Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 4757-17-01 | Counseling supervision.

                                                
This rule applies to all licensed professional
		counselors who are working toward licensure as licensed professional clinical
		counselors and counselor trainees seeking licensure under rules 4757-13-01 and
		4757-13-03 of the Administrative Code. This rule also applies to licensed
		professional counselors who are diagnosing and treating mental and emotional
		disorders under the work supervision of an independently licensed mental health
		professional.
(A) Definition of
		  supervision:
(1) "Training
			 supervision" is supervision of all individuals who are gaining the
			 experience required for a license as a licensed professional clinical
			 counselor, or a license as a licensed professional counselor under rule
			 4757-13-01 of the Administrative Code, or a counselor trainee registered with
			 the board and enrolled in a practicum or internship class under paragraph (E)
			 of this rule. This type of supervision requires extensive time and involvement
			 on the part of the supervisor in order to help supervisees improve their skills
			 and/or learn new skills. Supervision must start with an initial face to face
			 meeting after which communication may be in person, via videoconferencing, or
			 by phone. Training supervision shall include an average of one hour of contact
			 between the supervisor and supervisee for every twenty hours of work by the
			 supervisee. Training supervision shall be face-to-face individual and/or
			 triadic for counselor trainees.
(2) "Work
			 supervision" is supervision required of licensed professional counselors
			 who are engaging in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional
			 disorders. Work supervision may be provided by a professional clinical
			 counselor, psychologist, psychiatrist, independent marriage and family
			 therapist, or independent social worker. This supervision requires the
			 evaluation of the supervisee's performance; professional guidance to the
			 supervisee; approval of the supervisee's intervention plans and their
			 implementation; the assumption of responsibility for the welfare of the
			 supervisee's clients; and assurance that the supervisee functions within
			 the limits of his/her license. The assessment, diagnosis, treatment plan,
			 revisions to the treatment plan, correspondence and transfer or termination of
			 the client(s) shall be approved by the supervisor and shall be made available
			 to the board upon request. Licensed professional counselors shall disclose to
			 their clients on all printed and electronic material that they are engaging in
			 the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders under the
			 supervision of an appropriately licensed mental health professional. The
			 supervisee shall also disclose to their clients on the disclosure statement or
			 similar document the name(s) of the professional(s) providing supervision.
			 
