LCMFT requirements in Kansas

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Supervision

• How much: Not less than 100 hours face-to-face clinical supervision; ≥50 individual
• How often: 1 hour supervision per 15 hours direct client contact; meet at least one hour twice per month (≥1 individual)
• Group supervision: Up to 50 hours with one supervisor and no more than six supervisees
• Who may supervise: Board-approved clinical supervisor; LCMFT with ≥2 years independent clinical MFT practice beyond licensure (other diagnosing behavioral-science licensee only with board approval)

When hours count and what to keep

• Before your degree: Postgraduate only; graduate practicum of ≥300 direct client hours required. Doctoral graduates may have half waived (≥1 year)
• Paperwork: Clinical supervision training plan approved by board before hours accrue; supervisor completion documentation on board forms

Can you be supervised remotely in Kansas?

Yes by video, but the supervisor needs a state-specific supervisor credential and the board must approve the arrangement first. What shapes this: state-only supervisor credential, prior board approval.

• Video supervision: All supervision face-to-face, in person or by synchronous videoconferencing if confidentiality is technologically protected; 1 h per 15 direct hours, 100 h total (50 individual), at least two sessions a month (one individual). Training plan must log whether each meeting was in the same physical space.
• Phone only: not allowed unless the board approves extenuating circumstances
• In-person minimum: none (synchronous video allowed for all supervision)
• Supervisor licensed in Kansas? not required: Kansas license or registration/license in another jurisdiction, but supervisor must hold Kansas board-approved clinical supervisor status
• Supervisor credential: Kansas board-approved clinical supervisor (K.A.R. 102-5-7b): application to the board + 15 h supervision CE or 1 graduate semester hour incl. 8 h supervised supervision and Kansas MFT law; LCMFT with 2+ years independent clinical MFT practice
• Supervisee cap: Group supervision limited to 6 supervisees per supervisor
• Board approval first: Clinical supervision training plan must be approved by the board before any hours accrue; changes must be filed within 45 days or hours stop counting

The client’s location decides which state’s rules apply. This is not legal advice; confirm with the board before building a program. Compare every state on the remote-supervision map.

Recent and pending changes

K.A.R. 102-5-7a amended eff. Dec. 16, 2022 (3,000 hours; videoconference supervision) and still current on rules.ks.gov (2026-09-25). K.A.R. 102-5-7b (board-approved clinical supervisor) amended June 21, 2024. K.S.A. 65-6404 last amended L. 2023, ch. 90 (community-based MFT license).

Where the rules are unclear

Kansas’s own documents disagree or are silent on these points. Ask the board if they affect you:

• K.A.R. 102-3-7a(g)(4)(D) / 102-5-7a(g)(4)(D) require the training plan to document each meeting "as conducted in the same physical space or otherwise, in the case of emergency", which reads as if remote meetings are for emergencies, while subsection (a) of the same rule allows synchronous videoconferencing for all supervision. Which governs?

In the board’s own words

10 more quotes are in the state explorer.

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