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5300.0150 EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO COMMENCE POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISED EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO AUGUST 1, 2016.
Subpart 1.
Supervised experience required.
The two years supervised, postgraduate experience required by Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.33, subdivision 1, clause (4), must meet the requirements in subparts 2 to 6.
Subp. 2.
Years of experience; computation.
In calculating two years of supervised postgraduate experience in marriage and family therapy, the board shall accept not less than 4,000 hours of supervised professional experience including at least 1,000 hours of clinical client contact including the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness, and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral disorders, as specified in subpart 3 with 200 hours of clinical supervision by a board-approved, Minnesota licensed marriage and family therapist supervisor over a period of not less than 24 months. All additional work used to complete this 4,000 hours must be supervised in a legal and ethical manner by a licensed mental health professional listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.462, subdivision 18, clauses (1) to (5), or 245.4871, subdivision 27, clauses (1) to (5), or both.
Subp. 3.
Clinical client contact; requirements.
The applicant must document at least 500 hours of clinical client contact in working with couples, families, or other relational groups.
This contact shall include experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
Subp. 4.
Supervision; setting.
The supervision by a board-approved, Minnesota licensed marriage and family therapist supervisor shall take place in individual and group settings, according to items A and B.
A.
The individual supervision shall take place in a setting in which a supervisor and not more than two supervisees are present.
B.
The group supervision shall take place in a setting in which a supervisor and not more than six supervisees are present.
Subp. 5.
Supervision requirements.
Supervision must involve:
A.
at least 200 hours of contact between the supervisor and supervisee of which at least 150 hours must be face-to-face; no more than 50 hours of supervision may be received via secure synchronous electronic means;
B.
at least 100 hours of contact between the supervisor and supervisee must be in an individual setting;
C.
no more than 100 hours of supervision may be logged toward the 200-hour requirement in item A in any 12-month period; and
D.
a focus on the raw data from the supervisee's clinical work that is made directly available to the supervisor through means of written clinical materials, direct observation, audio or video recordings, or other reporting methods.
Subp. 6.
Verifying supervised experience.
A supervisee must verify the required supervised experience by completing a form supplied by the board. The form must be signed by the applicant's supervisor. The form must include the setting, nature, and extent of the supervised experience, the time period involved, the number of hours of clinical client contact, the number of hours of supervision, and the name and qualifications of the board-approved supervisor.
History:
15 SR 1782; 23 SR 1540; 41 SR 87
Published Electronically:
August 4, 2016
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