Supervisors in District Of Columbia

Counseling (LPC / LMHC)

Your 200 required supervision hours must be in person with your supervisor physically present; video only counts for day-to-day availability, not supervision hours.

• 200 hours immediate supervision; 100 must be individual
• At least 1 supervision hour per 35 hours worked
• 100 hours must be with a licensed professional counselor

DC Board of Professional Counseling · 17 DCMR §§ 6603.1(c), 6699; § 9102.2

Social Work (LCSW)

Your required immediate supervision (1 hour per 32 practice hours) must be in person; video and phone count only for daily check-ins, not supervision hours.

• 1 hour immediate supervision per 32 hours of practice
• 3,000 hours over 2–4 years under an LICSW
• Off-site supervisor 2+ days a week needs a written contract

DC Board of Social Work · 17 DCMR §§ 7012.8, 7012.9, 7099; D.C. Code § 3-1208.04; Board Policy 25-001

Marriage & Family Therapy (LMFT)

Your MFT supervision must be in-person, face-to-face meetings with your supervisor, so video sessions don't count toward the required supervisory contact hours.

• 1 supervision hour per 20 direct client contact hours
• At least monthly face-to-face discussions with supervisor
• 2,000 supervised hours, 1,000 in-person direct client contact

DC Board of Professional Counseling (regulates MFT since July 19, 2024) · 17 DCMR §§ 7703.3, 7799; D.C. Code § 3-1202.13

Psychology

At least 10% of your practice hours must be under in-person supervision; otherwise your supervisor must be reachable and able to get on site within two hours.

At least 10% of supervised practice hours must be under in-person supervision.

• 10% of the 4,000 hours under in-person immediate supervision
• Primary supervisor must be a DC-licensed psychologist
• Supervisor must be able to get on site within 2 hours

DC Board of Psychology · 17 DCMR §§ 6902.1(c), 6902.5, 6911.1, 6911.6, 6999

Collaborating Physician (NP)

In DC you don't need a collaborating physician as an NP, because the law defines APRN practice as independent, so the question of remote oversight doesn't arise.

• Hold national certification in an APRN role and population focus
• Former collaboration section (D.C. Code 3-1206.03) repealed July 19, 2024
• Facility credentialing or privileging can still apply

DC Board of Nursing (DC Health) · D.C. Code § 3-1201.02(2); § 3-1206.01; § 3-1206.03 (repealed by D.C. Law 25-191, § 101(ww)); § 3-1206.04

Supervising Physician (PA)

Your supervising physician can be fully remote in outpatient settings if constantly reachable electronically, but inpatient work requires their continuing or intermittent physical presence.

Outpatient: remote OK with constant electronic availability. Inpatient: physician must be physically present continuously or intermittently.

• Supervising physician must be DC-licensed and sign the delegation agreement
• Quarterly practice advisory review with a supervising physician, documented on file
• Physician may actively supervise at most 4 on-duty PAs at once

DC Board of Medicine (Advisory Committee on Physician Assistants) · D.C. Code § 3-1201.02(13); 17 DCMR § 4914 (as amended 67 DCR 2795, Mar. 13, 2020)