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(a)To apply for supervisor status, an LMFT in good
standing must submit an application and applicable fee as well as
documentation of the following:
(1)completion of at least 3,000 hours of LMFT practice
over a minimum of 3 years; and
(A)successful completion of a 3-semester-hour, graduate
course in marriage and family therapy supervision from an accredited
institution; or
(B)a 40-hour continuing education course in clinical
supervision; or
(2)designation as an approved supervisor or supervisor
candidate by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
(AAMFT).
(b)A supervisor may not be employed by the person
he or she is supervising.
(c)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.
(d)Within 60 days of the initiation of supervision,
a supervisor must process and maintain a complete supervision file
on the LMFT Associate. The supervision file must include:
(1)a photocopy of the submitted Supervisory Agreement
Form;
(2)proof of board approval of the Supervisory Agreement
Form; and
(3)a record of all locations at which the LMFT Associate
will practice.
(e)A board-approved supervisor must 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)Within 30 days of the termination of supervision,
a supervisor must submit written notification to the board.
(g)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 must ensure the LMFT Associate knows
and adheres to all statutes and rules that govern the practice of
marriage and family therapy.
(2)A supervisor must maintain objective, professional
judgment; a dual relationship between the supervisor and the LMFT
Associate is prohibited.
(3)A supervisor may not supervise more than 12 persons
at one time.
(4)If a supervisor determines the LMFT Associate may
not have the therapeutic skills or competence to practice marriage
and family therapy under an LMFT license, the supervisor must develop
and implement a written plan for remediation of the LMFT Associate.
(5)A supervisor must timely submit accurate documentation
of supervised experience.
(h)Supervisor status expires with the LMFT license.
(i)To maintain board approval as a supervisor, a supervisor
must successfully complete the jurisprudence exam each renewal period.
(j)A supervisor who fails to meet all requirements
for licensure renewal must not advertise or represent himself or herself
as a supervisor in any manner.
(k)A supervisor whose license status is other than
"current, active" is no longer an approved supervisor. Supervised
clinical experience hours accumulated under that person's supervision
after the date his or her license status changed from "current, active"
or after removal of the supervisor designation will not count as acceptable
hours unless approved by the board.
(l)A supervisor who becomes subject to a board disciplinary
order is no longer an approved supervisor. The person must:
(1)inform each LMFT Associate of the board disciplinary
order;
(2)refund all supervisory fees received after date
the board disciplinary order was signed by the board chair to the
LMFT Associate who paid the fees; and
(3)assist each LMFT Associate in finding alternate
supervision.
(m)Supervision of an LMFT Associate without being
currently approved as a supervisor is grounds for disciplinary action.
(n)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.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed
with the Office of the Secretary of State on December 3, 2018
TRD-201805148 Jennifer Smothermon, MA, LPC, LMFT
Chair
Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists
Earliest possible date of adoption: January 13, 2019
For further information, please call: (512) 776-6972
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