Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Safety and Professional Services
SPS 1-299 - Professional Services
SPS 160-169 - Substance Abuse Professionals
Chapter SPS 162 - Supervised practice
Section SPS 162.01 - Required supervision

(1) Clinical supervisors shall exercise supervisory responsibility over substance abuse counselors-in-training, substance abuse counselors, clinical substance abuse counselors, clinical supervisors-in-training and intermediate clinical supervisors in regard to all activities including, but not limited to, counselor development, counselor skill assessment and performance evaluation, staff management and administration, and professional responsibility. A clinical supervisor shall provide a minimum of:

(2) Clinical supervisors shall exercise supervisory responsibility over clinical supervisors-in-training in regard to all activities. A clinical supervisor shall provide a minimum of one hour of clinical supervision for every 40 hours of work performed by a clinical supervisor-in-training.

(3) The required clinical supervision shall include in person individual or group sessions consisting of no more than 6 supervisees per group. The clinical supervision hourly requirement may be averaged out over a period no longer than one month.

(4) Methods for supervision may include, but are not limited to, auditing of patient files, case review and discussion of active cases, direct observation of treatment, video or audio review and observation of the counselor's professional interaction with patients and staff.

(5) The goals of clinical supervision are to provide the opportunity to develop competency in the transdisciplinary foundations, practice dimensions and core functions, provide a context for professional growth and development and ensure a continuance of quality patient care.