(a)(No change.) (b)Licensees ensure that their supervisees have legal authority to provide psychological services in adherence to Board rules. (c)[(b)] Licensees provide an adequate level of supervision to all individuals under their supervision according to accepted professional standards given the experience, skill and training of the supervisee and the type of psychological services. (d)[(c)] Licensees must be competent to perform any psychological services being provided under their supervision. (e)[(d)] Licensees shall document their supervision activities in writing. (f)[(e)] Licensees delegate only those responsibilities that supervisees may legally and competently perform. (g)[(f)] Licensees utilize methods of supervision that enable the licensee to monitor all delegated services for legal, competent, and ethical performance. (h)[(g)] For purposes of this rule, the term "supervision" does not apply to the supervision of purely administrative or employment matters. (i)[(h)] Licensed psychological associates and provisionally licensed psychologists must be under the supervision of a licensed psychologist and may not engage in independent practice.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has
been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's
legal authority to adopt.
Filed
with the Office
of the Secretary of State on September 2, 2009
TRD-200903901 Sherry L. Lee
Executive Director
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 18, 2009
For further information, please call: (512) 305-7706
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