La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXIII-709

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section LXIII-709 - Conduct of Supervision

A. The board recognizes that the variability in preparation for practice of the trainee will require individually tailored supervision. The specific content of the supervision procedures will be worked out between the individual supervisor and the supervisee.

B. The licensed psychologist or medical psychologist who provides supervision for the candidate for licensure must have legal functioning authority over and professional responsibility for the work of the supervisee. This means that the supervisor must be available to the supervisee at the point of the decision-making. The supervisor's relationship with the supervisee shall be clearly differentiated from that of consultant, who may be called in at the discretion of the consultee and who has no functional authority for, nor none of the legal or professional accountability for the services performed or for the welfare of the client.

C. The supervising psychologist is responsible for the delivery of services, the representation to the public of services, and the supervisor/supervisee relationship.

1. All clients will be informed of the availability or possible necessity of meetings with the supervising psychologist at the request of the client, the supervisee, or the psychologist. The supervisor will be available for emergency consultation and intervention.

2. All written communication will clearly identify the licensed psychologist or medical psychologist as responsible for all psychological services provided. Public announcement of services and fees, and contact with the public or professional community shall be offered only by or in the name of the licensed psychologist or medical psychologist. It is the responsibility of both the supervising psychologist and the supervisee to inform the client, to whatever extent is necessary for the client to understand, of the supervisory status and other specific information as to supervisee's qualifications and functions

3. Billing and receipt of payment is the responsibility of the employing agency or the licensed psychologist/ or medical psychologist. The setting and the psychological work performed shall be clearly identified as that of the licensed psychologist. The physical location where services are delivered may not be owned, leased, or rented by the supervisee.

4. The supervisor must be paid either directly by the client or by the agency employing the supervisee. The supervisee may not pay the supervisor for supervisory services, nor may the supervisee and/or his/her immediate family have any financial interest in the employing agency.

5. The supervising psychologist is responsible for the maintenance of information and files relevant to the client. The client shall be fully informed, to whatever extent is necessary for that client to understand, that the supervising psychologist or the employing agency is to be the source of access to this information in the future.

D. In the event the supervisee publicly represents himself/herself inappropriately, or supervision is not conducted according to LAC 46:LXIII.709, the board may rule that any experience gained in that situation is not commensurate with ethical standards and thus not admissible as experience toward licensure. The board may further rule that any psychologist providing supervision under those circumstances is in violation of ethical standards which results in disciplinary action such as suspension or revocation of licensure.

E. Termination of supervision of a provisionally licensed psychologist must be reported to the board by both the supervisor and supervisee, in writing via postal mail, within seven calendar days from when either party knew or should have known supervision was terminated.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXIII-709

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Examiners of Psychologists, LR 5:249 (August 1979), amended LR 7:187 (April 1981), Amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Examiners of Psychologists, LR 412619 (12/1/2015), Amended by the Department of Health, Board of Examiners of Psychologists, LR 49675 (4/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:2353.