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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 21TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS
CHAPTER 465RULES OF PRACTICE
RULE §465.2Supervision
ISSUE 11/12/2010
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a)A licensee is responsible for the professional supervision of all individuals that the licensee employs or utilizes to provide psychological services of any kind.

(b)Licensees ensure that their supervisees have legal authority to provide psychological services in adherence to Board rules.

(c)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)Licensees must be competent to perform any psychological services being provided under their supervision.

(e)Licensees shall document their supervision activities in writing.

(f)Licensees delegate only those responsibilities that supervisees may legally and competently perform.

(g)Licensees utilize methods of supervision that enable the licensee to monitor all delegated services for legal, competent, and ethical performance.

(h)For purposes of this section [rule], the term "supervision" does not apply to the supervision of purely administrative or employment matters.

(i)A licensee who is practicing subject to an agreed order is not qualified to provide supervision for a person seeking to fulfill the internship or practicum requirements set by Board rule §463.8 of this title (relating to Licensed Psychological Associate), §463.9 of this title (relating to Licensed Specialist in School Psychology), or §463.10 of this title (relating to Provisionally Licensed Psychologists).

(j)Licensed psychological associates and provisionally licensed psychologists must be under the supervision of a licensed psychologist and may not engage in independent practice.

(k)[(j)] A licensee providing supervision must be actively licensed.

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 October 29, 2010

TRD-201006132

Sherry L. Lee

Executive Director

Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Earliest possible date of adoption: December 12, 2010

For further information, please call: (512) 305-7706



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