N.M. Admin. Code § 16.27.19.8

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 16.27.19.8 - SUPERVISEE'S WELFARE AND RIGHTS

A. Supervisors shall instruct supervisees to notify clients that they are being supervised and that observation or recordings of the session may be reviewed by the supervisor.

B. Supervisors who are licensed counselors and therapists and are conducting supervision to aid a supervisee to become licensed shall instruct the supervisee not to communicate or in anyway convey to the supervisee's clients or to other parties that the supervisee is licensed as independent practitioners.

C. Supervisors shall instruct supervisees of clients' rights, including protecting clients' right to privacy and confidentiality in the counseling and therapy relationship and the information resulting from it, and to notify clients that their right to privacy and confidentiality will not be violated by the supervisory relationship.

D. Records of the counseling and therapy relationship, including interview notes, test data, correspondence, the electronic storage of these documents, and audio and videotape recordings are considered to be confidential professional information. Supervisors shall assure that these materials are used in counseling/therapy, research, and training and supervision of counselors and therapists with the full knowledge of the client and that permission to use these materials is granted by the applied counseling setting offering service to the client. This professional information is to be used for the full protection of the client.

E. Written consent from the client (or legal guardian, if a minor) shall be secured prior to the use of such information for instructional, supervisory, or research purposes. Policies of the applied counseling setting regarding client records also shall be followed.

F. Supervisors shall adhere to current professional and legal guidelines when conducting research with human participants.

G. Supervisors are responsible for making every effort to monitor both the professional actions, and failures to take action, of their supervisees.

H. Supervised clinical client contact hours shall not exceed 40 hours per week.

N.M. Admin. Code § 16.27.19.8

16.27.19.8 NMAC- Rp 16 NMAC 27.16.8, 6-15-01, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 22, November 30, 2021, eff. 11/30/2021