Requirements to become a licensed associate professional counselor

In order for an applicant to become a licensed associate professional counselor, an individual must make application to the board, supplying, at a minimum, the following information: 1. A copy of a master's degree from an accredited school or college that meets the academic standards set forth in section 97-02-01-02. 2. Three recommendations as follows: a. One from the practicum agency contact person; b. One from the applicant's master's degree program advisor; and c. One from an additional counselor educator. 3. A written plan which at a minimum must include an estimated number of client contact hours per week and must specify the supervision received. The supervision must include individual, face-to-face meetings that occur at regular intervals over the two-year period. Supervision in a group setting may also be provided such as in case conference among members of a professional staff or other arrangement. A total of one hundred hours over the two-year period of supervision through individual and group methods must be documented. At least sixty hours must be individual face-to-face supervision. The supervised experience may not be in a practice in which the applicant holds an ownership interest. The supervisor shall be a licensed professional counselor or licensed professional clinical counselor certified as a supervisor under section 97-02-01-08, or under a supervision authorized under subdivision c of subsection 2 of North Dakota Century Code section 43-47-06. Face to face includes electronic video communications that are secure and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliant on a secure server. 4. Showing successful completion of the national counselor examination as distributed and administered under the auspices of the national board of certified counselors.