Indiana Code Title 25. Professions and Occupations § 25-23.6-8-2.7

Sec. 2.7. (a) For purposes of this section, “virtual supervision” means supervision of an applicant for a license as a marriage and family therapist 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 marriage and family therapist under section 1 of this chapter must have at least two (2) years of postdegree clinical experience, during which at least fifty percent (50%) of the applicant's clients were receiving marriage and family therapy services.  The applicant's clinical experience must include one thousand (1,000) hours of postdegree clinical experience and two hundred (200) hours of postdegree clinical supervision, of which one hundred (100) hours must be individual supervision, under the supervision of a licensed marriage and family therapist who has at least five (5) years of experience 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 postdegree clinical experience described in subsection (b) in Indiana, the individual must be licensed as a marriage and family therapist associate under section 1.5 of this chapter.

(d) When obtaining the clinical experience required under subsection (b), the applicant must provide direct individual, group, and family therapy and counseling to the following categories of cases:

(e) A doctoral internship may be applied toward the supervised work experience requirement.

(f) Except as provided in subsection (g), the experience requirement may be met by work performed at or away from the premises of the supervising marriage and family therapist.

(g) Except as provided in subsection (h), the work requirement may not be performed away from the supervising marriage and family therapist's premises if:

(h) Up to one hundred percent (100%) of the supervised postdegree clinical experience hours required under subsection (b) may be accounted for through virtual supervision by a licensed marriage and family therapist or equivalent supervisor described in subsection (b).

(i) Any supervised postdegree clinical experience hours that an applicant accumulates under this chapter after being licensed as a marriage and family therapist associate under section 1.5 of this chapter do not expire and may be used by the applicant to satisfy the supervised postdegree clinical experience requirements under this chapter.

(j) After obtaining a temporary permit under section 1.5 of this chapter, any supervised postdegree 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 postdegree experience requirements under this chapter.