Area 1: Supervision Rules Flashcards
(35 cards)
Psychologist and School Psychologist Scope of Supervision - apply to supervision of (5)
- Unlicensed persons who are working towards licensure as a psychologist or school psychologist
- Unlicensed persons who hold a master’s degree or a doctoral degree in psychology from a program approved by the board and who are supervised by a licensed psychologist
- Other persons, not licensed in psychology or school psychology, providing psychological services under the professional supervision of a licensed psychologist or school psychologist
- Licensed psychologists or licensed school psychologists who are functioning as supervisors or supervisees
- Mental health workers delivering services under Chapter 1737, 1738, 1739, or 3923 or under other similarly legally established arrangements
Purposes of Supervision (1-4)
- To protect the welfare of clients receiving psychological services from a supervisee of a licensed psychologist or school psychologist
- To protect the welfare of persons who serve as training subjects for students learning psychological procedures, or as psychology subjects for classroom demonstrations or research
- To structure the activities of the supervisee so that competent services of a psychological nature by an unlicensed person can safely be made available to clients
- To assure that the unlicensed person functions within the limits of his/her competence
Purposes of Supervision (5-8)
- To assure that training of an unlicensed person who intends to apply to the board for licensure occurs in a variety of activities relevant to the profession and to his/her academic background
- To assure that the training of a licensed person who seeks supervision experience will:
a. Expand competence in a recognized subspeciality for which the licensed person has inadequate training but does have the appropriate academic background or:
b. Satisfy retraining requirements according to recognized standard of the “APA” - To assure that supervisees have non-exploitative employment or training experiences
- To make available the general administrative, suervisory, and mental health expertise of licensed psychologists in regulating the delivery of services of other mental health professionals, as provided by law.
Supervision Definitions - Professional Supervision in Psychology “Psychological work supervision”
means the professional oversight of persons who work under the licensing authority of the licensed psychologist. The psychological work shall by consistent with previous academic and professional training, both didactic and practica, of the supervisor and supervisee. Telepsychology, as the term is defined, may be used in the provision of psychological work supervision if conducted in accord with requirements set forth in B(29) of revised code. The supervisee’s work shall not include the functions of psychological diagnosis, psychological prescriptions, nor psychological client supervision.
Supervision Definitions - Professional Supervision in Psychology “Psychological training supervision”
means the formal provision by licensed psychologists or licensed school psychologists of systematic education and training that is primarily case-focused and evaluative. Telepsychology may be used in the provision of psychological training supervision only as a supplement to the supervision requirements set forth in and may not replace individual face-to-face supervision requirements. The supervisory relationship supports and directs the work and professional development of graduate students (including pre-doctoral iinterns), postdoctoral trainees and other qualified individuals to help them:
a. Gain experience for purposes of licensure as psychologists
b. Develop another competency area, or
c. Develop skills in the performance of psychological procedures
Supervision Definitions - Professional Supervision in Psychology “Psychological umbrella supervision”
means the supervision of a candidate for licensure to help him/her develop supervisory skills. It exists when a supervisee supervises other psychology supervisees in hazardous practices as defined in the rule under the umbrella authority of a psychologist. Supervision under umbrella supervision may be perfomed only by:
a. A postdoctoral trainee working toward licensure as a psychologist, with the training in supervision not to exceed one twelve-moth period, or
b. A pre-doctoral intern who is a graduate student in psychology or school psychology doctoral degree program, or
c. Any doctoral trainee deemed by the graduate program director of training or designee to be prepared to enter into an umbrella supervisory relationship.
Supervision Definitions - Professional Supervision in School Psychology “School Psychological work supervision”
means the professional oversight of persons who work under the licensing authority of the licensed psychologist. Any work done under the authority of a licensed school psychologist shall not exceed the scope of practice described in division(E) and shall by consistent with the previous academic and professional training of the supervisor and the supervisee. Telepsychology, as the term is defined, may be used in the provision of psychological work supervision if conducted in accord with requirements set forth in B(29) of revised code.
Supervision Definitions - Professional Supervision in School Psychology “School Psychological training supervision”
means the formal provision by licensed psychologists or licensed school psychologists of systematic education and training that is primarily case-focused and evaluative. Telepsychology may be used in the provision of psychological training supervision only as a supplement to the supervision requirements set forth in and may not replace individual face-to-face supervision requirements. The supervisory relationship supports and directs the work and professional development of graduate students (including pre-doctoral iinterns), postdoctoral trainees and other qualified individuals to help them:
a. Gain experience for purposes of licensure as psychologists
b. Develop skills used in the practice of school psychology
Supervision Definitions - “Mental Health Worker Supervision”
The professional oversight of another licensed, certified, or registered mental health professional delivering services under Chapter 1737-39 or 3923 or the revised code, or similarly legally established arrangements, in which the psychologist provides “clinical supervision” as that term is used of the same chapters in the revised code.
