The CMHRS Manual states that only one QMHP eligible staff (QMHP Trainee) is allowed for each full time licensed staff and the number of QMHP Trainees cannot exceed 5% of total clinical adult staff within an agency. These limitations significantly impact our ability to fill our vacant positions. I recommend that these limitations be removed and that each organization be allowed to manage their own capacity for supervising QMHP-Trainees. If the training guidelines, including the requirement for 8 hours of continuing education and the QMHP and QMHP-Trainee roles are clearly defined, along with scope of practice and types of services each role can provide, then allow each agency to determine their own capacity for number of QMHP-Trainees and number supervised by each LMHP.