- (a) Applicants shall have completed at least 2 years of post-master’s or doctoral supervised clinical work experience in a mental health setting.
- (b) A year of supervised clinical work experience shall not be less than 1500 hours, which have been completed within not less than 12 months and not more than 24 consecutive months.
- (c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) above, an applicant holding a current MLADC license issued by the OPLC may, under RSA 330-A, III, substitute their experience as an MLADC for up to 1500 hours of the work experience requirement under (a)(1) above and shall be permitted to substitute up to 50 face-to-face supervision hours under (a)(2) above.
- (d) The supervision shall have provided for a minimum of one hour per week of individual face-to-face supervision between the supervisor and the applicant for a total of 100 hours.
- (e) Acceptable clinical supervised experience shall require face-to-face contact with a supervisor who is responsible for the clinical development and guidance of the supervisee and is familiar with the supervisee’s work and organizational setting.
- (f) Supervision shall be provided pursuant to Mhp 302.01(c).
- (g) The supervisor shall be licensed in the state where the supervision takes place.
- (h) Supervision shall occur on site where the applicant delivers services, at a mutually convenient and ethically appropriate site, or using a virtual HIPAA compliant platform.
- (i) Supervised experience shall not include class work, practicum, or internship experience or other course related experiences.
- (j) Supervisors shall not have a dual relationship with the supervisee such as a spouse, close relative, or therapist.
- (k) Independent private mental health practice shall not be considered acceptable supervised professional experience.
- (l) If the supervised professional experience was in a private practice, then the supervisee shall have a W-2 relationship with the site. A 1099 independent contractor relationship with the site shall not meet this requirement.
Source. #10857, eff 6-24-15 (from Mhp 302.18); ss by #13786, eff 12-19-23 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Mhp 300); ss by #14464, eff 2-17-26, EXPIRES 2-17-36