<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117b000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:68:04:10"><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000000">20</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000000">:</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000000">68</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000000">:</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000000">04</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000000">:</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000000">10</span></a><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000001">.  Post graduate supervision requirements -- Professional counselor.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0"> Post graduate supervision required for licensure as a professional counselor, as prescribed by SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-32-65"><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000002">36-32-65</span></a><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">, must take place pursuant to a board approved plan of supervision and consist of the following:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117b000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">    </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">(1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">A minimum of 1,000 hours of direct client contact. No more than 400 direct client contact hours may be acquired by counseling provided through electronic means, as prescribed by chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:68:06"><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000002">20:68:06</span></a><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">. All other direct client contact hours must be acquired in-person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117b000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">    </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">(2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">  </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">A minimum of 100 hours of supervision with a board approved supervisor. At least one hour of supervision must take place for every 20 hours of direct client contact by the supervisee.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0"> </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">Supervision may be individual or with a group. For the purpose of this chapter, individual supervision is supervision between a supervisor and up to two supervisees. Group supervision is supervision between a supervisor and three or more supervisees. No more than 50 hours of the required supervision may be group supervision.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">        Supervision must include at least five hours of each of the following supervision </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">m</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">ethods:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117b000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">        </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">(a)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">  </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">Presentation and staffing of cases;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">        </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">(</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">b</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">  </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">Direct observations of the supervisee</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0"> through in person or recorded sessions</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">        </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">(</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">c</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">  </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">Co-counseling with the supervisee; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">        </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">(</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">d</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">  </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">Review of supervisee recordkeeping; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117b000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">    </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">(3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">  </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">A minimum of 900 hours of counseling related activities. For purposes of this chapter, a supervisee accumulates 55 minutes of counseling related activity for each hour of direct client contact performed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117b000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">    Supervision may take place by electronic means, as prescribed by chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:68:06"><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000002">20:68:06</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0"> and must be synchronous.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117b000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">    For the purpose of this chapter, a supervisee may count a maximum of 100 hours of personal counseling or therapy as direct client contact hours necessary to meet the requirements of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:68:04:10"><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000002">20:68:04:10</span></a><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">(1). The personal counseling or therapy must be with a professional counselor, professional counselor-mental health, certified social worker-private independent practice, psychologist, or psychiatrist and is subject to verification by the board. Personal counseling or therapy may not be with the supervisee</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">'</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">s approved supervisor. Personal counseling or therapy may be received through electronic means, as prescribed by chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:68:06"><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000002">20:68:06</span></a><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">, or in person.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117b000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">    Direct client contact hours and supervision hours must be recorded on a form provided by the board. For purposes of this chapter, only hours acquired with a board approved supervisor may be compliant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117b000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">    </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0"> 47 SDR 42, effective October 14, 2020</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">; 49 SDR 51, effective November 24, 2022</span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">    </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-32-56"><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000002">36-32-56</span></a><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">    </span><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-32-64"><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0-000002">36-32-64</span></a><span class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb1f51cb-ead9-4f58-8715-96c104f6117b000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>