Requirements for supervisor

1. Supervisors are recognized by the board when subsection 1 or 2 is met by submitting an application which includes the following four documents: a. A graduate degree in marriage and family therapy or a graduate degree in a related mental health field, such as counseling and guidance, psychology, psychiatry, or clinical social work, from a recognized educational institution; b. A license, which is not a provisional or an associate license, issued by the board or a license as a marriage and family therapist in another jurisdiction; c. One of the following: (1) Successful completion of a one semester graduate course in marriage and family therapy supervision from an accredited institution; or (2) A thirty-hour continuing education course in clinical supervision offered by a board-approved provider; and d. At least three thousand hours of direct client contact in the practice of marriage and family therapy over a minimum of three years as a licensed marriage and family therapist. 2. In lieu of meeting the qualifications set forth in subsection 1, a person is an acceptable supervisor if the person has been designated as an approved supervisor or supervisor-in-training by the American association for marriage and family therapy before the person provides any supervision. 3. A supervisor may not be employed by the person whom the supervisor is supervising. 4. A supervisor may not be related within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree by consanguinity to the person whom the supervisor is supervising.