Supervision provided by the applicant’s parents, spouse, former spouse, siblings, children, cousins, in- laws (present or former), aunts, uncles, grandparents, grandchildren, stepchildren, employees, or anyone sharing the same household, shall not be acceptable toward fulfilling licensure requirements. For the purposes of this rule, a supervisor shall not be considered an employee of the applicant, if the only compensation received by the supervisor consists of payment for actual supervisory hours.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 63-25-107 and 63-25-108. Administrative History: Original rule filed December 18, 1995; effective March 1, 1996. Amendments filed March 17, 2026; effective June 15, 2026.