1. A. A social work supervisor shall be Board-approved before providing supervision to licensed social workers for advanced practice or independent practice.
2. B. A Board-approved supervisor shall remain knowledgeable of the statutes and regulations as set forth in Health Occupations Article, Title 19, Annotated Code of Maryland and COMAR 10.42.01—10.42.09.

3. C. A supervisor shall:

   1. (1) Ensure that a supervisee is practicing within the scope of the supervisee's license;
   2. (2) Determine the skill level at which the supervisee may practice;
   3. (3) Focus on raw data from the supervisee's social work practice;
   4. (4) Maintain documentation, for at least 5 years, of the supervisory sessions, including the dates, duration, and focus of the supervisory sessions;
   5. (5) Provide or ensure that a supervisee receives a minimum of 3 hours of face-to-face supervision per month or 1 hour of face-to-face supervision for every 40 hours worked;
   6. (6) Ensure that a supervisee has read and is knowledgeable about Health Occupations Article, Title 19, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 10.42.01—10.42.09;
   7. (7) Within a reasonable period of time before termination of supervision, provide the supervisee and employer with a notice of termination to avoid or minimize any harmful effect on the supervisee's clients or patients;
   8. (8) At the time of license renewal, demonstrate to the Board completion of 3 of the required Category I or Category II continuing education units in a content area focusing on supervision training as stipulated in Regulation .04A(2)(c) of this chapter;
   9. (9) Establish a written contract, on the form provided by the Board, for advanced licensure or independent practice, initiated before beginning supervision;
   10. (10) Provide for emergency supervision and direction to a supervisee by a Board-approved supervisor;
   11. (11) Complete the supervision verification form;
   12. (12) Provide a written evaluation of the supervisee's progress to the supervisee every 6 months;

   13. (13) Provide a copy of the documentation required by Regulation .04 of this chapter:

       1. (a) On request by the supervisee; and
       2. (b) On request, by the Board or its authorized agent; and
   14. (14) Comply with a Board audit of a supervisor's compliance with regard to the supervision requirements and supervisory responsibilities.

Authority: Health Occupations Article, §§19-101—19-502, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 1, 2004 (30:23 Md. R. 1652)

Regulation .04A, B amended effective September 13, 2004 (31:18 Md. R. 1350)

Regulation .06A, B amended effective July 19, 2004 (31:14 Md. R. 1078)

Chapter revised effective December 17, 2007 (34:25 Md. R. 2211)

Regulation .02B amended effective July 31, 2017 (44:15 Md. R. 760)

Regulation .04A amended effective July 31, 2017 (44:15 Md. R. 760)

Regulation .05 amended effective July 31, 2017 (44:15 Md. R. 760)

Chapter revised effective June 17, 2019 (46:12 Md. R. 544)