Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 645 - Professional Licensure Division › Psychologists › Chapter 240 - Licensure of Psychologists › Rule 645-240.14 - Psychologists Supervision of Persons Other Than Postdoctoral Residents in a Practice Setting

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) This rule
				applies when a psychologist is supervising individuals who are not licensed or
				who are provisionally licensed and completing the predoctoral internship. This
				rule does not apply to supervision of an individual completing a postdoctoral
				residency in accordance with rule
				645-240.6 (154B), regardless of
				whether the individual is provisionally licensed or not.
(2) The supervising psychologist will:
a. Be vested with administrative control over
				the functioning of assistants in order to maintain ultimate responsibility for
				the welfare of every client. When the employer is a person other than the
				supervising psychologist, the supervising psychologist must have direct input
				into administrative matters.
b.
				Have sufficient knowledge of all clients, including face-to-face contact when
				necessary, in order to plan effective service delivery procedures. The progress
				of the work will be monitored through such means as will ensure that full legal
				and professional responsibility can be accepted by the supervisor for all
				services rendered. Supervisors will also be available for emergency
				consultation and intervention.
c.
				Provide work assignments that are commensurate with the skills of the
				supervisee. All procedures will be planned in consultation with the
				supervisor.
d. Work in the same
				physical setting as the supervisee, unless the supervisee is receiving formal
				training pursuant to the requirements for licensure as a psychologist. For
				supervisees working off site while receiving formal licensure training, ensure
				the off-site location has a licensed mental health provider or primary care
				provider on site whenever the supervisee is working for purposes of providing
				emergency consultation.
e. Make
				public announcement of services and fees; contact with laypersons or the
				professional community will be offered only by or in the name of the
				supervising psychologist. Titles of unlicensed persons must clearly indicate
				their supervised status.
f. Provide
				specific information to clients when an unlicensed person delivers services to
				those clients, including disclosure of the unlicensed person's status and
				information regarding the person's qualifications and functions.
g. Inform clients of the possibility of
				periodic meetings with the supervising psychologist at the client's, the
				supervisee's or the supervisor's request.
h. Provide for setting and receipt of payment
				that will remain the sole domain of the employing agency or supervising
				psychologist.
i. Establish and
				maintain a level of supervisory contact consistent with established
				professional standards, and be fully accountable in the event that
				professional, ethical or legal issues are raised.
j. Provide a detailed job description in
				which functions are designated at varying levels of difficulty, requiring
				increasing levels of training, skill and experience. This job description will
				be made available to representatives of the board and service recipients upon
				request.
k. Be responsible for the
				planning, course, and outcome of the work. The conduct of supervision shall
				ensure the professional, ethical, and legal protection of the client and of the
				unlicensed persons.
l. Countersign
				all written reports, clinical records and clinical communications as "Reviewed
				and Approved" by the supervising psychologist.