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Mississippi State Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional Counselors Mississippi Counseling Association 2018 Annual Conference November 9, 2018 Biloxi
Mississippi State Board of Examiners
for Licensed Professional Counselors
Mississippi Counseling Association
2018 Annual Conference
November 9, 2018
Biloxi
Richard Strebeck, PhD, LPC-S, NCC, CSAT, BC-TMHChair, Long Beach (District At Large) – Counselor Educator - 2022
Steven Rollins Stafford, MS, LPC-SVice-Chair, Madison (District III) – Practitioner - 2022
Kimberly Elam Sallis, PhD, LPC-SSecretary, Oxford (District I) – Practitioner – 2021
S. Lynn Etheridge, JD, PhD, LPC-S, RPTS, NCCPort Gibson, (District II) – Counselor Educator – 2023
Victoria Williams, MS, LPC-SBiloxi, (District IV) – Practitioner – 2023
LPC Board Members
Board Updates
New Board members
Revised Rules and Regulations
June 29, 2018 – Filed with the Occupational Licensing Review Committee (OLRC)
July 10, 2018 – Filed with Secretary of State’s Office (SOS)
August 7, 2018 – Public comment period completed and submitted as final to the OLRC
Currently waiting on the OLRC to review
When approved by OLRC, the Board will file as final with the SOS
After 30 days, the revised Rules and Regulations become final
R&R
Board Updates
Website issues (no data were
compromised)
Home page redirect
Writing to complaint and P-LPC tables
New website (front side)
Total Licensed Professional Counselors
in Mississippi
Newly Licensed Professional Counselors
in Mississippi
Total Licensed Professional Counselor
Supervisors in Mississippi
Total Licensed Professional Counselor
Supervisor Applications in Mississippi
Licensed Professional Counselor
Applications in Mississippi
Licensed Professional Counselor
Candidacy Applications in Mississippi
Provisional Licensed Professional
Counselor applications and licensees
Complaints Filed
Licensure Requirements
➢ Beginning January 1, 2017
• Masters degree must be 60 semester/90 quarter
hour program with 12 content areas
• Candidates for licensure must report supervised
hours using the online log portal provided through
the LPC Board’s website.
Jurisprudence Exam
➢ Required to take when
• Applying for an LPC
• Applying for BQS
• Renewing a license
➢ LPC-S will have 5 additional questions relating to supervision
➢ No fail examination
➢ 3 Ethics CEs awarded for completion
➢ Proposed implementation 2019
➢ Developed and Administered through the Center for Credentialing
and Education (NCE/NCMHCE)
Provisional Licensed Professional
Counselor (P-LPC)
➢Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor (P-LPC) requirements• Complete 60 graduate semester hour
(90 quarter hour) master’s degree, which includes the 12 course content areas
• Pass the National Counselor Exam
Provisional Licensed Professional
Counselor (P-LPC)
➢Provisionally Licensed Professional
Counselor (P-LPC) requirements
• Submit supervision contract
• Submit Declaration of Practice
• Complete Application and Pay
Application Fee
Declaration of Practice
➢ Basically, informed consent for site setting
for supervisee
➢ P-LPC requirement
➢ Individuals with a P-LPC practicing in a
private practice setting are encouraged to
have clients sign this declaration as part of
his/her Informed Consent process.
Declaration of Practice
Declaration of Practice
Declaration of Practice
Declaration of Practice
Declaration of Practice
Declaration of Practice
Declaration of Practice
Supervisee will upload to Board’s
web portal.
Supervisor will
‘concur’.
Board Qualified Supervisor (LPC-S)
Requirements
➢ Five years full-time post graduation experience
➢Hold LPC for at least two years
➢Complete supervision educational requirements
➢Educational Course Work
➢Professional Training
➢ACS credential from NBCC
➢Complete the BQS Application and Pay $50 fee
➢Membership in a national counseling organization
Supervision Contract Requirements
➢ Review / update supervision contract.
➢ Brief philosophy of supervision (1-2 paragraphs)
➢ Expectations of supervisee
➢ Supervisor and supervisee responsibilities
➢ Back up policy for when supervisor is out of pocket
➢ Terms of supervision (including fees)
➢ Signatures of supervisor and supervisee
Supervision by Distance Professional
Services
➢ Supervision can be provided by way of Distance
Professional Services.
• Complete the Board Certified TeleMental Health (BC-TMH)
credential through CCE.
• File the BC-TMH credential with the Board.
• Conferencing/supervision is only allowed via secure synchronous
video.
• The Supervision Agreement submitted to the Board must explain
the use and limits of distance supervision.
Supervision Education/Training
Requirements
➢Graduate Level Academic Training -
official transcript delineating 3 hour class
in supervision
➢Professional training – 45 hours
➢Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS)
credential from the Center for
Credentialing and Education (CCE)
Board Qualified Supervisor (LPC-S)
Responsibilities
➢ Ensure the supervisee has the appropriate training
(appropriate degree, course hours, etc.) and skills to
become licensed.
➢ Develop the supervisee’s clinical skills and competencies.
➢ Provide documented one-to-one and/or group face-to-face
consultation, guidance, and instruction. Supervised
experience is documented through the Board’s website.
➢ Is responsible (liable) for the supervisee’s professional
counseling/actions.
Board Qualified Supervisor (LPC-S)
Responsibilities
Maintains accountability for the supervisee’s hours based
on the following guidelines.
• Minimum of 1 hour of supervision per
▪ 40 hours of total services provided (the supervisee cannot count
more than 40 hours of total service in a week) and
▪ 25 hours of direct services provided (Pending Rules and Regulation
change: the supervisee cannot count more than 25 hours of direct
services in a week).
Reporting Requirements
• Candidates for licensure must report supervised
hours using the online log portal provided through
the LPC Board’s website.
Supervised Experience Changes for the LPC
➢ Transitional Cohort (Active supervision before
July 1, 2018)
➢3,500 post-masters
➢1,167 direct
services
➢100 supervision
➢ LPC requirements (Beginning July 1, 2018)
➢3,000 post-masters
➢1,200 direct
services
➢100 supervision
Supervised Experience Changes for the
LPC
➢ The new Rules and Regulations - someone
with a P-LPC can practice in a private
practice setting (a “non-governed by”
setting) with an LPC onsite.
➢ Prior Rules and Regulations required an
individual with an LPC-S onsite.
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