Area 1: Supervision Rules

Supervisory Relationship: Scope of Supervision

Who do supervisory rules apply to?

Unlicensed individuals working towards licensure

Unlicensed individuals with Masters/Doctorate supervised by a licensed psychologist

Other unlicensed persons providing psychological services under supervision 

Licensed psychologists functioning as supervisors

Mental health workers who are delivering services.

Area 1: Supervision Rules

Supervisory Relationship: Purpose of Supervision

 What is the purpose of supervision by a licensed psychologist?

A. Protect welfare of clients

B. Protect welfare of persons serving as training subjects for psychological procedures, classroom demonstrations, or research.

C. Structure activities so that competent services of a psychological nature are safely available for clients.

D. Assure fucntioning within limits of competence.

E. Assure that individuals seeking licensure receive training in a variety of activities relevant to professional practice and academic background.

F. For licensed persons seeking supervision to expand competence or satisfy retraining requirements

G. Non-exploitative employment/training experiences

H. Be available for general administrative, supervisory, and mental health experience to regulate delivery of service.

• The professional oversight of persons who work under the licensing authority of the licensed psychologist. 
• Psychological work must be consistent with previous academic and professional training (dydactic and practica) of the supervisor and the supervisee. 
• Telepsychology may be used.
• Work shall not include psychological diagnosis, psychological prescription, or psychological client supervision.

• Formal Provision of systemaic education and training that is primarily case-focused and evaluative.
• Telepsychology may be used only as a supplement and may not replace face-to-face supervision.
• Supervisory relationship supports and directs the work and professional development of graduate students (predoctoral interns), postdoctoral trainees, or other qualified individuals to help them:
• Gain experience for licensure as psychologists
• Develop another competency area
• Develop skills in performing psych. services

• help licensing candidate develop supervisory skills
• Supervisee supervises other psychology supervisees under authority of a psychologist.
• May only be performed by:
• Post doctoral trainee working towards licensure, not to exceed 12 months.
• Pre-doctoral intern who is a graduate student in psych. or school psych.
• Doctoral trainee deemed by grad program director as ready to enter umbrella supervisory relationship.

• Supervision of persons who work under the license of a licensed psychologist or school psychologist
• Scope of practice (work must not exceed)
• Consistent with previous education/experience of supervisor and supervisee
• Telepsychology may be used for supervision

• Education and training that is case-focused and evaluative.
• Telepsychology may be used as a supplement not primary means of supervision.
• Supervisory relationship supports and directs the work and professional development of grad students, post-doctoral trainees or other qualified individuals:
• Gain experience for licensure
• develop skills for practicing school psychology

• Professional oversight of another licensed, certified, or registered mental health professional delivering services.
• Psychologist provides "clinical supervision"

• Responsibility for office or agency organizational procedures, practices, or policies.
• Does not involve professional supervision.
• May or may not be qualified to provide professional supervision.

• Psychology Intern
• Psychology Fellow
• Psychology Resident
• Psychology Trainee
• Psychology Postdoctoral Trainee

• School Psychology Intern
• School Psychology Assistant
• School Psychology Trainee

May or may not be working towards licensure. 

Master's Degree in Psychology

May or may not be working towards psych. licensure

Person with a Bachelor's Degree in another field (not psychology) or 2+years of college course work.

(Mental Health Technology Degree)

Working under psychology work supervision.

Supervisor Responsibilities

For:

Work & Training Supervision

• Shall not provide supervision to someone who has administrative or funding authority over him/her
• Supervisor cannot be employed by a supervisee
• If supervisor is not employed, supervisee may pay a fee for individual face-to-face supervision in a private practice setting at supervisor's standard hourly rate.
• If supervisor charges hourly rate, supervisee receives all fees for reimbursement for all clients (minus reasonable overhead). 
• No direct family relationship between supervisor and supervisee
• No business relationships, except if supervisee is employed by supervisor for psychology practice.
• No supervising work that psychology isn't competent to provide
• no supervising anyone providing psychology services illegally
• Supervise persons who have completed approrpiate academic or professional preparation or are making progress towards completion.
• Not concurrently supervise more than 4 unlicensed persons without written permission from the Board
• does not apply to MH Workers
• Ensure supervisee is competent to provide services
• Responsible for psychological prescription, diagnosis, and supervision of clients.  Can not be delegated to a non-psychologist or work supervisee...except a training supervisee as part of his/her training