IDAPA 24 – DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND …

1 Zero-Based Regulation Review 2022 for Rulemaking and 2023 Legislative ReviewIDAPA 24 DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSESIDAHO LICENSING BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY Rules of the Idaho Licensing Board of Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family TherapistsWho does this rule apply to?This rule applies to applicants, registered interns, and license holders for: Professional Counselors Clinical Professional Counselor Marriage and Family Therapists Associate Marriage and Family TherapistsWhat is the purpose of this rule?This rule governs the practice of counseling services in Idaho to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. This rule establishes: Minimum standards of competency and qualifications for applicants; Fees related to licensure ; Standards for supervision; Continuing education for licensure ; Codes of ethics and standards of practice; and Provisions for obtaining and documenting informed consentWhat is the legal authority for the agency to promulgate this rule?

2 This rule implements the following statute passed by the Idaho Legislature:Professions, Vocations, and Businesses - 54-3400 through 54-3415, Idaho Code Counselors and TherapistsWho do I contact for more information on this rule?Idaho Licensing Board of Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family TherapistsDivision of OCCUPATIONAL and Professional Licenses 8 to 5 , Mountain Time (except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)Mailing: PO Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0063 Physical: 11351 W Chinden Blvd, Bldg 6, Boise, ID 83714 Phone: (208) 334-3233 Fax: (208) 334-3945E-mail: 2 Table of Rules of the Idaho Licensing Board of Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists000. Legal Authority.. 3001. Scope.. 3002. 003. (Reserved) .. 3004. Incorporation By Reference.

3 3005. -- 009. (Reserved).. 3010. Definitions.. 3011. -- 149. (Reserved) .. 3150. Qualifications For Professional Counselor licensure .. 3151. -- 224. (Reserved).. 5225. Clinical Professional Counselor licensure .. 5226. -- 229. (Reserved).. 5230. Qualifications For Associate Marriage And Family Therapist.. 5231. 237. (Reserved) .. 6238. Marriage And Family Therapists.. 6239. Supervisor Requirements.. 8240. Examination For licensure .. 8241. Non-United States Educated Applicants.. 9242. -- 244. (Reserved).. 9245. Registered Interns.. 9246. -- 249. (Reserved).. 9250. Fees.. 9251. -- 299. (Reserved).. 10300. Endorsement.. 10301. -- 349. (Reserved).. 10350. Code Of Ethics.. 10351. -- 359. (Reserved).. 10360. Inactive Status.. 10361. -- 374. (Reserved)..11375. Senior Status.

4 11376. -- 424. (Reserved)..11425. Continuing Education.. 11426. 524. (Reserved) .. 12525. Documentation Of Informed Consent.. 12526. -- 999. (Reserved).. 13 Section 000 Page 3 RULES OF THE IDAHO LICENSING BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS000. LEGAL rules are promulgated pursuant to Section 54-3404, Idaho Code.(7 -1-21)T001. rules govern the practice of professional counseling and practice of marriage and family therapists in Idaho.(7-1-21)T002. 003. (RESERVED)004. INCORPORATION BY Code of Ethics. ACA Code of Ethics, as published by the American Counseling Association (ACA), effective 2014, is herein incorporated by reference and is available from the Board s office and website.(7-1-21) Code of Ethics. The document titled AAMFT Code of Ethics, as published by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), effective January 1, 2015, is herein incorporated by reference and is available from the Board s office and website.

5 (7-1-21) The document titled Approved Supervision Designation Handbook that provides supervision guidelines for supervisors, as published by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), dated October 2007, is herein incorporated by reference and is available from the Board s office and website.(7-1-21)T005. -- 009. (RESERVED)010. University or College. An accredited university or college is a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency as identified by the Department of Education.(7-1-21) Setting. May include a secure live electronic face-to-face connection between the supervisor and supervisee.(7-1-21) Mental Health Professional Supervisor. A clinical professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, psychologist, clinical social worker, or psychiatrist, whose license in Idaho is active, current, and in good standing and who, when applicable, is registered as a supervisor with their respective licensing board.

