Section 12.02. Qualifications of practice supervisor.

 

(1)  A person who supervises the practice of professional counseling shall have adequate training, knowledge and skill to competently render any professional counseling service that a supervisee undertakes. The supervisor may not permit a supervisee to engage in any professional counseling practice that the supervisor cannot competently perform. All supervisors shall be legally and ethically responsible for the supervised activities of the professional counselor supervisee. Supervisors shall be available or make appropriate provision for emergency consultation and intervention. Supervisors shall be able to interrupt or stop the supervisee from practicing in given cases, or recommend to the supervisee's employer that the employer interrupt or stop the supervisee from practicing in given cases, and to terminate the supervised relationship if necessary.

(2)  Supervision of a period of supervised practice of professional counseling may be exercised by any of the following:

(a) An individual licensed as a professional counselor who has received a doctorate degree in professional counseling.

(b) An individual licensed as a professional counselor who has engaged in the equivalent of 5 years of full-time professional counseling.

(c) A psychiatrist or a psychologist licensed under ch. 455 , Stats.

(d) A person employed by the division of vocational rehabilitation as a civil service vocational rehabilitation supervisor, level 3, who is licensed as a professional counselor or who has engaged in the equivalent of 5 years of full-time professional counseling.

(e) An individual, other than an individual specified in pars. (a) to (d) , who is approved in advance by the professional counselor section.

(3)  It is the applicant's responsibility to satisfy the professional counselors section that the applicant's supervisor met all qualifications.

Cr. Register, November, 1993, No. 455 , eff. 12-1-93; CR 01-026 : am. (2), r. (2) (b) and (d), Register December 2001 No. 552 , eff. 1-1-02; CR 02-105 : r. and recr. (2) Register October 2002 No. 562 , eff. 11-1-02.