Supervisors in Maine

Counseling (LPC / LMHC)

Your supervisor can join by video or phone for up to 25 of your individual supervision hours, so plan the remaining individual hours in person.

Supervisor may join by live video or audio for up to 25 individual supervision hours (38 on the 4,000-hour track); rules silent on group supervision.

• 100 supervision hours over 3,000 experience hours, at least 50 individual
• Rules are silent on remote group supervision; confirm with the board
• Supervisor must be board-approved before you start

Maine Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure · 02-514 C.M.R. ch. 3, §4(1)

Social Work (LCSW)

Your clinical consultation hours can be in person, by live video, or any mix with no video cap, but phone-only sessions do not count.

• Audio-only supervision is not permitted
• 96 hours: 72 individual, 24 in groups of up to 8
• Clinical setting required; private or self-employed practice not credited

Maine State Board of Social Worker Licensure · 02-416 C.M.R. ch. 13, §5(1)(D)(2)-(3)

Marriage & Family Therapy (LMFT)

Your supervisor can join by video or phone for up to 50 of your individual supervision hours, so plan the remaining individual hours in person.

Supervisor may join by live video or audio for up to 50 individual supervision hours (75 on the 4,000-hour track); rules silent on group supervision.

• 200 supervision hours over 3,000 experience hours, at least 100 individual
• Rules are silent on remote group supervision; confirm with the board
• Supervisor must be board-approved before you start

Maine Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure · 02-514 C.M.R. ch. 4, §4(1)

Psychology

Maine requires weekly one-to-one 'face-to-face' supervision but never says whether video counts, so get the board's advance approval before relying on video hours.

• 1,500 postdoctoral hours over 48 to 104 weeks
• Weekly one hour individual supervision plus one hour learning activities
• Other supervision arrangements need advance board approval

Maine State Board of Examiners of Psychologists · 02-415 C.M.R. ch. 3, §6(4); ch. 4, §2(2); 32 M.R.S. §3831

Collaborating Physician (NP)

For your first 24 months you need a supervising physician or NP, but nothing requires them on site, and afterward you need no physician at all.

• 24 months supervised by physician, supervising NP, or physician-medical-director employer
• Register supervising relationship with Board; submit completion letter
• Proposed rule 2026-P157 would substitute NP mentorship; not yet adopted

Maine State Board of Nursing · 32 M.R.S. §2102(2-A), as amended by P.L. 2025, c. 540 (LD 961); 32 M.R.S. §2205-B(4-A); 02-380 C.M.R. Ch. 8, §2(2)

Supervising Physician (PA)

Your collaborating physician can work with you entirely remotely, and after 4,000 documented hours you no longer need a collaborative agreement.

• Under 4,000 hours: Board-approved collaborative agreement (or facility credentialing system)
• Over 4,000 hours: practice agreement only if principal provider without physician partner
• A physician must be accessible at all times for consultation

Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine; Maine Board of Osteopathic Licensure · 32 M.R.S. §3270-G(4)-(6) (MD board); 32 M.R.S. §2594-F(4)-(6) (osteopathic board); P.L. 2019, c. 627; P.L. 2025, c. 316