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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 17. BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONALS |
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Chapter 17-91. GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR |
Section 17-9105. SUPERVISED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
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9105.1 An applicant for a license shall furnish proof satisfactory to the Board that he or she has completed, in a university-approved counseling setting, a one hundred (100) hour face-to-face supervised practicum followed by a six hundred (600) hour face to face supervised internship.
9105.2Pursuant to § 9105.1, at least forty (40) hours of the one hundred (100) hours of supervised practicum shall be in the form of direct service to clients.
9105.3Pursuant to § 9105.2, an applicant shall have acquired at least one (1) hour per week of individual or triadic face-to-face supervision provided by a program faculty member, student supervisor, or a site supervisor working in biweekly consultation with a program faculty member in accordance with a supervision contract.
9105.4In addition to individual or triadic supervision, the applicant shall receive one and one-half (1.5) hours per week of group supervision during the practicum by a program faculty member or a student supervisor.
9105.5Pursuant to § 9105.1, at least two hundred forty (240) hours of the six hundred (600) hours of supervised internship shall be in direct service to clients.
9105.6Pursuant to § 9105.5, one (1) hour per week of individual or triadic face-to-face supervision shall be provided to the applicant by an on-site supervisor and one and one-half (1.5) hours per week of group supervision shall be provided by a program faculty member.
9105.7A graduate professional counselor under supervision shall identify himself or herself as such at all times when practicing professional counseling.
9105.8A supervisor or supervisee shall within two (2) weeks of commencing supervision submit to the Board a supervised practice form which supplies the Board with the following information:
(a) The supervisor’s name, address, state of licensure, and license number;
(b) The supervisee’s name;
(c) The expected period of supervision (start and ending dates); and
(d) The nature and location of the supervision.
9105.9Only a licensed professional counselor may engage in independent practice. A graduate professional counselor shall not engage in independent practice. For purposes of the section “independent practice” means:
(a) Rendering counseling services on his or her own responsibility, free of the administrative and professional control of an employer or clinical supervisor;
(b) Directly collecting fees from a client, or his or her representative, as the payor, for services rendered where the counselor is the payee; or
(c) Maintaining an office or office space at his or her own expense with advertising to the public that conveys information or the idea that the counselor is not affiliated with a licensed health professional who provides supervision.