Chapter MPSW 10

Register March 2008 No. 627

Chapter MPSW 10

DEFINITIONS FOR PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING

MPSW 10.01   Definitions.

Ch. MPSW 10 Note Note: Chapter SFC 10 was created as an emergency rule effective April 26, 1993.

Ch. MPSW 10 Note Note: Chapter SFC 10 was renumbered ch. MPSW 10 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register October 2002 No. 562.

MPSW 10.01 MPSW 10.01 Definitions. In chs. MPSW 10 to 14:

MPSW 10.01(1) (1) “Client” means the individual, family, group, business, agency, school, organization, or association for whom the license holder provides professional services for which the license holder is usually and customarily compensated. The term “client” includes the term and concept of “patient.”

MPSW 10.01(1m) (1m) “DSM” refers to the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

MPSW 10.01(2) (2) “Face-to-face” means in person or real time video conferencing where all parties can communicate by simultaneous two-way video and audio transmissions.

MPSW 10.01(5) (5) “Regionally accredited college or university” means a college or university which is accredited by any of the following bodies: the New England association of schools and colleges, the middle states association of colleges and schools, the north central association of colleges and schools, the northwest association of schools and colleges, the southern association of colleges and schools, the western association of schools and colleges. Applicants for licensure shall prove that the college or university at which the applicant completed course work on which the applicant relies for licensure eligibility was regionally accredited at the time the applicant completed the course work.

MPSW 10.01(6) (6) “Supervision” is a means of transmitting the skills, knowledge, and attitudes of a particular profession to the next generation of that profession. The supervisory relationship is evaluative, extends over time, and enhances the professional functioning of the developing professional. The supervisor shall monitor the quality of services offered by the supervisee with the purpose of enhancing the quality of skills and services provided by the counselor-in-training. Furthermore, the supervisor shall monitor and provide clinical oversight of the professional services rendered by the counselor-in-training to ensure ethical delivery of services and protection of public health and welfare.

MPSW 10.01 History History: Cr. Register, November, 1993, No. 455, eff. 12-1-93; renum. (2) to (6) to be (4) to (8), cr. (2) and (3), Register, January, 1995, No. 469, eff. 2-1-95; CR 02-150: am. (1), (5) and (6), r. (4), (7) and (8), Register October 2002 No. 562, eff. 11-1-02; CR 03-058: cr. (1m) and (3m) Register June 2004 No. 582, eff. 7-1-04; CR 07-048: r. (2) and (3) Register March 2008 No. 627, eff. 4-1-08; CR 13-009: r. and recr. (6) Register April 2014 No. 700, eff. 9-1-18; CR 13-118: r. (3m) Register September 2014 No. 705, eff. 10-1-14; CR 16-009: cr. (2) Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18.