| (a) An LMSW who plans to apply for specialty practice recognition must: (1) submit a supervisory plan to the board for approval by the appropriate committee of the board or executive director at the beginning of supervision or if the LMSW fails to submit a supervisory plan, then the LMSW will need to submit documentation regarding dates, times and summary of all supervisory sessions at the time the LMSW makes application for the upgrade; (2) submit a supervision verification form to the board within 30 days of the end of each supervisory plan with each supervisor. If the supervisor does not recommend the supervisee for recognition as an AP or ACP, the supervisor must provide specific reasons for not recommending the supervisee. The board may consider the supervisor's reservations in its evaluation of qualifications of the supervisee; and (3) submit a new supervisory plan within 90 days of changing
supervisors. (b) A person who wishes to be an approved supervisor must file a request with the board. A supervisor must: (1) be a LMSW-ACP or LMSW-AP or hold the equivalent social work license or certification in another state; (2) take professional responsibility for the social work services provided within the supervisory plan; (3) A supervisor must meet one of the following: (A) be the agency designated supervisor; or (B) have completed one social work graduate course in supervision from an accredited college or university; or (C) have completed two years of experience as a clinical social work supervisor; or (D) have completed a supervisor's training program acceptable to the board; and (4) currently be engaged in the practice of social work and self-identified as a social worker.
(c) On receipt of the request and verification of qualifications, the board will issue a letter of approval to a qualified supervisor. (d) A supervisor must maintain the qualifications described in subsection (b) of this section while he or she is providing supervision. (e) Supervisory sessions may be in one-on-one sessions or in a combination of individual and group sessions. (1) There can be no more than six individuals in a supervision group. (2) Supervision shall be spread out over the experience of the supervisee. (3) Supervision shall be accomplished in one or two hour blocks not exceeding ten hours per month. (f) Supervision must be face-to-face meetings between the supervisor and supervisee unless the executive director 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. (g) Supervision must extend over a full 24 months and must consist of no less than 100 hours. Supervision must average one hour per 30-40 hours of social work services over the full period. Individuals who work less than 30 hours per week will be credited for experience and supervision in proportion to the average hours worked per week. (h) An LMSW may contract for ACP supervision with written approval of the LMSW's employing agency. A copy of the approval must accompany the supervisory plan submitted to the board. (i) An ACP may not charge or collect a fee or anything of value from his or her employee or contract employee for the ACP's supervision services provided to the employee or contract employee.
(j) The ACP must be responsible for establishing all conditions of exchange with the clients served by her or his supervisee and for the collection of service fees from those clients. (k) Supervision completed before the effective date of this chapter will be evaluated on the basis of the rules in effect at the time of the supervision.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §781.302 adopted to be effective December 13, 1994, 19 TexReg 9493; amended to be effective August 14, 1996, 21 TexReg 7382; amended to be effective September 18, 1997, 22 TexReg 9248.
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