Per ABEC Administrative Rule 255-X-3-.03(3)(h):

Recertification. Recertification/renewal of the LPC-S certification will be a part of the LPC license the LPC-S is based upon. A separate renewal of the LPC-s is not necessary.
Maintenance of the Supervisor status shall require that the LPC-S accrue a minimum of five (5) formal contact clock hours of relevant professional and continued education devoted to supervision during each two-year renewal cycle of the accompanying LPC license. These five (5) hours cannot be from the Continuing Education Credit for LPC-Supervisors. These five (5) hours can count as a part of the required forty (40) hours or continuing education for LPC licensure renewal.

LPC-S’s who fail to renew their LPC license each two-year period with the required five (5) hours devoted to supervision content must reapply to the Board for Supervising Counselor status.

Review of LPC-S’s compliance for continuing education in supervision will be a part of the LPC audit process.

This rule will have NO effect on those LPC/LPC-Ss renewing this renewal cycle (meaning by the July 31, 2022 deadline). This rule will only go into effect at the start of your next renewal cycle, meaning:

If you renew your LPC/LPC-S  by July 31, 2022 deadline, then the LPC-S CE requirement of the 5 CEs by an LPC-S will not need to start until the Aug 1, 2022 licensure cycle (for those whose licenses started again on Aug 1, 2022) and then would be a part of the 8/1/2022-7/31/2024 audit (if that person is chosen for audit).

If you renew your LPC/LPC-S by the July 31, 2023 deadline, then the LPC-S CE requirement of the 5 CEs by an LPC-S will not need to start until the Aug 1, 2023 licensure cycle (for those whose licenses started again on Aug 1, 2023) and then would be a part of the 8/1/2023-7/31/2025 audit (if that person is chosen for audit).

A supervision workshop is not required, only “five (5) formal contact clock hours of relevant professional and continued education devoted to supervision during each two-year renewal cycle of the accompanying LPC license. These five (5) hours cannot be from the Continuing Education Credit for LPC-Supervisors. These five (5) hours can count as a part of the required forty (40) hours or continuing education for LPC licensure renewal.” See ABEC Administrative Rule Rule 255-X-3-.03(3)(f)

Guidelines for the revised Direct/Other supervision ratio:

Supervision of an ALC by a Supervising Counselor (SC) must include a minimum of 100 total hours annually. At least 50 of the 100 hours must be “direct” (one-to-one, face-to-face, in-person, individual) supervision devoted to oversight of care provided by the ALC to clients. In this supervision category, the SC and ALC must be physically present in the same location unless an exception is authorized in the approval of the PPoS.

The “other” category of supervision can be, at most, 50 of the 100 hours annually, but is not necessarily intended to duplicate the characteristics or purpose of one-to-one, face-to-face, in-person individual supervision. However, no form of “other” supervision is allowed without the presence of an ALC’s approved SC.

The “Direct Supervision” component for licensure supervision by an ABEC approved LPC-S requires that the supervision occur as individual, in-person, one-to-one, face-to-face, and physically present (not utilizing virtual formats or methods of interaction).

“Other Supervision” encompasses all forms of supervision that are not defined as “Direct”, specifically including a virtual presence of the SC with the ALC as well as the modality of group supervision. However, no form of “Other” supervision is allowed without the real-time, synchronous presence of an ALC’s approved SC.

Supervision provided for a period of time less than a full year must be a minimum weekly average of two (2) hours which must include at least fifty percent (50%) of one-to-one, face-to-face personal individual supervision.

Both the SC and the ALC have responsibility for maintaining records of supervision sessions and records of direct and indirect counseling service. These records may be examined, on request, by the Board.

However:

If the LPC-S has completed virtual supervision training in compliance with ABEC Administrative Rule 255-X-3-.02(4)(a), then the following guidelines would apply:

Supervision of an ALC by a Supervising Counselor (SC) must include a minimum of 100 total hours annually. At least 25 of the 100 hours must be “direct” (one-to-one, face-to-face, in-person, individual) supervision devoted to oversight of care provided by the ALC to clients. In this supervision category, the SC and ALC must be physically present in the same location unless an exception is authorized in the approval of the PPoS.

In the “other” category of supervision can be, at most, 75 of the 100 hours annually provided through a virtual/digital formats.

If the ALC and the LPC-S utilize the expanded virtual supervision ratio of 75% Other (virtual/digital) / 25% Direct in supervision services, then the LPC-S must attach to the Final Supervision Evaluation a copy of the certificate showing completion of the appropriate training in virtual supervision per ABEC Administrative Rule 255-X-3-.03(2).

This use of the virtual/digital formats does not change the maximum of other supervision formats, such as group supervision. These remain at a maximum of 50% of the supervised time for the ALC. However, no form of “Other” supervision is allowed without the real-time, synchronous presence of an ALC’s approved SC.