Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1375 - PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR LICENSING AND PRACTICE ACT › Subpart B - LICENSED CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR › Section 1375.130 - Professional Experience for Licensure as a Clinical Professional Counselor

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Supervised clinical professional counseling experience shall
				  be obtained as set forth in this Section:
a) A person holding a master's degree in
				counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology or similar degree program
				shall have completed the equivalent of 2 years of full-time satisfactory
				supervised experience working as a clinical counselor in a professional
				capacity under the direction of a qualified supervisor subsequent to obtaining
				the degree.
b) A person holding a
				doctorate in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology or similar
				degree program shall have completed the equivalent of 2 years of full-time
				satisfactory supervised experience working as a clinical counselor in a
				professional capacity under the direction of a qualified supervisor at least
				one year of which is subsequent to obtaining the degree. Internships required
				as part of the doctoral degree may count toward professional
				experience.
c) A qualified
				supervisor
means any person who is a licensed clinical professional
				counselor, licensed clinical social worker, licensed clinical
				psychologist,
licensed marriage and family therapist, or licensed
psychiatrist as defined in Section 1-121 of the Mental Health and
				Developmental Disabilities Code
. (Section 10 of the Act) If
				supervision took place outside Illinois, the supervisor shall be a master's
				level or doctoral level counselor engaged in clinical professional counseling,
				clinical social work, clinical psychology, marriage and family therapy, or
				psychiatry. The supervisor shall hold an active license if the jurisdiction in
				which the supervisor practices requires licensure. Supervised experience
				obtained while the clinical counselor applicant is situated in Illinois must be
				supervised by an Illinois licensed qualified supervisor in accordance with this
				subsection (c). An Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor must
				complete the supervision CE required in Section
				1375.220 to be a qualified
				supervisor. When a clinical counseling applicant is obtaining supervised
				experience while physically located in Illinois, the qualified supervisor must
				be licensed in Illinois, even if the services are being provided to persons
				located outside of Illinois via telehealth.
d) One year of supervised clinical
				professional counseling experience shall be 1680 clock hours obtained in not
				less than 48 weeks. At least 50% of those hours must consist of direct face to
				face service to clients, which includes using telehealth methods where there is
				synchronous audio-visual communication with the client. Part time experience
				shall be counted toward the experience requirement.
e) For purposes of this Section, supervised
				clinical professional counseling experience shall be experience obtained under
				a qualified supervisor as defined in Section 10 of the Act and subsection (c)
				and entail the provision of clinical professional counseling as defined in
				Section 10 of the Act.
1) The supervisor shall
				have met face-to-face, as defined in Section 10 of the Act, with the applicant
				at least one hour each week. The supervision means the review of counseling and
				case management.
2) The experience
				shall have been evaluated by the supervisor as satisfactory or
				better.