Supervisors, and those to whom supervisory
responsibilities are delegated, under §
48.13(a)(4)
(relating to licensed MFT) 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 in order to complete the required experience.
(4) The supervisor shall be
responsible for ensuring that the requirements of §
48.13(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. Any 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.
