A person who wishes to be a board approved supervisor must file an application, and pay the applicable fee. (1) A board approved supervisor must: (A) be a LBSW, LMSW, LCSW or LMSW-AP in good standing or hold the equivalent social work license or certification in another state; (B) take professional responsibility for the social work services provided within the supervisory plan; (C) have completed a supervisor's training program acceptable to the board; (D) currently be engaged in the practice of social work and self-identified as a social worker; (E) submit the required documentation and fee to the board for approval; (F) pay the annual Board Approved Supervisor fee as listed in §781.217 of this title (relating to Fees); and (G) when approved as a supervisor by the board, the licensees may perform supervisory functions indicated: (i) a LCSW may supervise clinical experience toward the LCSW, Non-clinical experience toward the Advanced Practice, non-clinical experience toward the Independent Practice Recognition, a licensee under probationary initial or continued licensure, board ordered probated suspension, probationary license holders under the AMEC program; (ii) an LMSW-AP may supervise non-clinical experience toward the Advanced Practice, non-clinical experience toward the Independent Practice Recognition, a licensee under probationary initial or continued licensure, board ordered probated suspension, probationary license holders under the AMEC program; (iii) an LMSW with the Independent Practice Recognition may supervise non-clinical experience toward the Independent Practice Recognition, a licensee under probationary initial or continued licensure, board ordered probated suspension, probationary license holders under the AMEC program; (iv) an LMSW who does not hold the independent practice recognition may only supervise probationary license holders under the AMEC program; (v) a LBSW with the Independent Practice Recognition may supervise a LBSW's non-clinical experience toward the Independent Practice Recognition, a LBSW under probationary initial or continued licensure, board ordered probated suspension, probationary LBSW license holders under the AMEC program; or (vi) a LBSW who does not hold the independent practice recognition may only supervise probationary LBSW license holders under the AMEC program. (2) On receipt of the application to be a board approved supervisor, fee and verification of qualifications, the board will issue a letter notifying the licensee of approval as a board approved supervisor. (3) On receipt of the approved supervisor fee, the board will issue a letter certifying that the individual is an approved supervisor. A licensee who is approved as a supervisor remains approved as a supervisor until the licensee requests to be removed as a supervisor. (4) An approved supervisor must renew their approved supervisor status annually. An approved supervisor who fails to renew their approved supervisor status must reapply and meet the current requirements for approved supervisor status. (5) A supervisor must maintain the qualifications described in paragraph (1) of this section while he or she is providing supervision. (6) Supervisory sessions may be in one-on-one sessions or in a combination of individual and group sessions. (A) There can be no more than six individuals in a supervision group. (B) There may be: (i) no fewer than four hours of supervision shall occur each calendar month; (ii) no fewer than two supervisory sessions shall occur each month; (iii) each supervisory session shall be at least one hour in duration; (iv) no more than 10 hours of supervision is allowed during any calendar month. (7) A calendar month is creditable only if the supervision began no later than the first work day of the month and ended no sooner than the last calendar day of the month. (8) Supervision must be face-to-face meetings between the supervisor and supervisee unless the executive director of the board or a committee of the board has granted an exception allowing an alternate form of supervision due to geographical difficulties or physical disabilities. If an alternate form of supervision is approved, limits may be set on the amount of alternate supervision to assure sufficient interaction between the supervisor and supervisee. (9) Supervision must extend over a full 3000 hours. (10) A social worker may contract for supervision with written approval of the employing agency. A copy of the approval must accompany the supervisory plan submitted to the board. (11) A board-approved supervisor may not charge or collect a fee or anything of value from his or her employee or contract employee for the supervision services provided to the employee or contract employee. (12) The supervisor must be responsible for establishing all conditions of exchange with the clients served by her or his supervisee. (13) Supervision completed before the effective date of this chapter will be evaluated on the basis of the rules in effect at the time the supervision plan or verification is submitted to the board. (14) A supervisor may not be "employed by" or "under the employment supervision of" the person whom he or she is supervising. (15) A supervisor may not be related within the second degree by affinity (marriage) or within the third degree by consanguinity (blood or adoption) to the person whom he or she is supervising. (16) During the period of supervised experience, a supervisee may be employed on a salary basis or volunteer within an established supervisory setting. The established settings must be structured with clearly defined job descriptions and areas of responsibility. The board may require that the applicant provide documentation of all work experience. (17) All supervision submitted in fulfillment of the board's requirements must have been on a formal basis arranged prior to the period of supervision. Supervisory arrangements must include all specific conditions agreed to by the supervisor and supervisee. (18) No payment for services will be made directly by a client to the supervisee. (19) Client records are the responsibility of the agency and shall remain the property of the agency and not the property of the supervisee. (20) A supervisor shall submit billing reflective of the services provided and the provider of that service. All billing documents for services provided by the supervisee shall reflect the license held by the supervisee and that the licensee is under supervision. (21) Supervision received during time when either the supervisor or supervisee has an expired license will be accepted only on approval by the board of an appeal. |
