Section 1905.70  Qualifications for Treatment Providers

In order to be approved to provide sex offender treatment, 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 of sex offenders in the last 4 years, at least 200 of which are face-to-face therapy with sex offenders; and

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

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