(3) "Group
			 supervision" is supervision by one supervisor of a group of three to six
			 supervisees. that consists of three to six supervisees per one
			 supervisor.
(4) "Triadic
			 supervision" is comprised of a supervisor and two counselor trainees or
			 two licensed professional counselors.
(B) Purposes of training
		  supervision:
(1) To provide for the
			 protection of consumer and client welfare;
(2) To provide that
			 supervisees function within the limits of their competence; and
(3) To provide training
			 in activities relevant to the supervisee's position and academic
			 background.
(C) Requirements pertaining to training
		  supervision:
(1) A licensed
			 professional clinical counselor or licensed professional counselor providing
			 supervision shall:
(a) Have demonstrated competence in the area in which they are
				supervising;
(b) Have training in supervision theory and
				practice;
(c) Have training in legal and ethical issues relevant to
				counseling;
(d) Have training in multicultural counseling competencies as
				defined by the board;
(e) Have a board issued supervision designation; and
(f) Complete and forward to the board all supervision evaluation
				forms required by the board within thirty days of receipt of the form from a
				supervisee.
(2) Training supervisees
			 may not choose a supervisor who is a family member or who is related to them in
			 any way.
(3) When the training supervisor and
			 licensed professional counselor are employed by the same agency, the licensed
			 professional clinical counselor with supervision designation is responsible for
			 all diagnoses, change in diagnoses, individualized services plans, and
			 correspondence to any third party outside of the agency.
(4) Licensed professional counselors who
			 engage in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders shall
			 do so under the work supervision of a licensed professional clinical counselor,
			 a psychologist, a psychiatrist, an independent marriage and family therapist,
			 or an independent social worker with a clinical area of competence. All
			 licensed professional counselors engaging in training supervision for licensure
			 as licensed professional clinical counselors shall be under the supervision of
			 a licensed professional clinical counselor with supervision designation. All
			 counselor trainees engaging in training supervision for licensure as licensed
			 professional counselors shall be under the supervision of a licensed
			 professional counselor with supervision designation or a licensed professional
			 clinical counselor with supervision designation except that a licensed
			 professional clinical counselor with supervision designation shall supervise
			 the counselor trainee when diagnosing and treating mental and emotional
			 disorders. Requests for exceptions to this rule for training supervision, due
			 to hardship, shall be made in writing to the board.
(5) Individuals in the process of
			 completing the supervised experience required for licensure may be employed on
			 a paid basis as long as they are practicing within the scope of practice of the
			 license for which they are applying, and are properly licensed or registered
			 with the board.
(6) Supervisees presenting supervision
			 experience from another state shall provide the vita of their supervisors to
			 demonstrate that their supervisors are licensed to supervise the diagnosis and
			 treatment of mental and emotional disorders and thus are acceptable to the
			 board.
(D)  Documentation of training
		  supervision.
(1) Records of training supervision shall
			 be maintained by the supervisee and made available to the board upon request.
			 The supervision records shall contain information concerning the dates/times of
			 supervision (e.g. "8-19-08 from 2:00-3:00 p.m."), content and goals
			 of supervision and shall be signed by the supervisor at least
			 quarterly.
(2) Licensed professional
			 counselors and each of the supervisors who provided training supervision shall
			 complete a evaluation form provided by the board to document hours accrued. The
			 training supervisor shall complete the form and submit it to the board within
			 thirty days of receipt from the supervisee.
(E) Requirements for applying for a training supervision
		  designation.
(1) Licensed professional
			 clinical counselors applying for training supervision designation shall meet
			 the following minimum requirements. Licensed professional counselors who hold
			 the supervision designation prior to January 1, 2013 may continue to hold that
			 designation as long as they maintain it in good standing.
(a) Document a minimum of twenty-four hours of academic
				preparation or board approved continuing education coursework in counselor
				supervision training including training six hours in each area as
				follows:
(i) Assessment,
				  evaluation and remediation which includes initial, formative and summative
				  assessment of supervisee knowledge, skills and self-awareness; components of
				  evaluation e.g. evaluation criteria and expectations, supervisory procedures,
				  methods for monitoring (both direct and indirect observation) supervisee
				  performance, formal and informal feedback mechanisms, and evaluation processes
				  (both summative and formative), and processes and procedures for remediation of
				  supervisee skills, knowledge, and personal effectiveness and
				  self-awareness;
(ii) Counselor
				  development which includes models of supervision, learning models, stages of
				  development and transitions in supervisee/supervisor development, knowledge and
				  skills related to supervision intervention options, awareness of individual
				  differences and learning styles of supervisor and supervisee, awareness and
				  acknowledgement of cultural differences and multicultural competencies needed
				  by supervisors, recognition of relational dynamics in the supervisory
				  relationship, and awareness of the developmental process of the supervisory
				  relationship itself;
(iii) Management and
				  administration which includes organizational processes and procedures for
				  recordkeeping, reporting, monitoring of supervisee's cases, collaboration,
				  research and evaluation; agency or institutional policies and procedures for
				  handling emergencies, case assignment and case management, roles and
				  responsibilities of supervisors and supervisees, and expectations of
				  supervisory process within the institution or agency; institutional processes
				  for managing multiple roles of supervisors, and summative and formative
				  evaluation processes; and
(iv) Professional
				  responsibilities which includes ethical and legal issues in supervision
				  includes dual relationships, competence, due process in evaluation, informed
				  consent, types of supervisor liability, privileged communication, consultation,
				  etc.; regulatory issues include Ohio laws governing the practice of counseling
				  and counseling supervision, professional standards and credentialing processes
				  in counseling, reimbursement eligibility and procedures, and related
				  institutional or agency procedures.
(b) Each licensed professional clinical counselor shall obtain a
				minimum of one year and fifteen hundred hours of clinical experience, post
				licensed professional clinical counselor licensure, which shall include the
				diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
(c) The fifteen hundred hours shall include at least one
				supervision experience. The licensed professional clinical counselor in
				training shall observe five training supervision sessions conducted by a
				licensed professional clinical counselor with a supervisor designation.
				Following the observation of five training supervision sessions, the licensed
				professional clinical counselor in training and the supervisor shall conduct a
				minimum of a one hour review session to process and review the observed
				sessions. Supervision must start with an initial face to face meeting after
				which communication may be in person, via videoconferencing, or by
				phone.
(d) Comply with the American counseling association
				"ACA" ethical standards pertaining to the supervisory
				relationship.
(e) Document applicant's familiarity with significant legal,
				ethical, and clinical issues relevant to the supervisory relationship on a form
				prescribed by the board.
(2) All licensed
			 professional counselors and licensed professional clinical counselors shall
			 maintain the training supervision designation by obtaining three hours of
			 counselor professional standards committee approved continuing professional
			 education in supervision.
(3) Licensed professional
			 clinical counselors engaged in training supervision shall be called
			 "licensed professional clinical counselor with training supervision
			 designation" per paragraph (Q)(9) of rule 4757-3-01 of the Administrative
			 Code. They shall have adequate training, knowledge, and skill to render
			 competent clinical supervision and shall meet the criteria for work and
			 training supervision as defined in paragraphs (A)(1) and (A)(2) of this rule.
			 Licensed professional counselors engaged in training supervision shall be
			 called "licensed professional counselor with training supervision
			 designation" per paragraph (Q)(8) of rule 4757-3-01 of the Administrative
			 Code. They shall have adequate training, knowledge, and skill to render
			 competent non-clinical supervision and shall not supervise the diagnosis and
			 treatment of mental and emotional disorders.


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