Section 10.01. Definitions.

  In chs. MPSW 10 to 14 :

(1)  "Client" means the individual, family, group, business, agency, school, organization, or association for whom the license holder provides professional services for which the license holder is usually and customarily compensated. The term "client" includes the term and concept of "patient."

(1m)  "DSM" refers to the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

(5)  "Regionally accredited college or university" means a college or university which is accredited by any of the following bodies: the New England association of schools and colleges, the middle states association of colleges and schools, the north central association of colleges and schools, the northwest association of schools and colleges, the southern association of colleges and schools, the western association of schools and colleges. Applicants for licensure shall prove that the college or university at which the applicant completed course work on which the applicant relies for licensure eligibility was regionally accredited at the time the applicant completed the course work.

(6)  "Supervision" means the direction of professional counseling practice in face-to-face individual or group sessions lasting an average of at least one hour between the person whose practice is being supervised and the person who is providing the supervision of the practice, during each week that the person seeking licensure practices professional counseling.

(6) "Supervision" is a means of transmitting the skills, knowledge, and attitudes of a particular profession to the next generation of that profession. The supervisory relationship is evaluative, extends over time, and enhances the professional functioning of the developing professional. The supervisor shall monitor the quality of services offered by the supervisee with the purpose of enhancing the quality of skills and services provided by the counselor-in-training. Furthermore, the supervisor shall monitor and provide clinical oversight of the professional services rendered by the counselor-in-training to ensure ethical delivery of services and protection of public health and welfare.

History: Cr. Register, November, 1993, No. 455 , eff. 12-1-93 ; renum. (2) to (6) to be (4) to (8), cr. (2) and (3), Register, January, 1995, No. 469 , eff. 2-1-95; CR 02-150 : am. (1), (5) and (6), r. (4), (7) and (8), Register October 2002 No. 562 , eff. 11-1-02; CR 03-058 : cr. (1m) and (3m) Register June 2004 No. 582 , eff. 7-1-04; CR 07-048 : r. (2) and (3) Register March 2008 No. 627 , eff. 4-1-08; CR 13-009 : r. and recr. (6) Register April 2014 No. 700 , eff. 9-1-18; CR 13-118 : r. (3m) Register September 2014 No. 705 , eff. 10-1-14.