67 : 61 : 05 : 07 . Clinical supervision. The board of directors or the agency director shall designate an addiction counselor to be responsible for supervising clinical services, and for providing required supervision of addiction counselor trainees. The methods of s upervising clinical services are :

1. (1) Case staffing, meaning a meeting of an agency’s staff treatment team to review and evaluate a client's case progress in treatment and determine whether changes are needed in the services provided to a client;
2. (2) Individual case supervision;
3. (3) Consultation with other clinical professionals;
4. (4) Review of case record maintenance; and

5. (5) Other clinically appropriate supervision methods, as determined by agency policy.

   If an addiction counselor is not available within the addiction counselor trainee's employing agency, supervision may be obtained on a contractual or consultant basis, from an outside party meeting the required qualifications.

Source: 43 SDR 80 , effective December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023 .

General Authority: SDCL 1-36-25 , 34-20A-27 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-20A-27 .

Prior versions effective: 2016-12-05.