(a) Supervisors are recognized by the board when subsection
(a) or (b) of this section is met by submitting an application which
includes the applicable fee and the following:
(1) a license as a marriage and family therapist (which
is not a provisional or an associate license) issued by the board;
(2) one of the following:
(A) successful completion of a one-semester graduate
course in marriage and family therapy supervision from an accredited
institution; or
(B) a 40-hour continuing education course in clinical
supervision that meets the minimum requirements of the board and is
offered by a board-approved provider; and
(3) a master's degree and at least 3,000 hours of practice
of marriage and family therapy over a minimum of three years as a
licensed marriage and family therapist, or a doctoral degree recognized
by the board and at least 1,000 hours of practice of marriage and
family therapy over a minimum of one year as a licensed marriage and
family therapist.
(b) In lieu of meeting the qualifications set forth
in subsection (a) of this section, a person is an acceptable supervisor
if the person is licensed by the board and has been designated as
an approved supervisor or supervisor candidate by the American Association
for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) before the person provides
any supervision.
(c) A supervisor may not be employed by the person
whom he or she is supervising.
(d) 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.
(e) A board-approved supervisor shall maintain and
sign a record(s) to document the date of each supervision conference
and document the LMFT Associate's total number of hours of supervised
experience accumulated up to the date of the conference.
(f) Both the LMFT Associate and the board-approved
supervisor are fully responsible for the marriage and family therapy
activities of the LMFT Associate.
(1) The supervisor shall ensure that the LMFT Associate
is aware of and adheres to Subchapter C of this chapter (relating
to Guidelines for Professional Therapeutic Services and Code of Ethics).
(2) A dual relationship between the supervisor and
the LMFT Associate that impairs the supervisor's objective, professional
judgment shall be avoided.
(3) A supervisor may not supervise more than twelve
persons at one time.
(4) If a supervisor determines that the LMFT Associate
may not have the therapeutic skills or competence to practice marriage
and family therapy under a regular license, the supervisor shall develop
and implement a written plan for remediation of the LMFT Associate.
(5) A supervisor shall timely submit accurate documentation
of supervised experience.
(g) Supervisor approval will expire on the date the
licensee's regular license next expires. Renewal of supervisor approval
will begin and expire on the same date as for the regular license.
(h) A licensee who is approved by the board as a supervisor
whose license is not renewed due to failure to meet all requirements
for licensure renewal shall not advertise or represent himself or
herself as a supervisor in any manner. A licensee who lets his/her
license expire and continues to provide supervision towards licensure
under this chapter or the Act, or as a result of an order of the board,
must reimburse all supervisees for supervision provided while the
license was expired before renewal may be approved.
(i) A supervisor whose license expires, or is revoked
or suspended, is no longer an approved supervisor and hours accumulated
under that person's supervision after expiration, revocation or suspension
may not count as acceptable hours unless approved by the board.
(j) A supervisor who becomes subject to a board disciplinary
order is no longer an approved supervisor. The person shall inform
all LMFT Associates of the board disciplinary order and assist the
LMFT Associates in finding alternate supervision.
(k) The LMFT Associate may compensate the supervisor
for time spent in supervision if the supervision is not part of the
supervisor's responsibilities as a paid employee of an agency, institution,
clinic, or other business entity.
(l) Supervisory status may be denied, revoked, or suspended
following a fair hearing for violation of the Act or rules. The fair
hearing will be conducted under the fair hearing rules of the Department
of State Health Services, at 25 Texas Administrative Code §§1.51
- 1.55 (relating to Fair Hearing Procedures).
(m) A supervisor whose supervisory status has expired
shall refund all supervisory fees received after the expiration of
the supervisory status to the LMFT Associate(s) who paid the fees.
(n) Supervision of an LMFT Associate without being
approved as a supervisor, or after expiration of the supervisor status,
may be grounds for disciplinary action.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §801.143 adopted to be effective November 22, 1996, 21 TexReg 11588; amended to be effective September 20, 1998, 23 TexReg 9343; amended to be effective April 11, 2001, 26 TexReg 2713; amended to be effective July 2, 2006, 31 TexReg 5111; amended to be effective May 18, 2008, 33 TexReg 3758; amended to be effective December 19, 2010, 35 TexReg 10958; amended to be effective March 31, 2013, 38 TexReg 1982; amended to be effective November 23, 2014, 39 TexReg 9011 |