OAR 833-050-0071
Direct Client Contact
(1)
Registered interns must complete at least three years, defined as 36 months, of supervised clinical experience which must include no less than 2,400 hours of supervised direct client contact to qualify for licensure.(a)
Registered interns must complete at least 1,000 of the required 2,400 hours direct client contact while in a Board-approved intern work plan.(b)
Registered interns may count direct client contact hours acquired outside a registered intern plan as follows:(A)
Up to one year of full-time supervised clinical experience and 400 direct client contact hours accrued as part of a graduate degree internship;(B)
Post-graduate degree supervised direct client contact hours completed in Oregon prior to June 30, 2002; and(C)
Post-graduate degree supervised direct client contact hours completed in another jurisdiction pursuant to the jurisdiction’s laws and rules that meet the direct application method experience requirements.(2)
Applicants for LMFT must accrue 2,400 hours of supervised direct client contact with at least 1,000 of those hours working with couples and families to qualify for licensure.(3)
Applications for dual licensure as professional counselor and marriage and family therapist must meet the requirements for both licenses.(4)
Direct client contact must be face to face with a client or clients and/or contact via electronic communication consistent with OAR 833 division 90.(5)
Registered interns must receive and document supervision for and report all direct client contact hours at places of practice listed as part of their Board-approved plan.
Source:
Rule 833-050-0071 — Direct Client Contact, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=833-050-0071.