Tennessee § 63-11-308 Supervision of licensed assistant behavior analysts

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§ 63-11-308 — Supervision of licensed assistant behavior analysts

Tennessee § 63-11-308

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-11-308 (2026).

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(a)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.

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

(c)(1) A LBA shall provide supervision to a maximum of six (6) LABAs concurrently, with the supervision to be conducted as follows:

(A)A minimum of two (2) hours for each forty (40) hours of services provided by a LABA;

(B)A minimum of one-half (1/2) of all supervision hours shall involve real time interactions;

(C)A minimum of one-half (1/2) of all supervision hours shall involve one-to-one interactions between supervisors and supervisees. The remainder may be conducted in small group format.

(2)Acceptable supervision activities include:

(A)Direct obs

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(a) 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. (b) A LABA shall work under the supervision of an LBA. (c) (1) A LBA shall provide supervision to a maximum of six (6) LABAs concurrently, with the supervision to be conducted as follows: (A) A minimum of two (2) hours for each forty (40) hours of services provided by a LABA; (B) A minimum of one-half (1/2) of all supervision hours shall involve real time interactions; (C) A minimum of one-half (1/2) of all supervision hours shall involve one-to-one interactions between supervisors and supervisees. The remainder may be conducted in small group format. (2) Acceptable supervision activities include: (A) Direct observation of the LABA delivering ABA services to service recipients; (B) Direct observation of the LABA training family members and staff to implement ABA assessment or intervention procedures; (C) Demonstrating ABA assessment or intervention procedures; (D) Coaching supervisees in implementing ABA assessment or intervention procedures; (E) Reviewing and discussing treatment goals and procedures; (F) Reviewing service recipient progress data; and (G) Reviewing and discussing relevant research articles and other professional literature. (d) A formal professional relationship shall exist between a supervising LBA and LABA in the form of: (1) A co-employed relationship; or (2) An employee-employer relationship. (e) LABAs shall notify the committee within ten (10) business days of any change in supervision status.