Current through Register Vol. XLII, No. 1, January 3, 2025
Section 17-3-8 - Standards for the Supervision of Persons Working Under the Direct and Regular Supervision of Licensees8.1. All individuals who provide psychological services and who are not either currently licensed or specifically exempted under W. Va. Code § 30-21-2 shall perform their work under the general supervision of a licensee. These persons shall provide psychological services under the critical observation of a licensee who is competent to evaluate those services.8.2. Individuals requiring supervision by a licensee fall into one (1) of these three (3) categories; 8.2.a. Applicants for licensure who are obtaining the required supervised experience. Aperson in this category shall refer to himself or herself and sign all work as: Supervised-Psychologist.8.2.b. Psychometricians are individuals who administer and score psychological tests, andshall refer to himself or herself and sign all work as Psychometrician. A licensee shall supervise a person in this category at all times. Those individuals ineligible for licensure who have had their license revoked or rescinded, or otherwise discontinued by the Board due to ethical violations, or who have been discontinued from the licensure track by the Board and who have at any time been determined by the Board (as evidenced by a finding of probable cause or a letter to cease and desist) to have acted outside the scope of ethical standards, may not act as a psychometrician.8.2.c. Students engaging in psychological activities as part of a course of study in an institution of higher learning; a person in this category, unless the Board has specifically issued a gold card allowing them to sign as a supervised-psychologist, shall refer to himself or herself and sign all work as: Student.8.3. Supervisors shall be licensed as a psychologist or school psychologist or granted a temporary permit by the West Virginia Board of Examiners of Psychologists. The Board may deny or rescind a licensee's supervision approval upon review and determination of reasonable evidence of incompetence. Incompetence may include, but is not limited to the following: failure to provide adequate supervision; or failure to provide prompt evaluation of the supervised performance. In addition, no licensee having had a substantiated complaint resulting in any type of censure, sanction, restriction, or reprimand may be granted the privilege of providing supervision.8.4. The licensee shall assume supervision obligations only to an extent that he or she can adequately manage. A licensee shall supervise no more than four (4) candidates for psychology or school psychology licensure.8.5. As stated in § 17-2-5, Supervisors and their Supervisees shall sign and adhere to the Board's Supervision Contract, which is based on Legislative Rule §17-6 - Code of Conduct, and procedures determined by the Board to be fundamental to effective supervision. The Supervision Contract shall be signed and approved by the Board prior to initiation of supervised practice.