Section 641A.Sec. 4 - NEW1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, upon completion of the educational requirements of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of section 3 of this regulation, an applicant for an endorsement must obtain supervised training or demonstrate experience in assessing and treating couples or families. Such training or experience must consist of at least 500 hours of face-to-face couples or family counseling and at least 100 hours of supervision related to that counseling, provided by a supervisor who meets the requirements of subsection 3. An applicant may: (a) Obtain supervised training through an endorsement internship conducted in this State pursuant to subsection 2 and pursuant to subsection 5, if applicable; (b) Demonstrate supervised training or experience conducted outside this State pursuant to subsection 4 and pursuant to subsection 5, if applicable; or (c) Demonstrate supervised training or experience which is completed partially outside this State and partially in this State, provided that any hours obtained: (1) In this State meet the requirements of subsection 2 or subsection 5, as applicable; and (2) Outside this State meet the requirements of subsection 4 or subsection 5, as applicable.2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, before starting a supervised training endorsement internship pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 in this State, a clinical professional counselor or clinical professional counselor intern must submit to the Board: (a) An endorsement internship proposal on a form prescribed by the Board; and (b) A contract for an endorsement internship with a supervisor who meets the requirements of subsection 3.3. For the purposes of this section, a person is qualified to supervise a clinical professional counselor or clinical professional counselor intern seeking to complete the supervised training or experience required pursuant to subsection 1 if the person is: (a) Designated by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy or its successor organization as an Approved Supervisor; (b) A marriage and family therapist who has been designated as a primary supervisor approved by the Board pursuant to NAC 641A.182; (c) A marriage and family therapist who the Board has determined possesses qualifications that are substantially equivalent to the qualifications required for a primary supervisor approved pursuant to NAC 641A.182; or (d) A clinical professional counselor who the Board has determined possesses qualifications that are substantially equivalent to the qualifications required for a primary supervisor approved pursuant to NAC 641A.182.4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a clinical professional counselor or clinical professional counselor intern may meet the requirements for supervised training or experience required pursuant to subsection 1 by demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Board that the clinical professional counselor or clinical professional counselor intern completed outside this State at least 500 hours of licensed face-to-face couples or family counseling and at least 100 hours of supervision related to that counseling by a supervisor. A clinical professional counselor or clinical professional counselor intern must provide proof to the Board that the supervisor met, at the time of the supervised experience, the requirements of subsection 3. 5. An applicant for an endorsement pursuant to this section may apply not more than 200 hours of supervised face-to-face couples or family counseling performed in the course of earning his or her graduate degree in clinical mental health counseling towards the supervised training or experience required pursuant to subsection 1. To obtain credit for such hours, the applicant must provide proof to the Board that the supervisor met, at the time of the supervised training or experience, the requirements of subsection 3.Nev. Admin. Code § 641A.Sec. 4
Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam'rs for Marriage & Fam. Therapists & Clinical Prof. Counselors by R091-14, eff. 6/28/2016