S upervisor qualifications . An approved supervisor must be licensed as a professional counselor-mental health or a marriage and family therapist, in good standing with the applicable South Dakota state licensing board, and be:

1. (1) Actively licensed for at least two years prior to the beginning of supervision with at least four hours of qualified continuing education, pursuant to chapter 20:71:06, focused on supervision within two years prior to the date of application;
2. (2) Actively licensed for at least one year prior to beginning supervision with at least 15 hours of qualified continuing education, pursuant to 20:71:06, focused on supervision within two years prior to the date of application; or

3. (3) An American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy approved clinical supervisor.

   Approval as a supervisor is automatically revoked if the approved supervisor ceases to meet the qualification on which approval as a supervisor was granted or if the supervisor is subject to disciplinary action by the applicable state licensing board.

Source: 22 SDR 97, effective January 24, 1996; 25 SDR 85, effective December 22, 1998; 42 SDR 97, effective January 4, 2016 ; 47 SDR 42, effective October 14, 2020 .

General Authority: SDCL 36-33- 71 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 36-33- 43 .

Prior versions effective: 2016-01-04, 1998-12-22.