§ 25-23.6-8-2.7 — Examination; clinical experience requirement

Indiana § 25-23.6-8-2.7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 25: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
• Art. 23.6: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HUMAN
• Ch. 8: Marriage and Family Therapist Licensure

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7. (a) For purposes of this section, "virtual
supervision" means supervision of an applicant for a license as a
marriage and family therapist 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 for a license as a marriage and family therapist
under section 1 of this chapter must have at least two (2) years of
postdegree clinical experience, during which at least fifty percent
(50%) of the applicant's clients were receiving marriage and family
therapy services. The applicant's clinical experience must include one
thousand (1,000) hours of postdegree clinical experience and two
hundred (200) hours of postdegree clinical supervision, of which one
hundred (100) hours must be individual supervision, under the
supervision of a licensed marriage and family therapist who has at least
five (5) years of experience or an equivalent supervisor, as determined
by the board.
(c) Except as provided in section 1.7 of this chapter, if an individual
is obtaining the postdegree clinical experience described in subsection
(b) in Indiana, the individual must be licensed as a marriage and family
therapist associate under section 1.5 of this chapter.
(d) When obtaining the clinical experience required under
subsection (b), the applicant must provide direct individual, group, and
family therapy and counseling to the following categories of cases:
(1) Unmarried romantic relationships and relational systems.
(2) Married couples.
(3) Separating or divorcing couples.
(4) Family systems and groupings, including children and minors.
(e) A doctoral internship may be applied toward the supervised
work experience requirement.
(f) Except as provided in subsection (g), the experience requirement
may be met by work performed at or away from the premises of the
supervising marriage and family therapist.
(g) Except as provided in subsection (h), the work requirement may
not be performed away from the supervising marriage and family
therapist's premises if:
(1) the work is the independent private practice of marriage and
family therapy; and
(2) the work is not performed at a place that has the supervision
of a licensed marriage and family therapist or an equivalent
supervisor, as determined by the board.
(h) Up to one hundred percent (100%) of the supervised postdegree
clinical experience hours required under subsection (b) may be
accounted for through virtual supervision by a licensed marriage and
family therapist or equivalent supervisor described in subsection (b).
(i) Any supervised postdegree clinical experience hours that an
applicant accumulates under this chapter after being licensed as a
marriage and family therapist associate under section 1.5 of this
chapter do not expire and may be used by the applicant to satisfy the
supervised postdegree clinical experience requirements under this
chapter.
(j) After obtaining a temporary permit under section 1.5 of this
chapter, any supervised postdegree clinical experience hours that an
applicant accumulates under this chapter before the temporary permit
expires may be used by the applicant to satisfy the supervised
postdegree experience requirements under this chapter.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.147-1997, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.197-2007, SEC.85; P.L.134-2008, SEC.43; P.L.177-2009, SEC.48; P.L.28-2012, SEC.24; P.L.160-2018, SEC.3; P.L.83-2024, SEC.18; P.L.1-2025, SEC.216; P.L.130-2025, SEC.3.