
      4. (d) Professional art therapist; or
   2. (2) A licensed mental health care provider as defined in Regulation .02B of this chapter and approved by the Board.

2. B. Education, Training, or Supervision Experience.

   1. (1) A Board-approved supervisor, or any licensed mental health care provider as defined in Regulation .02B of this chapter who is approved by the Board and has completed 3 years of documented experience in clinical marriage and family therapy shall complete at least one of the following education and training experiences:

      1. (a) 2 years of documented experience providing clinical supervision for marriage and family therapists working with families from a systemic perspective and conceptualizing family cases using a recognized family theoretical model;
      2. (b) At least 3 graduate semester credit hours or 5 quarter credit hours of academic course work in clinical supervision;
      3. (c) A graduate-level course in marriage and family therapy supervision;
      4. (d) The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Approved Supervisor designation; or
      5. (e) The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Supervisor in Training or Supervisor Candidate designation.
   2. (2) In addition to the requirements of §B(1) of this regulation, a supervisor shall complete at least 6 semester credit hours or 10 quarter credit hours of graduate-level academic training in Theories of Couples and Family Therapy.

   3. (3) Supervision training required by this section may be obtained in a graduate course as listed in §B(1) of this regulation and may include, but not be limited to:

      1. (a) The role and responsibilities of the supervisor;

      2. (b) The needs of the supervisee, supervisor, and the agency setting while maintaining a clear ethical perspective, including:

         1. (i) The maintenance of appropriate boundaries; and
         2. (ii) Making clinically appropriate diagnoses;
      3. (c) The role of the supervisor as gatekeeper to the profession;
      4. (d) Methods for building effective and appropriate relationships with clients;
      5. (e) Models for group supervision; and
      6. (f) Models and modalities for practice intervention.

3. C. Pre-Supervision Responsibilities of a Supervisor. In addition to meeting the requirements of this regulation, before beginning supervision, the Board-approved supervisor shall:

   1. (1) File the completed Board-approved supervisor application form;
   2. (2) Provide the supervisee with a copy of the Board’s licensed clinical marriage and family therapy approved supervisor letter; and
   3. (3) Have an active license that is without restrictions or conditions due to disciplinary action for the 2 years preceding an application for licensed clinical marriage and family therapy Board-approved supervisor status.

4. D. A supervisor may be an:

   1. (1) Agency-designated supervisor; or
   2. (2) Independent supervisor in private practice.

Authority: Health Occupations Article, §§17-101, 17-205, 17-301, 17-303, 17-306, 17-308, 17-309, 17-507, and 17-509, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.05 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2001 (28:22 Md. R. 1932); adopted permanently effective January 21, 2002 (29:1 Md. R. 24)

Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2002 (29:25 Md. R. 1979); amended permanently effective March 3, 2003 (30:4 Md. R. 317)

Regulation .06 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2002 (29:25 Md. R. 1979); adopted permanently effective March 3, 2003 (30:4 Md. R. 317)

Regulation .07 adopted effective June 6, 2005 (32:11 Md. R. 983)

Regulation .07 repealed and new Regulation .07 adopted effective May 17, 2010 (37:10 Md. R. 723)

Chapter revised effective April 28, 2014 (41:8 Md. R. 473)

Chapter revised effective April 4, 2022 (49:7 Md. R. 467)

Regulation .06 amended effective November 24, 2025 (52:23 Md. R. 1140)