Section 1905.50  Qualifications for Provision of Evaluations Before Sentencing

In order to be approved to provide pre-sentence evaluations as described in Section 1905.30(a), an applicant must:

a)         hold a bachelor's degree or higher in social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychiatry, or other coursework within which degree the applicant can verify successful completion of coursework in assessment, social problems, abnormal psychology, counseling skills, or similar therapeutic discipline;

b)         have 400 hours of supervised experience in the treatment/evaluation of sex offenders in the last 4 years, at least 200 of which are face-to-face therapy/evaluation with sex offenders; 

c)         have completed at least 10 sex offender evaluations under supervision in the past 4 years; and

d)         have at least 40 hours of documented training in the specialty of sex offender evaluation/treatment/management.

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 12273, effective July 25, 2005)