Section 35.14. Clinical supervision and clinical collaboration.

 

(1)  

(a) The clinic administrator shall have responsibility for administrative oversight of the job performance and actions of each staff member and require each staff member to adhere to all laws and regulations governing the care and treatment of consumers and the standards of practice for their individual professions.

(b) Each clinic shall implement a written policy for clinical supervision as defined under s. DHS 35.03 (5) , and clinical collaboration as defined under s. DHS 35.03 (4) . Each policy shall address all of the following:

1. A system to determine the status and achievement of consumer outcomes, which may include a quality improvement system or a peer review system to determine if the treatment provided is effective, and a system to identify any necessary corrective actions.

2. Identification of clinical issues, including incidents that pose a significant risk of an adverse outcome for one or more consumers of the outpatient mental health clinic that should warrant clinical collaboration, or clinical supervision that is in addition to the supervision specified under ch. MPSW 4 , 12 , or 16 , or Psy 2 , or for a recognized psychotherapy practitioner, in accordance with s. DHS 35.03 (5) (a) , whichever is applicable.

(2)  Except as provided under sub. (4) (b) , the clinic's policy on clinical supervision shall be in accordance with ch. MPSW 4 , 12 , or 16 , or Psy 2 , or for a recognized psychotherapy practitioner, whichever is applicable. The clinic's policy on clinical collaboration shall require one or more of the following:

(a) Individual sessions, with staff case review, to assess performance and provide feedback.

(b) Individual side-by-side session while a staff member provides assessments, service planning meetings or outpatient mental health services and in which other staff member assesses, and gives advice regarding staff performance.

(c) Group meetings to review and assess quality of services and provide staff members advice or direction regarding specific situations or strategies.

(d) Any other form of professionally recognized method of clinical collaboration designed to provide sufficient guidance to assure the delivery of effective services to consumers by the staff member.

(3)  Clinical supervision and clinical collaboration records shall be dated and documented with the signature of the person providing these functions in a supervision or collaboration record, or in the staff record of each staff member who attends the session or review. If clinical supervision or clinical collaboration results in a recommendation for a change to a consumer's treatment plan, the recommendation shall be documented in the consumer file.

(4)  

(a) A qualified treatment trainee who provides psychotherapy shall receive clinical supervision.

(b) If any staff member, including a staff member who is a substance abuse counselor-in training, substance abuse counselor, or clinical abuse counselor, provides services to consumers who have a primary diagnosis of substance abuse, the staff member shall receive clinical supervision from a clinical supervisor as defined under s. SPS 160.02 (7) .

CR 06-080 : cr. Register May 2009 No. 641 , eff. 6-1-09; correction in (4) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register November 2011 No. 671 .