§ 41.32. Standards for supervisors.

 To ensure the quality of supervised experience, the Board requires that supervisors and those to whom supervisory responsibilities are delegated under §  41.31(c)(2)(iii)(A) (relating to qualifications for taking licensing examination) comply with the standards in paragraphs (1)—(19). Supervisors will be asked to attest to compliance on the verification of experience form which shall accompany the supervisee’s application to take the Board’s licensing examination. The Board reserves the right to require a supervisor by documentation or otherwise to establish to the Board’s satisfaction that compliance occurred.

   (1)  The supervisor shall be qualified by training and experience to practice in the supervisee’s areas of supervised practice.

   (2)  The supervisor shall be the owner of, an employe of, or in contract status with the professional setting employing the supervisee and may not be subject in any way to the supervisee’s control or influence.

   (3)  The supervisor shall be accessible to the supervisee for consultation.

   (4)  The supervisor shall be accessible to clients/patients of the supervisee for the purpose of answering questions and responding to concerns.

   (5)  The supervisor shall be responsible for the supervisee’s services to each client/patient.

   (6)  The supervisor shall be empowered to interrupt or terminate the supervisee’s activities in providing services to a client/patient and, if necessary, to terminate the supervisory relationship.

   (7)  The supervisor may not be a relative of the supervisee by blood or marriage, may not be involved in a dual relationship which obliges the supervisor to the supervisee and may not engage in treatment of the supervisee.

   (8)  The supervisor may not be the subject of a disciplinary action by a licensing board.

   (9)  The supervisor shall establish objectives to be achieved by the supervisee during supervision.

   (10)  The supervisor shall review issues of practice and ethics with the supervisee.

   (11)  The supervisor shall maintain notes or records of scheduled supervisory sessions.

   (12)  The supervisor shall observe client/patient sessions of the supervisee or review verbatim recordings of these sessions on a regular basis.

   (13)  In regularly scheduled supervisory meetings, the supervisor shall discuss the supervisee’s level of work—for example, the supervisee’s areas of competence and areas of needed improvement.

   (14)  The supervisor shall provide to the supervisee recommendations bearing on further development, shall encourage the supervisee to read widely in the professional literature and shall help the supervisee gain a level of skill necessary for independent practice.

   (15)  The supervisor shall prepare written evaluations or reports of progress which shall delineate the supervisee’s strengths and weaknesses. These evaluations or reports shall be discussed with the supervisee on at least a quarterly basis.

   (16)  The supervisor shall encourage the supervisee to work with professionals in other disciplines as indicated by the needs of each client/patient and shall periodically observe these cooperative encounters.

   (17)  The supervisor may not accept fees, honoraria, favors or gifts from the supervisee.

   (18)  The supervisor shall ensure that the supervisee’s status as a psychology trainee is made known to clients/patients and to third-party payors.

   (19)  The supervisor shall ensure that the supervisee has access to multidisciplinary consultation, as necessary.

   The provisions of this §  41.32 amended under section 3.2(2) of the Professional Psychologists Practice Act (63 P. S. §  1203.2(2)).

   The provisions of this §  41.32 adopted February 6, 1976, effective February 7, 1976, 6 Pa.B. 229; amended March 17, 1978, effective March 18, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 756; amended March 22, 1991, effective March 23, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 1171. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (145955) to (145956).

   This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §  41.8 (relating to Department of Health licensing of substance abuse services provided by psychology practices—statement of policy); 49 Pa. Code §  41.11 (relating to licenses); and 49 Pa. Code §  41.31 (relating to qualifications for taking licensing examination).