Validation

Check whether your experience is ready for the BBS, and resolve anything that isn't.

Validation answers the question that matters most before you apply: is your supervised experience ready to hand to the BBS? It checks every logged event against your pathway's rules and tells you, in plain terms, what still needs attention. Your dashboard's compliance readiness card links straight here.

At the top, a verdict badge summarizes where you stand: Ready to submit, a count such as "8 need attention," or Not yet eligible while you're still below the first 50 qualifying hours. It's dated to when it was checked ("Validated against pathway state as of…"). Ready means your logged experience clears your pathway's rules; the summary also notes any hours that can't be credited, since those don't hold up a submission.

What needs your attention

The first section is a short list of high-level checks. A check that passes reads as the condition it clears; one that fails states the gap, with a count and a next step:

Total qualifying hours meet the pathway minimum (or Not enough qualifying hours yet) — how many more you need.
Every required category meets its minimum (or Some categories are below their minimum) — which categories are short.
Every event that can count is counting (or Some events don't count toward licensure yet) — how many events have an issue you can resolve.
Every event was supervised by a credentialed supervisor at the time.
Every week of hours met the supervision floor and tier rule (or Some weeks didn't meet the supervision rules).
Every supervisor-type hour minimum is met and Every supervised-weeks minimum is met.

Each flagged check links you to the hours or events behind it.

Items that need attention

Further down, the specific problems are grouped by reason, with the affected events listed under each. Two you'll see often:

"Supervision rules call for 2 complete supervision units in any week with more than 10 hours of direct clinical work, so the clinical hours in those weeks don't count." A heavier clinical week requires more supervision to stay compliant.
"Supervision rules require at least 1 complete supervision unit in any week you log hours, so hours from those weeks don't count." A week with client hours but no logged supervision doesn't count at all.

Select View event on any item to open and fix it.

Hours that can't be credited

A separate, neutral card lists events that stay on your record but can never count toward this pathway, with the total they come to. Nothing you do will change that, so they don't count against your readiness; they're here so you can see exactly where the time went. If your oldest hours are aging past the BBS six-year window, or you hold a subsequent registration, related notes appear on your Pathway page.

The rules you're measured against

Validation lists the full rule set for your pathway so nothing is a mystery. For an LMFT pathway these include:

Hours — a total minimum, a direct counseling minimum with a couples, families, and children sub-minimum, and a non-clinical maximum.
Weeks and time span — minimum total supervised weeks and minimum individual-or-triadic supervision weeks.
Supervision — which supervisor licenses qualify, per-supervisor caseload limits, and any per-license caps.
Weekly cadence and caps — a maximum of 40 experience hours per week; one weekly supervision unit (1 hour individual or triadic, or 2 hours group); and the rule that more than 10 direct clinical hours in a week, per setting, requires 2 supervision units.

What's already cleared

The page also shows the checks you've passed — for example, that every event was supervised by a credentialed supervisor at the time, or that every supervised-weeks minimum is met. This is as useful as the problem list: it tells you what you don't have to worry about.

If one of your supervisors appears to be carrying more individual or triadic supervisees than the SB 1024 limit, a card titled A note about your supervisor's caseload explains it. As the card says, this doesn't affect you and every hour you've logged still counts; the limit is your supervisor's responsibility, and the count can overstate because exempt settings aren't tracked.

Gotchas

The weekly supervision unit is the rule that catches most people. Every week you claim hours, you need supervision that week — one unit for a normal week, two if you logged more than 10 direct clinical hours in a setting. A week of client hours with no supervision logged counts for nothing. Log your supervision the same week you log your clinical hours.

Validation is a point-in-time check. It reflects your data as of the date shown. Fix an event and re-open the page to see the count update.
"Awaiting review" is not the same as "has an issue." An event can be waiting on your supervisor and still be perfectly valid. Validation flags rule problems; sign-off is separate.
Clear issues before you send your Verification. Your Experience Verification and hours logs print creditable hours. Resolving validation first means the totals you submit match what you expect.

FAQ

Why don't some of my logged hours count? Almost always a weekly supervision rule: either no supervision was logged that week, or a heavy clinical week needed a second supervision unit. Validation names the exact reason and links to the events.

What's a "supervision unit"? One hour of individual or triadic supervision, or two hours of group supervision, logged in a given week. It's the weekly minimum that makes that week's clinical hours count.

I fixed an event but the count didn't change. Validation re-checks when you reload it. Re-open the page after saving your changes.

Does a clean Validation page mean I'm ready to apply? It means your logged experience clears your pathway's rules. Confirm your hours are approved by your supervisor and your coursework and exams are recorded, then send your Experience Verification.