The Texas Administrative Code: Minimum Qualifications for Supervisors (Tex. Admin. Code §354.3105) (a) A peer specialist supervisor must: • (1) be at least 18 years of age; • (2) be a: o (A) QCC;1 o (B) LPHA;2 o (C) QMHP-CS,3 with a QCC or LPHA supervising the QMHP-CS; OR

1§354.3003(15) QCC stands for Qualified Credentialed Counselor. A QCC is “a person licensed as one of the following and acting within the authorized scope of the person's license: (A) licensed professional counselor; (B) licensed clinical social worker; (C) licensed marriage and family therapist; (D) psychologist; (E) physician; (F) physician's assistant; (G) licensed chemical dependency counselor; (H) certified addictions registered nurse; or (I) advanced practice registered nurse licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing as a psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialist or nurse practitioner.” 2§354.3003(6) LPHA stands for Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts. An LPHA is “a person licensed as one of following and acting within the authorized scope of the person's license: (A) physician; (B) licensed professional counselor; (C) licensed clinical social worker; (D) psychologist; (E) advanced practice registered nurse; (F) physician assistant; or (G) licensed marriage and family therapist.” 3§354.3003(16) QMHP-CS stands for Qualified Mental Health Professional-Community Services. A QMHP-CS “must demonstrate competency in the work to be performed and: (A) be a Registered Nurse; or (B) have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum number of hours that is equivalent to a major in psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, human growth and development, physician's assistant, gerontology, special education, educational psychology, early childhood education, or early childhood intervention. 4§354.3003(17) QPS stands for Qualified Peer Supervisor. A QPS “must: (A) be a certified peer specialist under this subchapter; and (B) have one of the following combinations: (i) a high school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) and at least four years of work experience as a peer specialist, up to two years of which may be substituted by work experience supervising others; or (ii) an associate's degree or higher from an accredited college or university and at least two years of work experience as a peer specialist.”