Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-6-210 - Practice Limitations

1. An immediate family member or other individual whose objective assessment of the supervisee's performance may be limited by a relationship with the supervisee shall not provide direct or clinical supervision.

2. A supervisee may not acquire supervised work experience in a professional setting which the supervisee operates or manages or in which the supervisee has an ownership interest.

3. Supervised work experience acquired as an independent contractor must include the following:

a. The supervisee has entered into a written contract to provide services for a behavioral health entity;

b. The supervisee receives an appropriate level of direct supervision from the contracting behavioral health entity, as determined by the Board;

c. The supervisee is paid by the contracting behavioral health entity and receives no payment directly from clients;

d. The supervisee provides services to clients who are advised in writing that they are clients of the contracting behavioral health entity.

e. The written contract between the contracting behavioral health entity and the supervisee provides that the supervisee is required to comply with the contracting behavioral health entity's clinical policies and procedures, including its code of ethics and record-keeping procedures; and

f. The written contract between the contracting behavioral health entity and the supervisee provides that all client records belong to the contracting behavioral health entity and remain the contracting behavioral health entity's property at the termination of the contract between the contracting behavioral health entity and the supervisee.

4. Beginning on January 1, 2006, the Board shall not accept work experience acquired after December 31, 2005, by an unlicensed professional practicing under an exemption provided in A.R.S. § 32-3271 .

The following licensees shall not engage in the independent practice of behavioral health but rather, shall practice behavioral health only under direct supervision as prescribed in R4-6-211 :

1. Licensed baccalaureate social worker,

2. Licensed master social worker,

3. Licensed associate counselor,

4. Licensed associate marriage and family therapist,

5. Licensed substance abuse technician,

6. Licensed associate substance abuse counselor, or

7. Temporary licensee.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-6-210

New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 2700, effective July 1, 2004 (Supp. 04-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 2713, effective June 27, 2005 (Supp. 05-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 21 A.A.R. 2630, effective 11/1/2015.