Current through Register Vol. XLII, No. 1, January 3, 2025
Section 17-3-9 - Standards for Supervision of Applicants for Licensure9.1. A licensee shall not enter into the direct and regular supervision of supervised-psychologists unless he or she is satisfied that the supervised-psychologistsare meeting the standards for supervision set forth in this rule. Licensees shall cease supervision when supervised-psychologists, or firms or agencies employing supervised-psychologists, fail to comply with standards set forth in this rule. Licensees shall notify the Board, in writing, within ten (10) days, whenever he or she discontinues supervision of a supervised-psychologist.9.2. Supervised-psychologists shall meet the following standards of supervision. They shall be supervised directly by a licensee. Supervisors shall provide a minimum of 1 hour of individual supervision per 20 hours of the Supervisee's clinical practice, with a minimum of 1 hour per week regardless of hours spent in practice. Individual supervision sessions must occur no less frequently than every 2 weeks. Individual supervision is defined as a face-to-face and private interaction between the supervising licensee and the supervised-psychologist. The supervisor shall be available to the supervised-psychologist for telephone consultation at all times during regular business or professional practice hours. All psychological reports or other professional opinions rendered by supervised-psychologists shall be countersigned by the supervisor.9.3. Supervised-psychologists may not supervise a psychometrician.9.4. The supervisor shall keep a log listing the time and places of the individual supervision sessions and consultations for each supervised-psychologist, as well as a brief notation of the subject matter, without identification of characteristics of the client or clients who may have been discussed during supervision.9.4.a. The supervisor shall submit copies of supervision quarterly reporting forms, while maintaining the originals, to the Board on a quarterly basis as follows: 9.4.a.1. For the quarter beginning January 01 and ending March 31, the report shall be mailed by April 30;9.4.a.2. For the quarter beginning April 01 and ending June 30, the report shall be mailed by July 31;9.4.a.3. For the quarter beginning July 01 and ending September 30, the report shall be mailed by October 31;9.4.a.4. For the quarter beginning October 01 and ending December 31, the report shall be mailed by January 31.9.4.b. The supervised-psychologist shall pay the annual supervision fee, as required in West Virginia Board of Examiners Rule, Fees, §17 CSR1 or the Board may not process the supervised-psychologists' supervision reports.9.5. The Board may credit, either in part or in its entirety, supervision toward licensure in another state, which took place prior to application for licensure in West Virginia, if the supervision meets the standards of the Board.9.5.a. The Board shall not give a supervised-psychologist supervision credit for work performed other than during supervision toward licensure.9.6. After approval of the application for supervision toward licensure and upon the Board's approval of the submitted supervision reports from the preceding supervision periods, the Board shall, issue a card identifying the applicant as a "Supervised-Psychologist". The card is documentation that the supervised-psychologist is in good standing with the Board. The card remains valid only as long as the supervised-psychologist and the supervisor remain in compliance with this rule. A supervised-psychologist shall apply for a new card if he or she changes supervisors. The Board shall approve the new supervision before the supervised-psychologist begins work under the new supervisor.