Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2095 - Committee for Professional Counselors
Chapter 2 - Licensure Requirements
Section 20 CSR 2095-2.021 - Supervisors and Supervisory Responsibilities
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides guidelines to licensed practitioners concerning supervising a counselor-in-training or a provisional licensed professional counselor.
(1) For the purpose of these rules, a registered supervisor for a counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor in Missouri shall be currently licensed either as a professional counselor, psychologist, or psychiatrist. An inactive, provisional, expired, temporary, retired, probated, or suspended license shall not meet this requirement.
(2) In order to provide supervision for a counselor-in-training or a provisional licensed professional counselor, a registered supervisor shall document the following:
(3) The registered supervisor shall evaluate and provide feedback to the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor relating to 20 CSR 2095-2.020.
(4) A registered supervisor may employ a counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor at the registered supervisor's private practice and shall receive payment for therapeutic services provided by the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor.
(5) The registered supervisor shall review and cosign all reports of the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor including the registered supervisor's license number with the signature. If the registered supervisor is unable to cosign the reports of the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor, it shall be acceptable to provide a brief written memorandum or note to the file, signed by the registered supervisor documenting that the registered supervisor has reviewed the information.
(6) The registered supervisor shall certify that the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor has complied with the requirements of supervised counseling experience on a form provided by the committee.
(7) A licensee providing supervision to a counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor shall not supervise more than three (3) counselors-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselors at one (1) time. Supervisors desiring to provide supervision for more than three (3) counselors-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselors at one (1) time shall provide a written request to the committee explaining the reason for providing supervision to more than three (3) counselors-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselors.
(8) A supervisor shall avoid conditions and multiple relationships with a counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor that impair the professional objectivity or increase the risk of exploitation.
*Original authority: 337.510, RSMo 1985, amended 1989, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 337.520, RSMo 1985, amended 1989, 1993, 1995.