Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2235 - State Committee of Psychologists
Chapter 2 - General Rules
Section 20 CSR 2235-2.020 - Supervised Professional Experience, Section 337.021, RSMo

(1) The supervised professional experience requirements for a person applying for licensure as a psychologist pursuant to section 337.021, RSMo shall be governed by this rule in force and effect on August 28, 1989. All applicants for licensure as a psychologist, whether applying on the basis of a master's degree or a doctorate degree, must have had at least one (1) year of satisfactory supervised professional experience in the general field of psychology as defined in this rule and must demonstrate compliance with this rule in the attestation forms provided by the committee. Attestation forms may be obtained by contacting the office of the State Committee of Psychologists.

(2) As applied to periods of supervised professional experience commencing before January 1, 1984, the phrase "satisfactory supervised professional experience in the general field of psychology" as used in section 337.021, RSMo (prior to August 28, 1989, referenced language appeared in section 337.020.2, RSMo) means post-degree training or practice of psychology in an organized health service training program or its psychological equivalent under the supervision of a licensed psychologist who is not a relative of the trainee. Professional experience, which was gained by an applicant before September 28, 1977, will be deemed acceptable if the experience was supervised by a person, not a relative of the trainee, who would have been eligible for licensure at the time the supervision occurred. The psychological activities of the applicant shall be performed pursuant to the supervisor's order, control and full professional responsibility. Reports prepared by the applicant during the period of the supervised professional experience should be cosigned by the supervisor. The supervisor shall maintain a continuing relationship with the applicant and must meet with the applicant a minimum of one (1) hour per week in face-to-face individual supervision. Group supervision is not acceptable for supervised professional experience under this rule. The supervisor must certify to the department that the applicant has complied with these requirements for supervised professional experience.

(3) As applied to periods of supervision commencing on or after January 1, 1984 and on or before December 31, 1988, the phrase "satisfactory supervised professional experience in the general field of psychology" as used in section 337.021, RSMo (prior to August 28, 1989 referenced language appeared in section 337.020.2, RSMo) shall mean post-degree training or practice of psychology obtained under the supervision of a licensed psychologist who is not a relative of the trainee. This one (1) year of supervised professional experience must be acquired in an organized health service training program, however, an applicant may obtain, with prior approval by the committee, this experience in a setting other than an organized health service training program. If the applicant desires this special approval, s/he shall have his/her supervisor submit a written detailed description of the proposed program of supervised professional experience. The psychological activities of the applicant must be performed pursuant to the supervisor's order, control and full professional responsibility. Professional reports prepared by the applicant during the period of the supervised professional experience must be cosigned by the supervisor. The supervisor shall maintain a continuing relationship with the applicant and must meet with the applicant a minimum of one (1) hour per week in face-to-face individual supervision. Group supervision is not acceptable for supervised professional experience under this regulation. The supervisor must certify to the department that the applicant has complied with these requirements for satisfactory professional experience.

(4) As applied to periods of supervision commencing on or after January 1, 1989, the phrase "satisfactory supervised professional experience in the general field of psychology" as used in section 337.020.2, RSMo shall mean-

(5) Acceptable supervision occurs only when the supervisor and the applicant are both employed by or affiliated with the same professional setting.

(6) For purposes of this rule, the term relative of the trainee shall mean a spouse, parent, child, sibling of the whole- or half-blood, grandparent, grandchild, aunt or uncle of the trainee or one who has a present relationship to the trainee as stepparent or stepchild.

(7) For purposes of this rule, the phrase person, not a relative of the trainee, who would have been eligible for licensing at the time the supervision occurred shall mean a person who, at the time the supervision took place-

(8) Acceptable supervised professional experience shall constitute a minimum of fifteen hundred (1,500) hours of professional experience obtained in no less than a twelve (12) or no more than a twenty-four (24)-consecutive calendar-month period. In no case shall this experience be accumulated at the rate of less than twenty (20) hours per week nor more than fifty (50) hours per week.

(9) All supervision must be acquired subsequent to the receipt of the graduate degree. For the purpose of this rule, the date of the receipt of the graduate degree shall be the date the degree was conferred or awarded as set forth on the applicant's official academic transcript or as verified by the academic registrar or other like school official.

(10) The committee will review, upon re -quest, a trainee's proposed or current plan of post-degree supervision to determine if the supervision is acceptable under this rule. All requests shall be submitted on the forms provided by the committee and accompanied by the prior review fee for post-degree supervision. All requests must be submitted to the committee thirty (30) days prior to a regularly scheduled committee meeting in order to be reviewed at that meeting.

(11) An applicant who has been denied licensure as a result of inadequate post-degree supervision who wishes to obtain prior review from the committee of his/her proposed plan for completing the post-degree supervision deficiencies shall submit a request on the forms provided by the committee accompanied with the prior review fee for post-degree supervision. All requests must be submitted to the committee no later than thirty (30) days prior to a regularly scheduled committee meeting in order to be reviewed at that meeting. Upon satisfactory completion of the deficiencies, the applicant shall reapply for licensure, submit the application fee and file with the committee an official attestation form from the supervisor that post-degree supervision deficiencies have been completed.