Section 12 AAC 19.210 - Approved supervisors(a) The board will approve a person to be an approved supervisor for individual supervision under this chapter if the applicant submits (1) a complete, notarized application on a form provided by the department;(2) verification of a current license under AS 08.63.100 to practice marital and family therapy;(3) documentation of having practiced as a licensed marital and family therapist for five continuous years; and(4) documentation of having completed at least six contact hours of education related to the practice of supervising a marital and family therapist within the last two years.(b) The board will approve a person to be an approved supervisor for group supervision under this chapter if the applicant submits(1) a complete, notarized application on a form provided by the department;(2) verification of a current license as described under AS 08.63.120(b)(2)(A) - (F);(3 ) documentation of having practiced as a licensed professional as listed under AS 08.63.120(b)(2)(A) - (F) for five continuous years; and(4) documentation of having completed at least six contact hours of education related to the practice of supervising a marital and family therapist within the last two years.(c) To maintain approval under AS 08.63.120 and this section, a supervisor shall document at the time of license renewal that during the concluding license period the supervisor completed at least two contact hours of continuing education related to the practice of supervising a marital and family therapist. A supervisor may also include those two contact hours of continuing education in the total continuing education contact hours required for license renewal in 12 AAC 19.310. (d) If a person does not maintain approval as an approved supervisor under AS 08.63.120 and this section because of noncompliance with the continuing education requirements of (c) of this section, the person may apply to the board for reinstatement of the approval. The board will reinstate the approval if the applicant (1) submits (A) a complete, notarized application on a form provided by the department; and(B) documentation of compliance with the continuing education requirements of (b) of this section; and(2) complies with the requirements of AS 08.63.120 and (a)(2) and (3) or (b)(2) and (3) of this section.(e) A supervisor who participates in teletherapy must (1) have completed at least four hours of training required under 12 AAC 19.405(2) in the use of teletherapy technologies before engaging in teletherapy practice;(2) determine that telesupervision is appropriate for a supervisee considering the supervisee's professional, intellectual, emotional, and physical needs;(3) inform supervisees of the potential risks and benefits associated with telesupervision;(4) take reasonable steps to ensure the security of the supervisor's communication medium;(5) commence telesupervision only after gaining appropriate education, training, or supervised experience using the relevant technology;(6) be aware of the risks and responsibilities associated with telesupervision and advise supervisees in writing of these risks as well as the supervisor's and supervisees responsibilities for minimizing these risks;(7) consider that communications may be synchronous or asynchronous and that technologies may augment traditional in-person supervision or be used as stand-alone supervision; and (8) be aware of the potential benefits and limitations in the supervisor's choices of technologies for a particular supervisee in a particular situation.Eff. 10/1/93, Register 127; am 3/15/97, Register 141; am 8/17/2002, Register 163; am 6/4/2005, Register 174; am 6/24/2012, Register 202; am 6/22/2019, Register 230, May 2019Authority:AS 08.63.050
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