4732-13-02 Purposes of supervision.

Supervision by a licensed psychologist or a licensed school psychologist of an unlicensed or licensed person as described in rule 4732-13-01 of the Administrative Code shall have the following purposes:

(A) To protect the welfare of clients receiving psychological services from a supervisee of a licensed psychologist or a licensed school psychologist;

(B) To protect the welfare of persons who serve as training subjects for students learning psychological procedures, or as psychology subjects for classroom demonstrations or research;

(C) To structure the activities of the supervisee so that competent services of a psychological nature by an unlicensed person can safely be made available to clients;

(D) To assure that the unlicensed person functions within the limits of his/her competence;

(E) To assure that training of an unlicensed person who intends to apply to the board for licensure occurs in a variety of activities relevant to the profession and to his/her academic background;

(F) To assure that the training of a licensed person who seeks supervised experience will:

(1) Expand competence in a recognized subspecialty for which the licensed person has inadequate training but does have the appropriate academic background; or

(2) Satisfy retraining requirements according to recognized standards of the "American Psychological Association"; or

(G) To assure that supervisees have non-exploitative employment or training experiences;

(H) To make available the general administrative, supervisory, and mental health expertise of licensed psychologists in regulating the delivery of services of other mental health professionals, as provided by law.

Effective: 01/08/2010
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/23/2009 and 07/01/2014
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4732.06
Rule Amplifies: 4732.06, 4732.10, 4732.22, 3923.28
Prior Effective Dates: 4/15/75, 9/1/81, 10/1/90