OAR 833-050-0091: Supervisor’s Responsibilities

(1) The supervisor must: (a) Review and evaluate appropriateness of client population and caseload, individual charts, case records and management, diagnostic evaluation and treatment planning, and methodologies for keeping client confidentiality. (b) Recommend that the registered associate refer clients to other therapists when client needs are outside the registered associate’s scope of practice. (c) Ensure that letterhead, business cards, advertisements and directory listings, brochures, and any other representation includes the appropriate title as described in OAR 833-050-0111(1)(a) and the supervisor’s name and designation as “supervisor.” (d) Assist the registered associate in developing a plan to prepare for and complete the licensure examinations in a timely manner. (e) Notify the Board within 14 days and explain any significant interruption to supervision or expected termination of the supervisory relationship. (f) Create and maintain for at least three years a record of hours of supervision and notes for each supervision session contemporaneously as supervision occurs, and provide it to the Board within fourteen days of request. (g) Be someone other than a spouse or relative by blood or marriage or a person with whom the registered associate has or had a personal relationship. (h) Meet registered associate supervisor qualifications as required in OAR chapter 833, division 130. (i) Provide a written evaluation of the registered associate’s skills and progress annually and at the conclusion of the plan in a form and manner prescribed by the Board. The report must include progress toward completion of the registered associate’s plan. Supervisors may report to the Board at any time deemed necessary. (2) If a supervisor has professional or ethical concerns about a supervisee, the supervisor must promptly notify the Board and provide the following information: (a) Specific concerns regarding conduct or performance; (b) Steps taken to address the concerns; (c) A remedial action plan with measurable outcomes to address the concerns; and (d) The registered associate’s progress to address the concerns expressed by the supervisor. (3) A supervisor provides supervision only when the supervisor’s professional competence is sufficient to meet the needs of the trainee or registered associate. A supervisor does not permit a trainee or registered associate under the supervisor’s supervision to perform, nor purport to be competent to perform, professional services beyond the trainee's or registered associate's level of skill and training and accepts responsibility for the effects of the actions of the trainee or registered associate of which they should be aware.