Supervisors, and those to whom supervisory
responsibilities are delegated under §
49.13(a)(4)
(relating to licensed professional counselors) shall comply with this section.
Supervisors will be asked to attest to compliance on the verification of
experience form which shall accompany the supervisee's application for
licensure. The Board reserves the right to require a supervisor by
documentation or otherwise to establish to the Board's satisfaction that
compliance occurred.
(1) The
supervisor shall be qualified by training and experience to practice in the
supervisee's areas of supervised practice.
(2) The supervisor may not be a relative of
the supervisee by blood or marriage, may not be involved in a dual relationship
which obliges the supervisor to the supervisee and may not engage in treatment
of the supervisee.
(3) An
individual whose license has been actively suspended or revoked by a licensing
Board will not qualify as a supervisor.
(i) If
during the period of supervision, the supervisor's license is suspended or
revoked, the supervisor shall immediately notify the supervisee and immediately
cease supervision. Credit will be given for hours completed prior to the
disciplinary action.
(ii) The
supervisee shall obtain a new supervisor to complete the required
experience.
(4) The
supervisor shall be responsible for ensuring that the requirements of §
49.13(b) are
met.
(5) The supervisor shall be
accessible to the supervisee for consultation.
(6) The supervisor shall be empowered to
recommend the interruption or termination of the supervisee's activities in
providing services to a client/patient and, if necessary, to terminate the
supervisory relationship. Hours accumulated for activities not approved by the
supervisor will not count towards satisfying the 3,600 hours of supervised
experience.
(7) The supervisor
shall ensure that the supervisee's status as a supervisee is made known to the
supervisee's patients, and also ensure that the supervisee has obtained written
permission from each patient to discuss his case with the supervisor.
(8) The supervisor shall establish objectives
to be achieved by the supervisee during supervision.
(9) The supervisor shall review issues of
practice and ethics with the supervisee.
(10) The supervisor shall maintain notes or
records of scheduled supervisory sessions and provide these records to the
Board upon request.
(11) The
supervisor shall observe client/patient sessions of the supervisee or review
recordings of these sessions.
(12)
In supervisory meetings, the supervisor shall discuss the supervisee's level of
work-for example, the supervisee's areas of competence and areas of needed
improvement.
(13) The supervisor
shall provide the supervisee with recommendations bearing on further
professional development, professional study and skills necessary for
independent practice.
(14) The
supervisor shall prepare written evaluations or reports of progress which shall
delineate the supervisee's strengths and weaknesses. These evaluations or
reports shall be discussed with the supervisee on at least a quarterly
basis.
(15) The supervisor shall
encourage the supervisee to work with professionals in other disciplines as
indicated by the needs of each client/patient and shall periodically observe
these cooperative encounters.
(16)
The supervisor shall encourage the supervisee to access multidisciplinary
consultation, as necessary.
