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Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-11-308

Supervision of licensed assistant behavior analysts

Acts 2014, ch. 918, § 2.

(1) A LBA shall provide supervision of applied behavior analysis (ABA) services under the LBA's extended authority and direction to all designated persons as provided in this part.

(2) A LABA shall work under the supervision of an LBA.

(3) A LBA shall provide supervision to a maximum of six (6) LABAs concurrently, with the supervision to be conducted as follows: A minimum of two (2) hours for each forty (40) hours of services provided by a LABA;

(4) A minimum of one-half (½) of all supervision hours shall involve real time interactions;

(5) A minimum of one-half (½) of all supervision hours shall involve one-to-one interactions between supervisors and supervisees. The remainder may be conducted in small group format.

(6) Acceptable supervision activities include: Direct observation of the LABA delivering ABA services to service recipients;

(7) Direct observation of the LABA training family members and staff to implement ABA assessment or intervention procedures;

(8) Demonstrating ABA assessment or intervention procedures;

(9) Coaching supervisees in implementing ABA assessment or intervention procedures;

(10) Reviewing and discussing treatment goals and procedures;

(11) Reviewing service recipient progress data; and

(12) Reviewing and discussing relevant research articles and other professional literature.

(13) A formal professional relationship shall exist between a supervising LBA and LABA in the form of: A co-employed relationship; or

(14) An employee-employer relationship.

(15) LABAs shall notify the committee within ten (10) business days of any change in supervision status.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.