Mental Health Regulatory Agency
Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists - Chapter 833
Division 50
REGISTERED ASSOCIATES
833-050-0081
Supervision
(1) Supervision of direct client contact must take place within the same calendar month as the completed direct client contact hours.
(2) Supervision meetings must take place at least twice per month, and in different weeks.
(3) Supervision meetings must be no less than one hour.
(4) Supervision each month must total at least:
(a) Two (2) hours for months in which 45 or fewer hours of direct client contact are completed; or
(b) Three (3) hours for months in which 46 or more hours of direct client contact are completed.
(5) Monthly supervision must be conducted:
(a) In-person in a professional setting; or
(b) Through live, synchronous confidential electronic communications.
(6) At least 50% of the required number of monthly supervision hours must be one-on-one individual supervision.
(7) Group supervision must meet the following requirements at each meeting.
(a) Include no more than six (6) supervisees;
(b) Have leadership that does not shift from one supervisor to another; and
(c) Not be a staff or team meeting, intensive training seminar, discussion group, consultation session, or quality assurance or review group.
(8) If in any month a registered associate does not receive the minimum supervision hours required, no client contact hours shall be credited for that month.
(9) An approved plan for a single practice, such as private practice or employment by one agency offering services at one or more sites, may have no more than two supervisors at any given time.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 675.785 - 675.835 & 676.160 - 676.180
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 675.785 - 675.835
History:
BLPCT 5-2021, amend filed 10/08/2021, effective 10/08/2021
BLPCT 3-2021, temporary amend filed 08/11/2021, effective 08/11/2021 through 02/06/2022
BLPCT 7-2020, amend filed 10/02/2020, effective 10/02/2020
BLPCT 2-2020, temporary amend filed 03/18/2020, effective 03/18/2020 through 09/13/2020
BLPCT 1-2020, temporary amend filed 03/18/2020, effective 03/18/2020 through 09/13/2020
BLPCT 4-2016, f. & cert. ef. 10-10-16
BLPCT 2-2013, f. 8-7-13, cert. ef. 8-15-13
BLPCT 6-2010, f. 12-13-10, cert. ef. 1-1-11
BLPCT 5-2010, f. 6-15-10, cert. ef. 7-1-10
BLPCT 3-2010, f. 4-30-10, cert. ef. 5-3-10
BLPCT 1-2010, f. & cert. ef. 1-5-10