Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of this section, "virtual supervision" means supervision of an applicant for a license as a mental health counselor by a qualified supervisor through an electronic platform that provides for synchronous visual and audio interaction in real time, and which is compliant with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Virtual supervision does not include telephone calls, electronic mail, or text messages. (b) An applicant for a license as a mental health counselor under section 1 of this chapter must have at least three thousand (3,000) hours of post-graduate clinical experience over a two (2) year period. The clinical experience must consist of one hundred (100) hours of supervision under the supervision of a licensed mental health counselor or an equivalent supervisor, as determined by the board. (c) Except as provided in section 1.7 of this chapter, if an individual is obtaining the post-graduate clinical experience described in subsection (b) in Indiana, the individual must be licensed as a mental health counselor associate under section 1.5 of this chapter. (d) A doctoral internship may be applied toward the supervised work experience requirement. (e) Except as provided in subsection (f), the clinical experience requirement may be met by work performed at or away from the premises of the supervising mental health counselor. (f) Except as provided in subsection (g), the clinical work requirement may not be performed away from the supervising mental health counselor's premises if: (1) the work is the independent private practice of mental health counseling; and (2) the work is not performed at a place that has the supervision of a licensed mental health counselor or an equivalent supervisor, as determined by the board. (g) Up to one hundred percent (100%) of the supervised post-graduate clinical experience hours required under subsection (b) may be accounted for through virtual supervision by a licensed mental health counselor or equivalent supervisor described in subsection (b). (h) Any supervised post-graduate clinical experience hours that an applicant accumulates under this chapter after being licensed as a mental health counselor associate under section 1.5 of this chapter do not expire and may be used by the applicant to satisfy the supervised post-graduate clinical experience requirements of this chapter. (i) After obtaining a temporary permit under section 1.5 of this chapter, any supervised post-graduate clinical experience hours that an applicant accumulates under this chapter before the temporary permit expires may be used by the applicant to satisfy the supervised post-graduate clinical experience requirements under this chapter.
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