South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 36 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR LICENSURE OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS, ADDICTION COUNSELORS, AND PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL SPECIALISTS › Article 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 36-01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
Definitions found in Section
				40-75-20
				apply to this chapter.
(1)
			 "Supervision" means direct contact between a supervisor and an associate or
			 other person requiring supervision under this chapter. Supervision may be
			 conducted either in person or via a HIPAA-compliant technological medium.
			 During this time, the person supervised apprises the supervisor of the
			 diagnosis and treatment of each client seen during the supervisory process. The
			 supervisor provides the supervised person with oversight and guidance in
			 diagnosing, treating, and dealing with clients, and the supervisor evaluates
			 the supervised person's performance. The focus of a supervision session is on
			 raw data from clinical work which is made directly available to the supervisor
			 through such means as written clinical materials, direct (live) observation,
			 co-therapy, audio and video recordings, and live supervision. Supervision is a
			 process clearly distinguishable from personal psychotherapy and is contrasted
			 in order to serve professional goals. The major focus in supervision of
			 supervisors is on the development of supervisory abilities as opposed to an
			 exclusive focus on clinical skills.
(2) "Group supervision" means a regularly
			 scheduled meeting of not more than six (6) supervisees, and an approved
			 supervisor, for a minimum of two (2) hours.
(3) "Individual/triadic supervision" means a
			 meeting of one (1) or two (2) supervisees with a supervisor for a period of at
			 least a one (1) hour session.
(4)
			 "Associate licensure" means an authorization to engage in a distinctly defined,
			 post-degree, supervised experience intended to enable and to refine and enhance
			 basic skills, develop more advanced therapy skills, and integrate professional
			 knowledge and skills appropriate to the individual's initial professional
			 placement. Associate licensure status provides an opportunity, under
			 supervision, for the individual to perform all the activities that a regularly
			 employed staff member in the setting would be expected to perform.
(5) "Continuing education" means an organized
			 educational program designed to expand a licensee's knowledge base beyond the
			 basic entry-level educational requirements for professional counselors,
			 marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, and psycho-educational
			 specialists.
(6) "Contact hour"
			 means a minimum of fifty (50) minutes of instruction.
(7) "Clinical contact hour" means a minimum
			 of fifty (50) minutes of direct client contact.
(8) "Impairment" means impairment of mental
			 and/or physical ability to practice according to acceptable and prevailing
			 standards of care including, but not limited to, habitual or excessive use or
			 abuse of drugs, alcohol, or other substances that impair ability to practice.
			 Impairment includes inability to practice in accordance with such standards,
			 and treatment, monitoring, and supervision.
(9) "Relapse" means any use of alcohol or of
			 a drug or substance that may impair ability to practice during or after any
			 approved treatment program, except pursuant to the directions of a treating
			 physician who has knowledge of the patient's history and the disease of
			 addiction, or pursuant to the direction of a physician in a medical
			 emergency.
(10) "Approved treatment
			 provider" means a treatment provider approved by the Board.
(11) "Sobriety" means abstinence from
			 alcohol, and from drugs or substances that may impair ability to practice,
			 except pursuant to the directions of a treating physician who has knowledge of
			 the patient's history and the disease of addiction, or pursuant to the
			 direction of a physician in a medical emergency.
(12) "Qualified licensed mental health
			 practitioner" means a person licensed as a Professional Counselor Supervisor,
			 Marriage and Family Therapy Supervisor, Addiction Counselor Supervisor,
			 Psychologist, or Medical Doctor, and approved by the Board, who possesses the
			 knowledge and expertise necessary to provide a supervised person with guidance
			 and direction, in a structured program, to gain knowledge and skills associated
			 with the diagnosis and treatment of serious problems as categorized in standard
			 diagnostic nomenclature.
(13) "DSM"
			 means the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
			 Disorders.
(14) "Serious Problems"
			 are those disorders as categorized in standard diagnostic nomenclature such as
			 the DSM with the exception of codes assigned to normal lifecycle transitional
			 conflicts.
(15) "Specific training
			 to diagnose, assess and treat serious problems" - Any Licensed Professional set
			 forth in Sections
			 36-04
			 and 36-05, Sections
			 36-07
			 and 36-08, and Sections
			 36-10
			 and 36-11, respectively, is deemed to have the requisite training to diagnose,
			 assess and treat serious problems. If a client presents with a problem which is
			 beyond the licensee's training and competence, the licensee must refer the
			 problem to a licensed professional who has been specifically trained to
			 diagnose, assess and treat the presenting problem.
(16) "National Educational Accrediting Body"
			 - the following are approved national educational accrediting bodies: For
			 professional counselors, the Council for Accreditation of Counseling &
			 Related Educational Programs (CACREP); for marriage and family therapists, the
			 Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE)
			 and CACREP with regard to its accredited marriage, couple and family counseling
			 specialty program; and for addiction counselors, National Addictions Studies
			 Accreditation Commission (NASAC) and CACREP. The Board may approve other
			 national educational accrediting bodies which, in the Board's determination,
			 follow similar educational standards.