Indiana Code Title 25. Professions and Occupations § 25-23.6-10.5-7

Sec. 7. (a) For purposes of this section, “virtual supervision” means supervision of an applicant for a license as an addiction 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 under section 1 of this chapter must have at least two (2) years of addiction counseling experience that must include at least one hundred fifty (150) hours under supervision, one hundred (100) hours of which must be under individual supervision and fifty (50) hours of which must be under group supervision.  The supervision required must be provided by a qualified supervisor, as determined by the board.

(c) If an individual is obtaining the supervised addiction counseling experience described in subsection (b) in Indiana, the individual must be licensed as an addiction counselor associate under section 1.5 of this chapter.

(d) A doctoral internship, or a supervised master's level practicum, an internship, or field experience in addiction counseling, may be applied toward the supervised work experience requirement.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (f), the experience requirement may be met by work performed at or away from the premises of the qualified supervisor.

(f) Except as provided in subsection (g), the work requirement may not be performed away from the qualified supervisor's premises if:

(g) Up to one hundred percent (100%) of the supervised addiction counseling experience hours required under subsection (b) may be accounted for through virtual supervision by a qualified supervisor described in subsection (b).

(h) Any supervised addiction counseling experience hours that an applicant accumulates under this chapter after being licensed as an addiction counselor associate under section 1.5 of this chapter do not expire and may be used by the applicant to satisfy the supervised addiction counseling experience requirements under this chapter.

(i) After obtaining a temporary permit under section 1.5 of this chapter, any supervised addiction counseling experience hours that an applicant accumulates under this chapter before the temporary permit expires may be used by the applicant to satisfy the supervised addiction counseling experience requirements under this chapter.