Supervision Definitions - “Administrative Supervision”
responsibility for office or agency organizational procedures, practices or policies, and does not involve professional supervision. The administrative supervisor may or may not be qualified to provide professional supervision as described in paragraph (A) or (B) of this rule.
Supervision Definitions - “Psychology Intern, Psychology Fellow, Psychology Resident, Psychology Trainee, or Psychology Postdoctoral Trainee”
Persons under appropriate supervision, working toward licensure in psychology.
Supervision Definitions - “School Psychology Intern, Assistant, or Trainee”
persons doing school psychology work under appropriate supervision, while they may or may not be working toward licensure in school psychology or psychology.
Supervision Definitions - “Psychological Assistant”
a person with a master’s degree in psychology who may or may not be working toward licensure in psychology.
Supervision Definitions - “Assistant”
a person with a master’s degree in a field other than psychology, working under “psychological work supervision”
Supervision Definitions - “Psychology Aide”
A person with a bachlor’s degree in psychology, working under “Psychological work supervision”
Supervision Definitions - “Aide”
a person with a bachlor’s degree in a field other than psychology or two or more years of college course work, such as a mental health technology degree, working under “Psychological work supervision”
Supervision Definitions - “Telepsychology”
as used herein, has the same meaning as teh term is defined in paragraph (S) of the administrative code.
Requirements Pertaining to Supervision - Supervisor Responsibilities - a licensed psychologist or licensed school psychologist - Do not have a supervisory relationship with
- no supervision to those who have administrative or funding authority over him/her
- shall not enter into a supervisory relationship for psychological work as an employee of a supervisee. However, a supervisee whose supervisor is not so employed may remunerate his/her supervisor in a private practice setting for providing psychological supervision by paying a fee for an individual face-to-face supervision hour that does not exceed the supervisor’s reasonable and standard hourly fee for professional services to clients. If the supervisor charges per individual face-to-face hour of supervision, the supervise shall receive all fees from reimbursements, minus reasonable overhead expenses, for clients served by the supervisee.
- no direct family relationship between a licensed psychologist or licensed school psychologist supervisor and a supervisee.
- shall not provide work or training supervision to a person with whom he/she is associated in any business relationship…except one where the psychologist or the school psychologist is an employer of the supervisee for the practice of psychology or school psychology.
Requirements Pertaining to Supervision - Supervisor Responsibilities - a licensed psychologist or licensed school psychologist - Competency
- not assume supervisory responsibility for psychological work that he/she is not personally competent to perform.
- shall not supervise any person whom he/she knows is illegally providing psychological services to the public either within or outside of the supervisory relationship.
- shall accept for training supervision, as described in paragraph (A)(2) or (B)(2) of the administrative code, for purposes of achieving competency in a recognized practice area only persons, either licensed or unlicensed, who have completed appropriate academic or professional preparation for that area or are at an appropriate level of progress toward such completion.
- to make reasonable efforts to ensure that the supervised work of the supervisee is conducted only for clients for whom the supervisee is competent to provide services and that such services are performed in compliance with the provisions of chapter 4732.
(13) A supervisor is responsible for determining the competencies of the supervisee as described in paragraphs (A)(1) and (B)(1) of rule 4732-13-03 of the Administrative Code and paragraph (B)(7) of this rule, and shall not assign the supervisee tasks that the supervisee is not competent to perform.
Requirements Pertaining to Supervision - Supervisor Responsibilities - a supervisor has responsibility - Diagnosis, prescription, and client supervision
- for the psychological diagnosis, psychological prescription, and psychological client supervision of all clients. These responsibilities cannot be delegated to a non-psychologist or a psychological work supervisee. They may be delegated to training supervisee, as part of his/her training, only after this supervisee is registered with the board as being under training supervision as defined in paragraphs in preparation for licensure as a psychologist.
- A supervisor has responsibility for the school psychological diagnosis, school psychological prescription, and school psychological client supervision of all clients. These responsibilities cannot be delegated to a non-psychologist, non-school psychologist, or a psychological work supervisee or school psychological work supervisee. They may be delegated to a training supervisee, as part of his/her training, only after the supervisee is registered with the board pursuant to paragraph (B)(27) of this rule as being under training supervision as defined in paragraphs (A)(2) and/or (B)(2) of rule 4732-13-03 of the Administrative Code in preparation for licensure as a psychologist.
Requirements Pertaining to Supervision - Supervisor Responsibilities - client informing and supervision records
- A supervisor has full responsibility to assure that each client is clearly informed of the relationship between the supervisor and the supervisee, and their respective legal and professional responsibilities for the services rendered to or received by the client.
(14) A supervisor shall identify each supervisee, according to rule 4732-13-03 of the Administrative Code, as to type of supervision being provided and shall so inform the supervisee and, when applicable, the work setting administrator.
