The Board proposes the rule amendment to clarify supervision requirements.  

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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

    Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling

    RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

    64B4-2.002Definition of “Supervision” for Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling

    PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendment to clarify supervision requirements.

    SUMMARY: Supervision requirements will be clarified.

    SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION: The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the Agency.

    The Agency has determined that the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification based on the statement of estimated regulatory costs or if no SERC is required, the information expressly relied upon and described herein: During discussion of the economic impact of this rule at its Board meeting, the Board, based upon the expertise and experience of its members, determined that a Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs (SERC) was not necessary and that the rule will not require ratification by the Legislature. No person or interested party submitted additional information regarding the economic impact at that time.

    Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

    RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 491.004(5), 491.0045 FS.

    LAW IMPLEMENTED: 491.005(1)(c), (3)(c), (4)(c) FS.

    IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAR.

    THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Sue Foster, Executive Director, Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C08, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3258

     

    THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

     

    64B4-2.002 Definition of “Supervision” for Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.

    Supervision is the relationship between the qualified supervisor and intern that promotes the development of responsibility, skills, knowledge, attitudes and adherence to ethical, legal and regulatory standards in the practice of clinical social work, marriage and family therapy and mental health counseling. Supervision is face-to-face contact between an intern and a supervisor during which the intern apprises the supervisor of the diagnosis and treatment of each client, client cases are discussed, the supervisor provides the intern with oversight and guidance in diagnosing, treating and dealing with clients, and the supervisor evaluates the intern’s performance.

    (1) An intern shall be credited for the time of supervision required by Section 491.005, F.S., if the intern:

    (a) received at least 100 hours of supervision in no less than 100 weeks; and,

    (b) provided at least 1500 hours of face-to-face psychotherapy with clients; and supervision  consisted of the following:

    (a) At least 100 hours of supervision per 1500 hours of psychotherapy face-to-face with clients provided by the intern;

    (c) received aAt least 1 hour of supervision every two weeks.;

    (c) At least 1 hour of supervision per 15 hours of psychotherapy, with a minimum of 1 hour of supervision every 2 weeks;

    (2d) The supervision shall fFocus on the raw data from the intern’s face-to-face psychotherapy with clients.  The intern shall make the raw data clinical work, which is made directly available to the supervisor through such means as written clinical materials, direct observation and video and audio recordings.;  Supervision is

    (e) A process which is distinguishable from personal psychotherapy, or didactic instruction.;

    (3) The supervisor and intern may utilize face-to-face electronic methods (not telephone only communication) to conduct the supervisory sessions; however, the supervisor and intern must have in-person face-to-face contact for at least 50% of all of the interactions required in paragraph (1) above.  Prior to utilizing any online or interactive methods for supervision, the supervisor and the intern shall have at least one in-person face-to-face meeting.  The supervisor and the intern are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the clients during both in-person and online or interactive supervisory sessions.

    (42) If an intern obtains group supervision, each hour of group supervision must alternate with an hour of individual supervision. Group supervision must be conducted with all participants present in-person.  For the purpose of this section, individual supervision is defined as one qualified supervisor supervising no more than two (2) interns and group supervision is defined as one qualified supervisor supervising more than 2 but a maximum of 6 interns in the group.

    Rulemaking Specific Authority 491.004(5), 491.0045 FS. Law Implemented 491.005(1)(c), (3)(c), (4)(c) FS. History–New 7-6-88, Amended 3-21-90, Formerly 21CC-2.002, 61F4-2.002, Amended 1-7-96, 12-16-96, Formerly 59P-2.002, Amended 11-13-97, 10-28-98, 1-1-07, 3-14-07,                            .

     

    NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.

    NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.

    DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: October 22, 2015

    DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: November 10, 2015

Document Information

Comments Open:
12/7/2015
Summary:
Supervision requirements will be clarified.
Purpose:
The Board proposes the rule amendment to clarify supervision requirements.
Rulemaking Authority:
491.004(5), 491.0045 FS.
Law:
491.005(1)(c), (3)(c), (4)(c) FS.
Contact:
Sue Foster, Executive Director, Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C08, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3258.
Related Rules: (1)
64B4-2.002. Definition of "Supervision" for Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling