03/19/2023
64B4-2.002 Definition of “Supervision” for Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.
Supervision is the relationship between the qualified supervisor and intern that promotes the development of responsibility, skills, knowledge, attitudes and adherence to ethical, legal and regulatory standards in the practice of clinical social work, marriage and family therapy and mental health counseling. Supervision is face-to-face contact between an intern and a supervisor during which the intern apprises the supervisor of the diagnosis and treatment of each client, client cases are discussed, the supervisor provides the intern with oversight and guidance in diagnosing, treating and dealing with clients, and the supervisor evaluates the intern’s performance.
An intern shall be credited for the time of supervision required by Section 491.005, F.S., if the supervision consisted of the following:
At least 100 hours of supervision per 1500 hours of psychotherapy face-to-face with clients provided by the intern;
At least 1 hour of supervision every two weeks;
At least 1 hour of supervision per 15 hours of psychotherapy, with a minimum of 1 hour of supervision every 2 weeks;
Focus on the raw data from the intern’s clinical work, which is made directly available to the supervisor through such means as written clinical materials, direct observation and video and audio recordings;
A process which is distinguishable from personal psychotherapy, or didactic instruction;
If an intern obtains group supervision, each hour of group supervision must alternate with an hour of individual supervision. For the purpose of this section, individual supervision is defined as one supervisor supervising no more than two (2) interns and group supervision is defined as one supervisor supervising more than 2 but a maximum of 6 interns in the group.
