R156-60c-402. Duties and Responsibilities of a Supervisor of Clinical Mental Health Counselor

The duties and responsibilities of a licensee providing supervision to an individual completing supervised clinical mental health counselor training requirements for licensure as a clinical mental health counselor are to:

(1) be professionally responsible for the acts and practices of the supervisee which are a part of the required supervised training;

(2) be engaged in a relationship with the supervisee in which the supervisor is independent from control by the supervisee and in which the ability of the supervisor to supervise and direct the practice of the supervisee is not compromised;

(3) be available for advice, consultation, and direction consistent with the standards and ethics of the profession and the requirements suggested by the total circumstances including the supervisee's level of training, diagnosis of patients, and other factors known to the supervisee and supervisor;

(4) provide periodic review of the client records assigned to the supervisee;

(5) comply with the confidentiality requirements of Section 58-60-114;

(6) monitor the performance of the supervisee for compliance with laws, standards, and ethics applicable to the practice of clinical mental health counseling and report violations to the Division;

(7) supervise only a supervisee who is an employee of a public or private mental health agency;

(8) submit appropriate documentation to the Division with respect to all work completed by the supervisee evidencing the performance of the supervisee during the period of supervised clinical mental health counselor training, including the supervisor's evaluation of the supervisee's competence in the practice of clinical mental health counseling;

(9) supervise not more than three supervisees at any given time unless approved by the Board and Division; and

(10) assure each supervisee is licensed as a licensed associate clinical mental health counselor or licensed associate clinical mental health counselor extern prior to beginning the supervised training of the supervisee as required under Subsection 58-60-405(1)(e) and (f).