20.7.304    QUALIFICATIONS

(1) The individual must have received specialized documentable training in evaluation and treatment approaches from a nationally recognized program or provider specializing in working with sex offenders;

(2) Received formal education in the area of normal and abnormal sexual functioning;

(3) Received at least six hours of documentable annual continuing education in sex offender therapy or human sexuality;

(4) Spent the first year of their specialized clinical practice having at least monthly consultation and peer reviews of cases with a specialized sex offender clinician who practices in accordance with established national standards; and

(5) Possess one of the following combinations of degree and experience:

(a) Relevant bachelor's degree and 4,000 hours of specific sex offender treatment experience;

(b) Relevant master's degree, licensing and 2,000 hours of specific sex offender treatment experience;

(c) Relevant doctoral degree, licensing and 2,000 hours of specific sex offender treatment experience; or

(d) Medical degree and 2,000 hours of specific sex offender treatment experience; and

(e) Is a full or clinical member of at least one relevant national organization which has ethics of practice to which they adhere.

History: 53-1-203, MCA; IMP, 46-18-111, MCA; NEW, 1995 MAR p. 284, Eff. 2/24/95.