Supervisors in Indiana

Counseling (LPC / LMHC)

You can complete all of your supervised hours by live, HIPAA-compliant video or in person; phone, email and text do not count.

• Video must be synchronous audio-visual and HIPAA-compliant
• Phone, email and text do not count as supervision
• Supervisor must be an LMHC or board-approved equivalent

Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board · IC 25-23.6-8.5-4(a), (g)

Social Work (LCSW)

You can complete all of your supervised clinical hours by live, HIPAA-compliant video or in person; phone, email and text do not count.

• Video must be synchronous audio-visual and HIPAA-compliant
• Phone, email and text do not count as supervision
• Two years of post-MSW experience under a qualified supervisor

Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board · IC 25-23.6-5-3.5(a), (h)

Marriage & Family Therapy (LMFT)

You can complete all 200 of your supervision hours by live, HIPAA-compliant video or in person; phone, email and text do not count.

• Video must be synchronous audio-visual and HIPAA-compliant
• 200 supervision hours, including 100 individual
• Supervisor must be an LMFT with 5+ years or approved equivalent

Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board · IC 25-23.6-8-2.7(a), (h)

Psychology

At least one hour a week of individual supervision must be face-to-face and on site, so video cannot replace it.

The required weekly hour of individual supervision must be face-to-face and on site.

• At least 1 hour weekly of individual on-site supervision
• Done in the supervisor's office or a setting they oversee
• Finish within a consecutive 60-month period

Indiana State Psychology Board · 868 IAC 1.1-13-3.1(d)(3)

Collaborating Physician (NP)

Your collaborating physician can be remote, but your practice agreement must explain how you'll maintain 'geographic proximity', so a far-away physician is risky.

Practice agreement must state how you and the practitioner maintain 'geographic proximity'; no mileage cap is set.

• Written practice agreement required; Indiana has no full-practice-authority pathway
• Send physician a 5% random chart and prescription sample within 7 days
• Report agreement changes or termination to the board immediately

Indiana State Board of Nursing (with Medical Licensing Board of Indiana) · IC 25-23-1-19.4(c); 848 IAC 5-1-1(a)(7)(D), (F), (c)

Supervising Physician (PA)

Your collaborating physician can be off site if they're immediately reachable by phone or video and can see your patients within a medically appropriate time frame.

Off-site physician must be immediately reachable electronically and able to see the patient within a medically appropriate time frame if consultation is requested.

• A physician may collaborate with no more than 4 PAs at once
• Physician reviews patient encounters within 10 business days
• First year of prescribing: physician reviews at least 10% of those charts

Medical Licensing Board of Indiana (Physician Assistant Committee) · IC 25-27.5-2-4.9; IC 25-27.5-6-1; IC 25-27.5-6-2; IC 25-27.5-5-2