OAR 331-810-0020: Application Requirements for Certified Clinical Sexual Offense Therapist

An individual applying for certification as a CCSOT must: (1) Submit a completed application form that must contain the information listed in OAR 331-030-0000; (2) Submit a completed professional disclosure statement as defined in ORS 675.365; (3) Submit proof of having at least a master’s degree in a Board-approved behavioral science field. For a list of Board-approved degrees, contact the Office; (4) Submit proof of having an active Oregon mental health professional license or equivalent as determined by the Office. A mental health professional license is a license to practice without supervision as a psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, psychologist, psychologist associate, licensed professional counselor, licensed clinical social worker, or licensed marriage and family therapist who provides sexual-abuse-specific treatment to adults, juveniles, or the functionally disabled; (5) Submit proof of having at least 2,000 hours of direct clinical contact with clients not more than six years prior to the application date. The hours include: (a) 1,000 hours of direct treatment services; and (b) 500 hours of evaluations; and (c) 500 hours of treatment-plan related activity, including report writing, clinical consultations, case management, charting, peer review and consultations, meeting with attorneys, parole and probation officers, caseworkers, families, victims and other members of the client’s social network. (6) Submit proof of having at least 60 hours of formal training applicable to sexual-abuse-specific evaluation and treatment, obtained within six years prior to the application date; (7) S ubmit a fingerprint-based national criminal background check and be determined fit to hold a certification , pursuant to OAR 331-030-0004; (8) Pay fees.