Idaho Admin. Code r. 57.01.01.010

Current through September 2, 2024
Section 57.01.01.010 - DEFINITIONS
01.Board. The Sexual Offender Management Board described in Section 18-8312, Idaho Code.
02.Central Roster. A roster of evaluators, treatment providers and polygraph examiners, who meet the qualifications and are certified by the Board to conduct psychosexual evaluations, provide sexual offender treatment or conduct post-conviction sexual offender polygraphs.
03.Certificate Holder. A person who has been approved by the Board and certified as meeting qualifications to conduct or assist in the conduct of psychosexual evaluations, provide sexual offender treatment or conduct post conviction sexual offender polygraphs.
04.Certified Evaluator. Either a psychiatrist licensed by this state pursuant to Title 54, Chapter 18, Idaho Code, or a master's or doctoral level mental health professional licensed by this state pursuant to Title 54, Chapters 23, 32, or 34, Idaho Code. The evaluator shall have by education, experience, and training, expertise in the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders, meet the qualifications, and be approved by the Board to perform psychosexual evaluations in this state, as described in Section 18-8314, Idaho Code. A person meeting this definition may be certified by the Board as either a senior/approved certified evaluator or an associate/supervised certified evaluator.
05.Certified Post Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Examiner. A polygraph examiner who has received specialized post conviction sexual offender testing training, and who is certified by the Board to conduct post conviction sexual offender polygraph examinations as ordered or required by the court, Idaho Department of Correction, or Idaho Commission for Pardons and Parole. A person meeting this definition may be certified by the Board as either a senior/approved post conviction sexual offender polygraph examiner or an associate/supervised post conviction sexual offender polygraph examiner.
06.Certified Treatment Provider. A person who has been certified by the Board as meeting qualifications to provide sexual offender treatment as ordered by the court, Idaho Department of Correction, Idaho Commission for Pardons and Parole, or Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections. Such person shall be licensed by this state or another state or jurisdiction as a psychiatrist, or a master's or doctoral level mental health professional, and who has by education, experience and training, expertise in the treatment of sexual offenders. A person meeting this definition may be certified by the Board as either a senior/approved sex offender treatment provider or an associate/supervised sex offender treatment provider.
07.Client. An adult or juvenile receiving services from a person certified by the Board pursuant to Section 18-8314, Idaho Code.
08.Established Standards. The "Idaho Sexual Offender Management Board Standards and Guidelines for Adult Sexual Offender Management Practices" and the "Idaho Sexual Offender Management Board Standards and Guidelines for Practitioners, Evaluations and Treatment of Juvenile Sexual Offenders" as referenced in Section 004 of these rules and established pursuant to Section 18-8314, Idaho Code.
09.Provisional/Supervised Psychosexual Evaluator. A person with limited clinical experience and specialized training, who may be licensed or is working toward licensure as a psychiatrist or master's or doctoral level mental health professional, who is authorized by the Board to assist with the conduct of psychosexual evaluations under the clinical supervision of a senior/approved psychosexual evaluator. A person with a provisional/supervised psychosexual evaluator certificate is not considered to be a certified evaluator as defined in Section 18-8303, Idaho Code or for the purposes of conducting a psychosexual evaluation in accordance with Section 18-8316, Idaho Code. Certification approval is specific to adult or juvenile clients.
10.Provisional/Supervised Sex Offender Treatment Provider. A person with limited clinical experience and specialized training, who may be licensed or is working toward licensure as a psychiatrist or master's or doctoral level mental health professional, who is authorized by the Board to provide sexual offender treatment under the clinical supervision of a senior/approved sex offender treatment provider. Certification approval is specific to adult or juvenile clients.
11.Psychosexual Evaluation. A comprehensive evaluation and assessment specifically addressing a person's sexual development, sexual deviancy, sexual history and risk of re-offense. A psychosexual evaluation for the purpose of these rules is conducted post conviction, as ordered by the court pursuant to Section 18-8316, Idaho Code, or Title 20, Chapter 5, Idaho Code, by a person who has been certified by the Board.
12.Quality Assurance. Processes established by the Board to review psychosexual evaluations and sexual offender treatment procedures to assure minimum standards and certificate holder qualifications are met. All quality assurance reviews will be conducted under the direction of the Board.
13.Sexual Offender. A person adjudicated or convicted of an offense as listed in Section 18-8304, Idaho Code, or a substantially equivalent offense under the laws of another state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States including tribal courts and military courts; or who has been adjudicated or convicted of a sexual offense-related crime.
14.Sexual Offender Classification Board. A board in effect from 1998 to 2011 that determined whether a sexual offender should be designated as a violent sexual predator; set certified evaluator qualifications and standards; and administered an evaluator certification process.
15.Supervision.
a. For purposes of clinical practice supervision for associate/supervised psychosexual evaluator or associate/supervised sex offender treatment provider certification, supervision is generally considered as face-to-face direct contact, documented teleconferencing, or interactive video conferencing with a Board-approved supervisor using a ratio of one (1) hour of clinical supervision for every twenty (20) hours of direct service provided; or
b. For purposes of clinical practice supervision for provisional/supervised psychosexual evaluator or provisional/supervised treatment provider certification, supervision is considered as continual face-to-face direct contact with a Board-approved supervisor for the first two hundred fifty (250) hours of direct service provided followed by face-to-face direct contact with a Board-approved supervisor using a ratio of one (1) hour of clinical supervision for every fifteen (15) hours of direct service provided; or
c. For purposes of supervision for associate/supervised post conviction sexual offender polygraph examiners, supervision is generally considered as face-to-face direct contact with a Board-approved supervisor during conduct of the supervisee's first five (5) PCSOT polygraphs followed by review by a Board-approved supervisor of one (1) PCSOT polygraph for every five (5) PCSOT polygraphs conducted by the supervisee. Such review shall include chart and report review.
16.Treatment. For purposes of certification eligibility the provision of face-to-face individual, group, or family therapy with a person who has been investigated by law enforcement or child protective services for commission of a sexual offense, or who has been adjudicated or convicted of a sexual offense or sexual offense-related crime. Treatment must be directly relevant to the client's sexually offending behavior.
17.Violent Sexual Predator. A person who was designated as a violent sexual predator by the Sexual Offender Classification Board where such designation has not been removed by judicial action or otherwise.

Idaho Admin. Code r. 57.01.01.010

Effective March 23, 2022