An applicant for licensure as a marriage and family therapy supervisor must:

1. (1) submit an application on forms approved by the Board, along with the required fee; and
2. (2) hold a current, active, and unrestricted South Carolina Marriage and Family Therapy License; and

3. (3) either (a) or (b):

   1. (a) hold a doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy or in a CACREP accredited marriage, couple and family counseling specialty, or

   2. (b) provide:

      1. (i) evidence acceptable to the Board of at least five (5) years of continuous clinical experience immediately preceding the application; and

      2. (ii) evidence of a minimum of thirty-six (36) hours of individual/triadic supervision, over a period of no less than two (2) years, by a Board licensed marriage and family therapy supervisor or other qualified mental health practitioner approved by the Board prior to beginning supervision, of the applicant’s supervision of at least two (2) and no more than six (6) marriage and family therapy associates; and

         (iii) evidence of a minimum of three (3) semester hours of graduate study in supervision or training approved by the Board.

HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 25, Issue No. 5, Part 2, eff May 25, 2001. Amended by State Register Volume 30, Issue No. 5, eff May 26, 2006; SCSR 42-5 Doc. No. 4795, eff May 25, 2018; SCSR 43-5 Doc. No. 4850, eff May 24, 2019; SCSR 46-5 Doc. No. 5075, eff May 27, 2022; SCSR 49-5 Doc. No. 5354, eff May 23, 2025.