(15) A licensed psychologist or licensed school psychologist who shares ongoing supervisory responsibility for the psychological or school psychological work of a supervisee with another licensed psychologist or licensed school psychologist shall prepare a written supervision plan, available to the board, that is agreed upon and signed by each supervisor and the supervisee.
(16) A supervisor shall keep records of supervision. These records shall include any supervision plan or agreement pursuant to paragraph (B)(15) of this rule, dates of supervision, and notes regarding supervision, including specific clients/cases reviewed. These records shall be maintained for a period of five years following the termination of supervision and shall be available for inspection by the board.
Requirements Pertaining to Supervision - Supervisor Responsibilities - Continuity of Care
(26) A supervisor shall make reasonable efforts to plan for continuity of client care in the event that his/her psychological services to supervisees are interrupted by factors such as illness, vacation, or other unavailability as listed in paragraph (C)(11) of rule 4732-17-01 of the Administrative Code. When a supervisor arranges such back-up supervision for a period of more than thirty working days, he/she shall notify the board in advance.
Requirements Pertaining to Supervision - Supervisor Responsibilities - Restrictive services, supspeciality, violations
(25) A supervisor shall specify what restricted services the supervisee will perform. In no case shall work of a hazardous nature, as defined in rule 4732-5-01 of the Administrative Code, be assigned to any supervisee with less than the appropriate academic preparation.
(27) Persons licensed by this board who are receiving supervision/consultation to add a subspecialty skill pursuant to paragraph (F)(1) of rule 4732-13-02 of the Administrative Code need not be registered with the board. The supervisor/consultant and the licensed person expanding competence in a subspecialty shall maintain a record of the supervision/consultation relationship to be provided upon request of the board.
(28) The violation of any statute or rule of the board by a supervisee may result in an investigation of the adequacy of the supervision.
Requirements Pertaining to Supervision - Supervisor Responsibilities - Telepsychology
(17) A supervisor shall base the intensity of the supervision and the prospective use of telepsychology in the supervisory relationship on his/her professional judgment of the supervisee’s credentials, years of experience, and the complexity of the cases under supervision and shall have direct knowledge of all clients served by his/her supervisee. This knowledge may be acquired through direct client contact or through other appropriate means such as tape recordings, videotapes, test protocols, or other client-generated material.
(29) In accord with paragraphs (A)(1), (A)(2), (B)(1), and (B)(2) of rule 4732-13-03 of the Administrative Code, licensees may conduct psychological supervision or school psychological supervision via telepsychology as follows:
(a) Licensees recognize that the use of telepsychology is not appropriate for all cases and supervisees, and decisions regarding the appropriate use of telepsychology are made on a case-by-case basis. Licensees providing supervision via telepsychology are aware of additional risks incurred when providing supervision through the use of distance communication technologies and take special care to conduct their supervision in a manner that protects the welfare of the client and ensures that the client’s welfare is paramount.
(b) Licensees establish and maintain current competence in the conduct of psychological supervision via telepsychology through continuing education, consultation, or other procedures, in conformance with prevailing standards of scientific and professional knowledge. Licensees establish and maintain competence in the appropriate use of the information technologies utilized in the rendering of psychological supervision.
(c) Licensees providing supervision via telepsychology shall:
(i) Consider and document findings specific to:
(a) Whether a given client’s presenting problems and apparent condition are consistent with the use of telepsychology in the supervisory process to the client’s benefit; and
(b) Whether the supervisee has sufficient knowledge and skills in the use of the technology involved in rendering the supervision.
(ii) Not provide supervision via telepsychology services to any supervisee when the outcome of the analysis required in paragraphs (B)(29)(c)(i)(a) and (B)(29)(c)(i)(b) is inconsistent with the delivery of supervision via telepsychology, whether related to issues involving a given case or issues involving the technological knowledge and skills of the supervisee.
(iii) Upon initial and subsequent contacts with the supervisee, make reasonable efforts to verify the identity of the supervisee;
(iv) Obtain alternative means of contacting the supervisee;
(v) Provide to the supervisee alternative means of contacting the supervisor;
(vi) Licensees, whenever feasible, use secure communications with supervisees, such as encrypted text messages via email or secure websites or secure real-time video; (vii) Prior to providing supervision via telepsychology services, the supervisor and supervisee shall enter into a written agreement, in plain language consistent with accepted professional and legal requirements, relative to:
(a) Potential risks of sudden and unpredictable disruption of supervision dependent on telepsychology services and how an alternative means of re-establishing electronic or other connection will be used under such circumstances;
(b) When and how the supervisor will respond to routine electronic messages from the supervisee;
(c) Under what circumstances the supervisor and supervisee will use alternative means of communications under emergency circumstances;
(7) Ensure that confidential communications stored electronically cannot be recovered and/or accessed by unauthorized persons when the licensee disposes of electronic equipment and data
