Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4757 - Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board › Chapter 4757-29 - Marriage and Family Therapy › Section 4757-29-01 - Marriage and family therapy supervision

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule applies to all supervisees who are working toward
				licensure as independent marriage and family therapists and marriage and family
				therapists who are applying under rule
				4757-25-04 of the Administrative
				Code. It also applies to marriage and family therapists who are diagnosing and
				treating mental and emotional disorders under the supervision of an
				independently licensed mental health professional.
(A) Supervision:
(1)
									"Clinical
			 supervision" or "work supervision" is supervision required of marriage and
			 family therapists whose practice includes the diagnosis and treatment of mental
			 and emotional disorders. 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 the supervisee's license. The
			 supervisor must have access to the supervisee's client documentation.
			 Supervision must occur on a regular and consistent basis, such that the
			 supervisor can evaluate the client progress and and the performance of the
			 supervisee. The clinical/work supervisor will review the case notes of the
			 marriage and family therapist. 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. Marriage and family therapists shall disclose to
			 their clients on all printed and electronic material that they are under the
			 supervision of an appropriately licensed mental health professional when
			 diagnosing and treating mental and emotional disorders. The supervisee shall on
			 all printed and electronic materials also disclose to their clients the name(s)
			 of said professional(s). The work/clinical supervisor may be subject to
			 discipline when the board determines the supervisor failed to provide proper
			 supervision to a dependent licensee under supervision.
(2)
									"Training
			 supervision" is supervision applied to all individuals who are gaining the
			 experience required for a license as an independent marriage and family
			 therapist or under rule
			 4757-25-04 of the Administrative
			 Code for a license as a marriage and family therapist. 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, and promote
			 the professional development as a marriage and family therapist. Supervision
			 must start with an initial face to face meeting, which may be conducted via
			 videoconferencing, 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.
(a)
										"Individual supervision" is board approved supervision
			 that consists of a case-related interactive face-to-face meeting between one
			 supervisor meeting with no more than two supervisees.
(b)
										"Group
			 supervision" is board approved supervision that consists of a case- related
			 interactive face-to-face meeting with one supervisor and no more than eight
			 supervisees.