Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart
1.
General.
All applicants shall complete one full year of postdegree
supervised employment or the equivalent in part-time employment. Employment
shall consist of a minimum of 1,800 hours of actual work experience that are
accrued in no less than 12 months and in no more than 30 months from the first
date of employment. Postdegree employment for licensure as a licensed
psychologist shall comply with subparts
2 and
3.
Subp. 2.
Supervision.
All postdegree employment shall be supervised. Supervision of
postdegree employment for licensure shall meet the requirements in items A to
I.
A. The supervision shall be
provided according to Minnesota Statutes, section
148.925, subdivisions
1 to 3, 5, and 6.
B. A minimum of
one hour of regularly scheduled supervision per week up to 20 hours worked and
a minimum of one hour of supervision for each 20 hours, or a portion, worked
beyond 20 hours per week. Hours worked beyond 50 in a week shall not count to
the total required hours.
C. One
hour per week of supervision shall be provided by the primary supervisor on an
individual, in-person basis. The primary supervisor may designate other
master's or doctoral prepared mental health professionals to provide training
and supervision in specific skills for the required supervision beyond one hour
per week, which may be conducted on an individual or group basis.
D. The primary supervisor shall establish
procedures that adequately provide for communication with designated
supervisors regarding the supervisee's training experiences. In complying with
Minnesota Statutes, section
148.925, the primary
supervisor shall retain supervisory responsibility for all supervised
professional experience. Supervisory sessions with the primary supervisor shall
include discussions that incorporate the applicable ethical and practice
standards of psychology.
E. Both
primary and designated supervisors shall be readily available for supervision,
including both regularly scheduled supervisory meetings with the supervisee and
ad hoc contacts as needed, and shall know the rules, policies, procedures, and
populations served at the supervisee's work site. Both supervisors shall
personally review the work of the supervisee on a regular basis.
F. Primary supervisors shall meet the
competency and other requirements of supervision in Minnesota Statutes, section
148.925.
G. The supervisor shall not be in a multiple
relationship with the supervisee, as defined in part
7200.0110, subpart 15.
H. The primary supervisor shall certify that
the supervision requirements for licensure have been met.
I. An applicant who completes the required
amount of postdegree supervised employment shall continue to receive
supervision for any professional services meeting the definition of the
practice of psychology until notified of licensure by the board.
Subp. 3.
Eligible
employment.
Employment may be paid or unpaid and shall consist of the
practice of psychology as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section
148.89, subdivision
5.
A. Employment that qualifies may
include time spent in supervision, research, teaching, case management, program
development, administration or evaluation, staff consultation, peer review,
primary or secondary prevention, attendance at workshops, seminars, or other
scientific or professional training activities, record keeping, report writing,
staff meetings, client care conferences, required training sessions, and direct
client contact.
B. Employment that
does not qualify includes employment required as preparation for the master's
or doctoral degree, or a professional training program completed in association
with earning a master's or doctoral degree, such as an internship,
assistantship, associateship, clerkship, or practicum.
C. Employment between the time all
requirements for the degree were met and the time of conferral of the degree
may be credited toward the employment requirements for licensure if the date of
completion of all degree requirements is verified directly to the board in
writing by the degree program director or equivalent.
D. The employment shall be performed
competently as judged by the supervisor.
Statutory Authority: MS s
148.90;
148.905;
148.98;
214.06
