Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. In-person, face-to-face supervision
remains the most appropriate and beneficial format for supervisees to learn
effectively from their supervisors as well as the most appropriate format to
ensure full professional responsibility for the welfare of the
client.
B. Prior to conducting
telesupervision, the supervising psychologist shall request pre-approval from
the board by completing an application for Authorization to Provide
Telesupervision and application fee.
1. The
supervising psychologist shall provide an explicit rationale as to why this is
an appropriate and effective form of supervision for this supervisee in this
particular work setting.
2. The
board may deny a request for telesupervision that is found to be inadequate or
inappropriate.
C.
Telesupervision shall:
1. not be the sole
means of communication with a supervisee;
2. only be utilized when in-person
supervision in the service delivery setting is not feasible or under other
extenuating circumstances (e.g. the supervisor has taken planned medical leave
and will be off-site for a month);
3. not account for more than 50 percent of
the required supervisory contact for that supervisees' level of training,
except under extending circumstances which have been approved by the
board;
4. not be permitted for a
graduate student completing their first practicum
experience.
D.
Individuals who are considered assistants to psychologists ATAPs or individuals
completing a postdoctoral fellowship require a minimum of one hour a week of
individual supervision.
1. For an assistant
with lesser experience, they may require more than the minimum of one hour a
week of supervision.
2. For
individuals currently in training completing a pre-doctoral psychology
internship, a minimum of two hours of individual supervision is required.
Therefore, if a supervisee engages in telesupervision, telesupervision shall
not account for more than 26 hours of the minimum requirement for individual
supervision for ATAPS or postdoctoral fellows and 52 hours of the minimum
requirement for individual supervision for pre-doctoral interns over the course
of a year.
E. It shall be
the supervising psychologist's responsibility in providing telesupervision, to:
1. maintain a license to practice psychology
in the state of Louisiana;
2.
maintain full legal functioning authority and professional responsibility for
the welfare of the client and have functional authority over the psychological
services provided by the supervisee.
3. establish a clear protocol for managing
emergency consultation and be available to the supervisee as needed in the
event of an emergency with a client;
4. ensure telesupervision is conducted via
two-way video/audio or audio only transmissions simultaneously;
5. take into account the training needs of
the supervisee and the service needs of the clients, protecting them from
harm;
6. inform the supervisee of
the risks and limitations specific to telepsychology supervision, including
limits to confidentiality, security and privacy;
7. identify at the onset of each contact the
identity of the supervisee, as well as the identity of all individuals who can
access any electronically transmitted communication;
8. inform supervisees of procedures to manage
technological difficulties or interruptions in service;
9. obtain and maintain competence in the
chosen telecommunication technology;
10. ensure that telesupervision is provided
in compliance with the supervision requirements of Chapter 7. Supervised
Practice Leading towards Licensure of Louisiana Administrative
Code, Title 46, Part LXIII as well as those outlined in Chapter 11.
Supervision of Assistants to Psychologists.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S. R.S.
37:2353.C.(1) and
R.S.
40:1223.4
