14-118 C.M.R. ch. 5, § 11 - Clinical Supervisor

11.1 General requirements.

11.1.1 The agency shall identify a clinical supervisor for each clinical service, and shall maintain policies and procedures governing the responsibilities of clinical supervisors. There is no requirement for supervision of the medical director or any individual licensed as a physician. The policies shall include, but not necessarily be limited to policies regarding:

11.1.1.1 routine clinical supervision of each clinician or staff member providing clinical services.

11.1.1.2 the agency is responsible to demonstrate that one or more clinical supervisors has credentials and/or training and/or experience, and/or access to mental health consultation, to provide supervision to all staff in the provision of COD-C services.

11.1.2 Supervision must be conducted at regularly scheduled times.

11.1.2.1 There must be at least one hour of supervision every week for clinical staff who provide at least 20 hours of direct services a week.

11.1.2.2 There must be at least one hour of supervision every two weeks for clinical staff who provide less than 20 hours of direct services a week.

11.1.3 Supervision may be conducted on an individual or group basis, or a combination of both.

11.1.3.1 Individual supervision must be provided at least one quarter of the time.

11.1.3.2 Group size shall include no more than 12 supervisees, unless a plan is submitted by the program and approved by OSA.

11.1.3.3 Supervision time shall be documented in hours, and shall be subject to the review of the Licensing Authority.

11.1.4 Supervision shall include the following:

11.1.4.1 review of client records;

11.1.4.2 documentation in the client records, indicating the occurrence of the review;

11.1.4.3 review of the Case Management substance abuse core function, including adequacy and completeness of screenings, assessments, referrals, etc.;

11.1.4.4 participation in the development of the employee's individual, group and family counseling skills, as applicable;

11.1.4.5 education for clinicians and staff members about clinical issues and treatment modalities;

11.1.4.5.1 Supervision hours cannot be doubly counted toward the twenty hours of required training referred to in Section 13.5.

11.1.4.6 the maintenance of a record of supervision, including the dates, employees supervised, duration and content of supervision, signed by the supervisor;

11.1.4.7 issues germane to the duties being performed;

11.1.4.8 review of new policies with the supervisees.

11.1.4.9 day-to-day supervision and evaluation of clinicians and staff members.

11.2 Credential. All clinical supervisors must be credentialed as Certified Clinical Supervisors by the Maine State Board of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors.

Notes

14-118 C.M.R. ch. 5, § 11