Registration of Supervised Social Work Experience

PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements for registering clinical social work experience. (1) Supervised social work experience shall be registered for approval by the committee prior to 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 is applying through reciprocity, the committee at its discretion may review the supervision for compliance and consideration of licensure. (2) Registration of supervision for social workers beginning the practice of social work under supervision in another state and intending to apply for licensure in Missouri is acceptable to the committee if the supervisor holds a license in the other state, determined by the committee to be substantially similar to Missouri’s. (3) The applicant for registration of supervision shall— (A) Have one (1) of the following licenses: 1. Licensed master social worker (LMSW) for clinical or advanced macro path; or 2. Licensed baccalaureate social worker (LBSW) if seeking independent practice on a baccalaureate level; (B) Submit a completed registration of supervision form provided by the committee; and (C) Pay the registration of supervision fee as prescribed by the committee. (4) The applicant for registration of supervision shall practice 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) 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 by the supervisee with the registration fee and must be submitted in writing within fourteen (14) days. Failure to submit a change will result in supervision hours not calculated towards the three thousand (3,000) hours of supervised licensed social work experience. (6) A supervisee may be employed in the supervisor’s private practice setting or in the private practice of another. The professional setting shall not include private practice in which the supervisee operates, manages, or has an ownership interest in the private practice. (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) Supervised social work experience of the supervisee in an exempt setting (any agency or department of Missouri) shall AND INSURANCE meet the requirements as set forth in the rules promulgated by the committee. (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. (10) Because the difficulties in confirming or verifying supervision increase dramatically over time, supervision will not be recognized if it occurred more than forty-eight (48) calendar months prior to the application for licensure being filed. (11) Any termination of supervision or change of supervision site must be reported by the supervisor to the committee in writing within fourteen (14) days. (12) The supervisor shall provide annual reports of progress to the committee. These will be due on the anniversary date of the initial approval for the twelfth, twenty-fourth, and thirtysixth months of supervision. The annual report will provide an overview of the licensee’s practice knowledge of the licensure statutes and rules, licensure scope of practice, understanding and adherence to approved standards of professional and ethical conduct, areas of continued growth and development, and accountability of supervision hours thus far in the process. (13) If the required hours of supervision are not completed within forty-eight (48) months of the beginning of supervision, the supervisee shall submit a detailed written plan to the committee for approval specifying how the supervision will be successfully concluded, co-signed by the supervisor. The committee may approve the plan, request further information from either the supervisee or the supervisor, or require either the supervisee or the supervisor, or both, to appear before the committee or a subcommittee thereof. (14) To engage in registered licensure supervision in Missouri, one must be both licensed in Missouri and registered for supervision with the committee. It shall be cause for discipline to provide unregistered or unlicensed licensure supervision in Missouri. (15) All persons engaged in the practice of clinical social work in the state of Missouri shall either be licensed as a licensed clinical social worker or be registered for supervision as required by statute and these regulations. AUTHORITY: section 337.600, RSMo 2016, and sections 337.612, 337.615, 337.627, and 337.665, RSMo Supp. 2020.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 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. Amended: Filed Dec. 15, 2006, effective June 30, 2007. Amended: Filed Aug. 27, 2009, effective April 30, 2010. Amended: Filed Feb. 22, 2019, effective Sept. 30, 2019. Amended: Filed Aug. 30, 2019, effective Feb. 29, 2020. Amended: Filed June 29, 2020, effective Dec. 30, 2020. *Original authority: 337.600, RSMo 1989, amended 1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; 337.612, RSMo 1989, amended 1997, 2001, 2007, 2018; 337.615, RSMo 1989, amended 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2020; 337.627, RSMo 1989, amended 1993, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2018; and 337.665, RSMo 2001, amended 2004, 2007, 2018, 2020.