§ 25-23.6-8.5-4 — Clinical experience requirements

Indiana § 25-23.6-8.5-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 25: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
• Art. 23.6: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HUMAN
• Ch. 8.5: Mental Health Counselor Licensure

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(a) For purposes of this section, "virtual
supervision" means supervision of an applicant for a license as a
mental health 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 for a license as a mental health counselor under
section 1 of this chapter must have at least three thousand (3,000)
hours of post-graduate clinical experience over a two (2) year period.
The clinical experience must consist of one hundred (100) hours of
supervision under the supervision of a licensed mental health counselor
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 post-graduate clinical experience described in
subsection (b) in Indiana, the individual must be licensed as a mental
health counselor associate under section 1.5 of this chapter.
(d) A doctoral internship may be applied toward the supervised
work experience requirement.
(e) Except as provided in subsection (f), the clinical experience
requirement may be met by work performed at or away from the
premises of the supervising mental health counselor.
(f) Except as provided in subsection (g), the clinical work
requirement may not be performed away from the supervising mental
health counselor's premises if:
(1) the work is the independent private practice of mental health
counseling; and
(2) the work is not performed at a place that has the supervision
of a licensed mental health counselor or an equivalent supervisor,
as determined by the board.
(g) Up to one hundred percent (100%) of the supervised
post-graduate clinical experience hours required under subsection (b)
may be accounted for through virtual supervision by a licensed mental
health counselor or equivalent supervisor described in subsection (b).
(h) Any supervised post-graduate clinical experience hours that an
applicant accumulates under this chapter after being licensed as a
mental health counselor associate under section 1.5 of this chapter do
not expire and may be used by the applicant to satisfy the supervised
post-graduate clinical experience requirements of this chapter.
(i) After obtaining a temporary permit under section 1.5 of this
chapter, any supervised post-graduate 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
post-graduate clinical experience requirements under this chapter.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.147-1997, SEC.71. Amended by P.L.84-2010, SEC.63; P.L.160-2018, SEC.5; P.L.83-2024, SEC.20; P.L.130-2025, SEC.4.