6 (7-1-21) The term practicum includes a practicum, internship, or a combination, taken as part of the graduate level program.(7-1-21) Practicum Hours. Supplemental practicum hours are hours of direct client contact that are supervised at a ratio of one (1) hour of supervision for every ten (10) hours of direct client contact by a registered supervisor for the profession for which the applicant is seeking licensure .(7-1-21)T011. -- 149. (RESERVED)150. QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR as a professional counselor is restricted to persons who have successfully completed the required examination and each of the following:(7-1-21) Program. Possess a master s degree or higher, which includes an educational specialist degree, that is primarily counseling in nature, from an accredited university or college offering a graduate program in counseling, provided that the program is either:(7-1-21) by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs; or(7-1-21)TIDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE CODEIDAPA Idaho Licensing Board of Professional Div.

7 Of OCCUPATIONAL & Professional LicensesCounselors and Marriage and Family TherapistsSection 150 Page 4 counseling program of at least sixty (60) semester hours or ninety (90) quarter hours in length and that at a minimum includes successful completion of one (1) graduate level course unique to the eight (8) areas and an advanced counseling practicum as follows:(7-1-21) growth and development: Includes studies that provide a broad understanding of the nature and needs of individuals at all developmental levels. Emphasis is placed on psychological, sociological, and physiological approaches. Also included are areas such as human behavior (normal and abnormal), personality theory, and learning theory.(7-1-21) and cultural foundations: Includes studies of change, ethnic groups, subcultures, changing roles of women, sexism, urban and rural societies, population patterns, cultural mores, use of leisure time, and differing life patterns.

8 (7-1-21) helping relationship: Includes philosophic bases of the helping relationship: Consultation theory and/or an emphasis on the development of counselor and client (or consultee) self-awareness and self-understanding.(7-1-21) : Includes theory and types of groups, as well as descriptions of group practices, methods dynamics, and facilitative skills. It includes either a supervised practice and/or a group experience.(7-1-21) and career development: Includes areas such as vocational-choice theory, relationship between career choice and life-style, sources of OCCUPATIONAL and educational information, approaches to career decision-making processes, and career-development exploration techniques.(7-1-21) of the individual: Includes the development of a framework for understanding the individual, including methods of data gathering and interpretation, individual and group testing, case-study approaches and the study of individual differences.

9 Ethnic, cultural, and sex factors are also considered. (7-1-21) and evaluation: Includes areas such as statistics, research design, and development of research and demonstration proposals. It also includes understanding legislation relating to the development of research, program development, and demonstration proposals, as well as the development and evaluation of program objectives.(7-1-21)Tviii. Professional orientation: Includes goals and objectives of professional counseling organizations, codes of ethics, legal consideration, standards of preparation, certification, and licensing and role of identity of counselors.(7-1-21) counseling practicum: Complete at least two (2) semester courses of an advanced counseling practicum taken at the graduate school level, provided that the applicant completed a total of two hundred eighty hours (280) of direct client contact that is supervised at the ratio of at least one (1) hour of one-to-one supervision for every ten (10) hours of experience in the setting.

10 An applicant may complete one (1) supplemental practicum hour for every hour in which the practicum was deficient and that meets the requirements of Subsection of these rules.(7-1-21) Experience Requirement. One thousand (1,000) hours of supervised experience in counseling acceptable to the Board.(7-1-21) thousand (1,000) hours is defined as one thousand (1,000) clock hours of experience working in a counseling setting, four hundred (400) hours of which must be direct client contact. Supervised experience in practicum taken at the graduate level may be utilized. The supervised experience includes a minimum of one (1) hour of face-to-face or one-to-one (1/1) or one-to-two (1/2) supervision with the supervisor for every twenty (20) hours of job/internship experience.(7-1-21) must be provided in compliance with the ACA Code of Ethics that was adopted by the Board at the time the supervision and provided by a counselor education faculty member at an accredited college or un iversity, Professional Counselor, registered with the Board as a supervisor, or a licensed mental health professional supervisor as defined in these rules.