Indiana § 25-23.6-10.5-8 Clinical addiction counselor counseling experience

Indiana Statutes

§ 25-23.6-10.5-8 — Clinical addiction counselor counseling experience

Indiana § 25-23.6-10.5-8

Title 25PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Art. 23.6BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HUMAN

Ch. 10.5Addiction Counselor and Clinical Addiction

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Ind. Code § 25-23.6-10.5-8 (2026).

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(a)For purposes of this section, "virtual supervision" means supervision of an applicant for a license as a clinical addiction counselor by a qualified supervisor through an electronic platform that provides for synchronous visual and audio interaction in real time, and which is compliant with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Virtual supervision does not include telephone calls, electronic mail, or text messages.

(b)An applicant under section 2 of this chapter must have at least two (2) years of clinical addiction counseling experience that must include at least two hundred (200) hours under supervision, one hundred (100) hours of which must be under individual supervision and up to one hundred (100) hours of which may be under group supervision. T

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(a) For purposes of this section, "virtual
supervision" means supervision of an applicant for a license as a
clinical addiction counselor by a qualified supervisor through an
electronic platform that provides for synchronous visual and audio
interaction in real time, and which is compliant with the federal Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Virtual
supervision does not include telephone calls, electronic mail, or text
messages.
(b) An applicant under section 2 of this chapter must have at least
two (2) years of clinical addiction counseling experience that must
include at least two hundred (200) hours under supervision, one
hundred (100) hours of which must be under individual supervision
and up to one hundred (100) hours of which may be under group
supervision. The supervision required must be provided by a qualified
supervisor, as determined by the board.
(c) If an individual is obtaining the clinical addiction counseling
experience described in subsection (b) in Indiana, the individual must
be licensed as a clinical addiction counselor associate under section 2.5
of this chapter.
(d) A doctoral internship may be applied toward the supervised
work experience requirement.
(e) Except as provided in subsection (f), the experience requirement
may be met by work performed at or away from the premises of the
qualified supervisor.
(f) Except as provided in subsection (g), the work requirement may
not be performed away from the qualified supervisor's premises if:
(1) the work is the independent private practice of addiction
therapy; and
(2) the work is not performed at a place that has the supervision
of a qualified supervisor.
(g) Up to one hundred percent (100%) of the supervised clinical
addiction counseling experience hours required under subsection (b)
may be accounted for through virtual supervision by a qualified
supervisor described in subsection (b).
(h) Any supervised clinical addiction counseling experience hours
that an applicant accumulates under this chapter after being licensed as
a clinical addiction counselor associate under section 2.5 of this
chapter do not expire and may be used by the applicant to satisfy the
supervised clinical addiction counseling experience requirements under
this chapter.
(i) After obtaining a temporary permit under section 1.5 of this
chapter, any supervised clinical addiction counseling experience hours
that an applicant accumulates under this chapter before the temporary
permit expires may be used by the applicant to satisfy the supervised
clinical addiction counseling experience requirements under this
chapter.