OAR 833-050-0071: Direct Client Contact

(1) Registered associates must complete at least three years, defined as 36 months, of supervised clinical experience which must include no less than 1,900 hours of supervised direct client contact to qualify for licensure. (2) Registered associates may count direct client contact hours acquired outside an associate registration plan only 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. (3) Applicants for LMFT must accrue 1,900 hours of supervised direct client contact with at least 750 of those hours working with couples and families in the same session to qualify for licensure. (4) Applications for dual licensure as professional counselor and marriage and family therapist must meet the requirements for both licenses. (5) Direct client contact must be face to face with a client or clients and/or contact via electronic communication. (6) Registered associates 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.