Wyo. Code R. 068-0001-14
Psychology, Board of
Chapter 14: Supervision
Effective Date: 10/02/2025 to Current
Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 068.0001.14.10022025
Section 1. Authority. These rules are adopted under the Board's authority granted by Wyoming Statute 33-27-114(e).
(a) Qualified supervision is required for those individuals who:
(i) Are psychological residents as defined by the Board for the practice of psychology under qualified supervision.
(ii) Are deemed by the Board, because of academic, experiential, professional, or personal background reasons or because of formal adjudication or stipulated agreement, to require supervision in the practice of psychology.
(iii) Are Psychological Practitioners or Specialists in School Psychology.
(a) The Board shall not assume responsibility for establishing supervisory relationships.
(b) A specific plan of supervision must be filed by the supervisor and the supervisee for approval by the Board prior to any delivery of services by the supervisee. The plan shall be individualized for the supervisee, protect the public interest, and increase and/or maintain the supervisee's level of professional skills. A plan of supervision is not required if the supervision relationship was established prior to May 13, 2021.
(c) The plan of supervision must include the following:
(i) A clear definition of the area(s) of practice to be supervised, including the types of activities and the populations served.
(ii) The frequency and times of supervisory sessions and specific areas to be covered, i.e., individual/group psychotherapy, assessments, tests administered, etc., will be determined by the supervising Psychologist.
(iii) The plan shall be signed by both supervisor and supervisee.
(d) Exceptions or modifications to the plan shall be communicated to the Board within thirty (30) days.
(e) Should a supervisor and a supervisee have an unresolved disagreement regarding the plan of supervision, either party may initiate an appeal to the Board for resolution. For specialized areas in which the Board may lack expertise, the Board may appoint a committee of at least two (2) experienced psychology professionals to review the matters in contention and make recommendations to the Board for the Board's decision.
(f) The supervisor shall establish and maintain a level of supervisory contact consistent with professional standards, insuring the welfare of the public, and the ethical and legal protection of the supervision process.
(g) A minimum of 1 hour of face-to-face supervision per week for supervisee licensure applicants who have not previously held a psychology license. There may be special circumstances, e.g., geographical or confirmed physical hardship, when a jurisdiction may consider a variance in the frequency of the supervision sessions while keeping with the principle of 1 hour per week for 20 hours of client or patient contact.
(h) While the Board recognizes that the number of persons supervised by a given Psychologist may vary, the Board reserves the right to require documentation by the Psychologist of the adequacy of supervision when one Psychologist is supervising multiple licensed or certified professionals or applicants for licensure. This rule does not apply to University of Wyoming faculty supervising doctoral students.
(i) The Identity and role of the supervisor should be clearly documented, with the supervisor's signature, in the clinical record of each person served. This is to notify users of the record that the case is being supervised and to acknowledge that the supervisor is aware of the supervisee's work in each case. (The Board does not require co-signature of progress notes; however, co-signature is one option for documenting supervision at the discretion of the supervisor.)
(j) The Board requires the supervisor to be reasonably aware of the professional skills, practices, ethics, and abilities of each person being supervised.
(k) Supervisors may only supervise those areas of practice in which they are competent by virtue of training and experience.
(l) A Psychologist may be disqualified by the Board as a supervisor should he/she fail to provide adequate supervision under the requirements of the Rules and Regulations of the Board.
(m) Supervising Psychologists shall be licensed for the practice of psychology and must be aware of and abide by the ethical principles and statutes pertaining to the practice of psychology in general and to supervision in particular. They shall not permit their supervisee to engage in any psychological practice that they cannot perform competently themselves. The supervisor has the responsibility to interrupt or terminate the supervisee's activities whenever necessary to ensure adequate training and the protection of the public. The supervisor must have at least 2 years of independent practice in the area in which they supervise to qualify as a supervisor and shall demonstrate adequate training, competence and skill to render competently any psychological services the supervisee undertakes. The Board may evaluate the qualifications of any supervisor and take appropriate action.
(n) Supervision sessions shall be documented giving dates, time spent, and nature of the contact with the supervisor.
(o) The supervisor shall allow the supervisee to perform only those functions for which the supervisee has training and experience.
(p) When the post-doctoral work experience occurs in Wyoming (i.e. Psychological Resident), a Supervision Agreement form provided by the Board shall be submitted by the supervisor to the Board specifying the nature of the supervision arrangements and the name, address and telephone number of the supervisor and supervisee. Any changes in the agreement must be submitted in writing within ten (10) days to the Board.
(a) The licensed Psychologist who provides supervision will be clinically and professionally responsible for the work of the supervisee. The supervisor shall be accessible to the supervisee at any point during the supervisory relationship. The supervisor's relationship with the supervisee shall be separate from that of a consultant, who may be called in at the discretion of the applicant. The consultant will have no clinical or professional accountability for the services provided or for the welfare of the client/patient/consumer.
(b) Public announcement of clinical services and fees, and contact with the lay or professional community shall be offered only in the name of the supervising Psychologist. Titles of applicants must clearly show their supervised status.
(c) Users of the supervisee's services shall be informed of his/her status, and shall be given specific information about his/her qualifications and functions.
(d) Clients/patients/consumers shall be informed that they may meet with the supervising Psychologist at their request or at the request of the service provider or the supervisor.
(e) Setting and receipt of a fee shall remain the sole responsibility of the employing agency or supervising Psychologist.
(f) All written professional reports and communications shall be countersigned by the supervising Psychologist.
(g) The supervisor shall establish and maintain a level of supervisory contact consistent with established professional standards, and be fully accountable in the event that professional, ethical, or legal issues are raised.
(h) An ongoing record of supervision shall be maintained that details the types of activities in which the applicant is engaged.
(i) Supervisors shall complete quarterly Supervision Report Forms. Supervisors shall maintain Supervision Report Forms for no less than five (5) years. Supervisors shall make Supervision Report Forms available to the Board upon request from the Board or an application or discipline committee.
(j) The supervisor shall keep records that will verify the training and evaluation of the supervisee, including the exact nature and number of hours of supervision and the exact nature and number of hours of acceptable post- doctoral supervised professional experience.
(k) Following five (5) years of supervised experience as a certified psychological practitioner or certified specialist in school psychology, the required supervision by a psychologist may be reduced, as appropriate, to a minimum of weekly consultation with one (1) hour of face-to-face individual supervision provided on a monthly basis.
Section 5. Board Review. Failure of the supervisee or supervisor in the supervisory relationship to comply with these requirements and responsibilities shall be subject to Board review and possible disciplinary action.
Section 6. Supervision – BCaBA.
(a) Supervisors must be one of the following: (i) A licensed BCBA without current disciplinary sanctions who is certified by the BACB; (ii) A licensed psychologist certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology who was tested in applied behavior analysis. (b) Ongoing supervision must comprise at least two percent (2%) of the total behavior-analytic service hours provided per month. (c) The BCaBA and supervisor must meet at least once during each month in which the BCaBA provides behavior-analytic services. (d) Supervision may include a combination of group and individual supervision, multiple supervisors, and multiple observation methods.