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Board narrows supervisor verification language, approves updated qualified‑supervisor form
Summary
The Florida composite board voted to require official transcripts for qualified‑supervisor verification and approved a revised supervisor‑statement form, while directing staff to update one rule to reflect the new form date.
The Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling voted March 21 to require official graduate transcripts when verifying a qualified supervisor and approved an updated qualified‑supervisor statement form.
At a virtual meeting that began at 9:10 a.m., Dr. Claudia Vicencio, the board chair, and board staff said processors were encountering out‑of‑state supervision files in which supervisors’ credentials could not be verified from informal records. Executive Director Ashley Irving and board staff presented proposed clarifications to the rule language and a revised form that would require official transcripts to be submitted directly to the board office.
The change addresses cases in which supervisors who are licensed in a different profession or a different state provided supervision but do not meet Florida’s education‑and‑course requirements for a “qualified supervisor.” Board counsel Timothy Frizzell explained the office will evaluate out‑of‑state supervisors against Florida’s existing statutory and rule standards and has been asking for transcripts to confirm those standings.
Public commenters and practitioners who spoke during the discussion generally urged the board to keep consistent standards. Nancy Gordon, a licensed clinical social worker, told the board she agreed that out‑of‑state supervisors should meet Florida’s supervisor definition. Logan Bell, an educator who teaches supervision courses, also urged the board to require documentation showing supervisors completed relevant graduate coursework.
After discussion the board approved the revised form and a technical rule update. Dr. Vicencio moved to accept the new form, and Tanya Krause seconded; the motion carried with all board members voting in favor. The board then approved counsel’s proposal to update the administrative rule citation and the form’s revised‑date entry; that motion also carried.
Board members noted staff reported some supervisors — particularly those who supervised decades ago or who left employers — would not or could not provide transcripts, creating hardships for applicants who expected previously completed hours to count. The board directed staff to continue outreach and to consider rule amendments if necessary, but made no substantive exception to the requirement that supervisors meet the profession‑specific educational benchmarks already set in rule.
The board also answered its administrative “magic questions” about regulatory impact, with the chair moving that the proposed updates would not impose adverse impacts on small businesses or counties, would not increase regulatory cost above statutory thresholds, should not be designated minor violations, and should not include sunset language. The board voted unanimously to adopt those responses.
The board’s action changes its verification practice by specifying official transcripts as the evidence required when applicants ask the board to accept out‑of‑state supervision toward Florida licensure. The revised qualified‑supervisor statement form includes updated footer text and a March 2025 revised‑date. The board’s counsel will file a short, technical amendment to rule 64B4‑2.0025 to reference the new form date.
