PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements for registering clinical social work experience.

1. (1) Supervised social work experience shall be registered for approval by the committee within thirty (30) days of the beginning of supervision. This will ensure that the supervision is acceptable to the committee prior to applying for licensure. In the event the applicant fails to pre-approve their supervisor(s), or are applying through reciprocity, the committee at its discretion, may review the supervision for compliance and consideration of licensure.
2. (2) Registration of supervision for social workers beginning the practice of clinical social work experience or the practice of baccalaureate social work under supervision in another state and intending to apply for licensure in Missouri is accepted by the committee if the supervisor holds a license in the other state, determined by the committee, to be equivalent to Missouri’s.

3. (3) The applicant for registration of supervision shall—

   1. (A) Have an official transcript of his/her social work education sent directly from the educational institution(s) to the committee;
   2. (B) Submit a completed registration of supervision form provided by the committee within thirty (30) days of the beginning of supervision;
   3. (C) Submit a copy of a contract negotiated between the applicant and the proposed supervisor. However, should the contract be terminated before the completion of the minimum hours required, the supervisee is responsible for negotiating a new contract and obtaining all evaluation and termination forms required to document prior supervision. Such a contract shall not be valid if the supervisor and supervisee have a relationship that could affect the employment or benefits of the supervisor, and the relationship could in any way, bias or compromise the supervisor’s evaluation of the supervisee; and
   4. (D) Pay the one (1)-time registration of supervision fee as prescribed by the committee.
4. (4) The applicant for registration of supervision shall provide clinical or baccalaureate social work under the order, control, oversight, guidance, and full professional responsibility of the approved registered supervisor at the setting(s) approved by the committee.
5. (5) Whenever a supervisee changes a supervisor or adds a supervisor or new setting, a Change of Status form, provided by the committee, shall be submitted to the committee. There is no fee for updating a change of supervision and/or setting.
6. (6) A supervisee may be employed in the supervisor’s private practice setting or in the private practice of another. In those instances, the supervisor may bill clients for services rendered by the supervisee but under no circumstances shall the supervisee bill the clients directly for services rendered. The professional setting shall not include private practice in which the supervisee operates, manages or has an ownership interest in the private practice.
7. (7) The committee shall notify both the supervisee and registered supervisor, in writing, of the committee’s approval or refusal of the registration of supervision. A registration of supervision will not be reviewed until all items required by section (3) of this rule are received.
8. (8) Supervised social work experience of the supervisee in an exempt setting (any agency or department of Missouri) shall meet the requirements as set forth in the rules promulgated by the committee.
9. (9) Approval of the proposed social work experience and/or the proposed supervisor shall be withdrawn if circumstances change so that the experience, supervisor, or both, do not qualify as supervised social work experience as that term is defined in the rules promulgated by the committee.

AUTHORITY: sections 337.600, 337.612, 337.615, 337.650, 337.665 and 337.677, RSMo Supp. 2003 and 337.627, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 20 CSR 2263-2 263-2.032. Original rule filed Sept. 18, 1990, effective Feb. 14, 1991. Amended: Filed Jan. 11, 1995, effective June 30, 1995. Rescinded: Filed Dec. 30, 1998, effective July 30, 1999. Readopted: Filed Jan. 20, 1999, effective July 30, 1999. Amended: Filed Oct. 30, 2002, effective June 30, 2003. Amended: Filed March 15, 2004, effective Sept. 30, 2004. Moved to 20 CSR 2263- 2.032, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 337.600, RSMo 1989, amended 1995, 2003; 337.612, RSMo 1989, amended 1997, 2001; 337.615, RSMo 1989, amended 1995, 1997, 2001; 337.627, RSMo 1989, amended 1993, 1995, 1997; and 337.665, RSMo 2001; and 337.677, RSMo 2001.