Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXIII - Psychologists › Subpart 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 7 - Supervised Practice Leading toward Licensure › Section LXIII-709 - Conduct of Supervision

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				  board recognizes that the variability in preparation for practice of the
				  trainee will require individually tailored supervision. The specific content of
				  the supervision procedures will be worked out between the individual supervisor
				  and the supervisee.
B. The licensed
				  psychologist or medical psychologist who provides supervision for the candidate
				  for licensure must have legal functioning authority over and professional
				  responsibility for the work of the supervisee. This means that the supervisor
				  must be available to the supervisee at the point of the decision-making. The
				  supervisor's relationship with the supervisee shall be clearly differentiated
				  from that of consultant, who may be called in at the discretion of the
				  consultee and who has no functional authority for, nor none of the legal or
				  professional accountability for the services performed or for the welfare of
				  the client.
C. The supervising
				  psychologist is responsible for the delivery of services, the representation to
				  the public of services, and the supervisor/supervisee relationship.
1. All clients will be informed of the
				  availability or possible necessity of meetings with the supervising
				  psychologist at the request of the client, the supervisee, or the psychologist.
				  The supervisor will be available for emergency consultation and
				  intervention.
2. All written
				  communication will clearly identify the licensed psychologist or medical
				  psychologist as responsible for all psychological services provided. Public
				  announcement of services and fees, and contact with the public or professional
				  community shall be offered only by or in the name of the licensed psychologist
				  or medical psychologist. It is the responsibility of both the supervising
				  psychologist and the supervisee to inform the client, to whatever extent is
				  necessary for the client to understand, of the supervisory status and other
				  specific information as to supervisee's qualifications and functions
3. Billing and receipt of payment is the
				  responsibility of the employing agency or the licensed psychologist/ or medical
				  psychologist. The setting and the psychological work performed shall be clearly
				  identified as that of the licensed psychologist. The physical location where
				  services are delivered may not be owned, leased, or rented by the
				  supervisee.
4. The supervisor must
				  be paid either directly by the client or by the agency employing the
				  supervisee. The supervisee may not pay the supervisor for supervisory services,
				  nor may the supervisee and/or his/her immediate family have any financial
				  interest in the employing agency.
5. The supervising psychologist is
				  responsible for the maintenance of information and files relevant to the
				  client. The client shall be fully informed, to whatever extent is necessary for
				  that client to understand, that the supervising psychologist or the employing
				  agency is to be the source of access to this information in the
				  future.