BBS Supervision Forms for California Supervisors: The Supervision Agreement, Self-Assessment Report, and What Replaced the Old Forms

Key points

  • You file one form with the Board and sign one with each supervisee. The Supervisor Self-Assessment Report goes to the Board once, within 60 days of the first time you supervise, and the Supervision Agreement, which contains the supervisory plan, is signed with every supervisee within 60 days of the start of supervision.
  • Three more documents follow the supervisee's hours. You sign the weekly log every week and complete an Experience Verification when supervision under you ends, and if you are not employed by the supervisee's employer or you volunteer there, you and the employer sign a written oversight agreement before supervision begins.
  • The pre-2022 forms cover only relationships that began before 2022. For supervision that began on or after January 1, 2022, the Supervision Agreement replaced both the Supervisor Responsibility Statement and the separate Supervisory Plan.

Last updated: October 2026

Every hour a California trainee or associate counts toward licensure depends on forms their supervisor signs. The Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) prints the stakes on the Supervision Agreement itself: a missed requirement can cost the supervisee hours of experience and can get the supervisor referred to the Board's enforcement unit. The forms are short, but their deadlines fall in the first weeks of supervision, and the oversight agreement, when one is needed, has to be signed before supervision begins.

These rules apply to licensed clinicians who supervise marriage and family therapist (MFT) trainees, associate marriage and family therapists (AMFTs), associate clinical social workers (ASWs) and associate professional clinical counselors (APCCs). The Self-Assessment Report, the Supervision Agreement and the oversight agreement are the same for all of them, while the weekly log and the Experience Verification come in a version for each license. For MFT trainees and AMFTs the rules sit in sections 4980.43 to 4980.43.5 of the Business and Professions Code (BPC) and sections 1833 to 1834 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). The social work and counselor rules follow the same pattern in their own sections, and the Board's Index of Legal Citations lists the matching section for each item on the Supervision Agreement.

Which BBS Forms Does a California Supervisor Sign?

A supervisor signs five documents the Board requires and writes two records of their own.

DocumentWho completes itWhenWho keeps itGoes to the Board
Supervisor Self-Assessment Report (37M-302)YouOnce in your career; the Board must receive it within 60 days of the first time you superviseYou keep proof that you filedYes, you file it
Written oversight agreement (Board sample, on the employer's letterhead)You and the employerBefore supervision begins, when you are not employed by the supervisee's employer or you volunteer thereYou, until supervision ends; then the superviseeWith the supervisee's licensure application
Supervision Agreement, including the supervisory plan (37M-300)You and the superviseeWithin 60 days of the start of supervision, or before it ends if it lasts less than 60 daysThe supervisee keeps the signed originalWith the supervisee's licensure application
Weekly Log of Experience Hours (37A-525 for MFT trainees and AMFTs)The supervisee fills it in and you sign itEvery weekThe supervisee, until licensedOnly if the Board asks
Videoconference assessmentYouWithin 60 days; from January 1, 2027, only for supervision by videoconference, within 60 days of its startYouNo Board form
Assessment of strengths and limitationsYouAt least once a year and when supervision endsYou, with a copy to the superviseeNo Board form
Experience Verification (37A-301 for in-state LMFT hours)YouWhen supervision under you endsThe superviseeWith the supervisee's licensure application

What Is in the BBS Supervision Agreement?

The Supervision Agreement (form 37M-300, revised May 2026) is the document you and each supervisee sign to set the terms of supervision, and it is required for every supervisory relationship that began on or after January 1, 2022. You and the supervisee complete all three parts within 60 days of the start of supervision and sign it under penalty of perjury (16 CCR 1833(c)). The supervisee keeps the signed original, including the supervisory plan, and submits it to the Board with the licensure application. Each supervisee gets a separate agreement.

Part I is yours. It holds 37 statements in four groups, each initialed: your qualifications, the employment and work setting, the supervision you will provide, and other duties. These are among the commitments it asks for:

  • Your license is current and active, it is not suspended or on probation, and you will tell the supervisee at once about any discipline or lapse.
  • You have held a license for at least two of the past five years and have practiced psychotherapy, or supervised psychotherapy, for at least two of those years.
  • You have completed, or will complete, the initial supervisor training and six hours of continuing professional development in supervision each renewal period. Licensed psychologists, board-certified psychiatrists and holders of an approved-supervisor designation skip these two items.
  • You have never provided therapy to the supervisee, you are not their spouse, domestic partner or relative, and no other relationship between you undermines the supervision.
  • The supervisee is a W-2 employee or a volunteer, never an independent contractor, is paid only by the employer and works only where the employer permits business to be conducted.
  • In nonexempt settings you will not act as individual or triadic supervisor for more than six supervisees at a time. In any setting, no supervision group will include more than eight people receiving supervision.
  • You will sign the weekly log every week, give the supervisee written procedures for reaching you or an on-call alternate in a crisis, and give at least one week's written notice before you stop signing for further hours.

Part I also covers the work setting, which must lawfully and regularly provide counseling or psychotherapy. A supervisee without an associate registration, such as an MFT trainee, cannot work in a private practice or professional corporation. You also collect the name, address and phone number of the supervisee's most recent supervisor and employer, and you agree to give the Board documentation of your compliance if it asks in writing (16 CCR 1833.1(c), (e)). You sign Part I under penalty of perjury.

Part II is the supervisee's. It records what the supervisee must understand: an active associate registration is needed for private practice and, apart from the exceptions in the law, for postdegree hours; hours count only when the supervisor signs the weekly log every week and verifies the hours at the end; experience must fall within a set number of years before the licensure application; and no payment may come from clients. Part III is the supervisory plan, which you write and sign together.

How Do You Write the Supervisory Plan?

Within the same 60 days, you and the supervisee develop the plan together, describing the goals and objectives of supervision (16 CCR 1833(c)(3)(F)). The form leaves an open box for them and accepts extra pages. If you are not the supervisee's primary supervisor, you may write a separate plan or use the primary supervisor's.

Below the plan, you acknowledge seven duties that last for the whole relationship:

  1. Assess the supervisee's strengths and limitations at least once a year and when supervision ends, and give the supervisee a copy.
  2. Keep the supervisee's counseling consistent with their education, training and experience.
  3. Monitor and evaluate their assessment, diagnosis and treatment decisions, and give regular feedback.
  4. Monitor and evaluate their ability to serve the sites and clients where they practice.
  5. Monitor and address clinical dynamics, such as countertransference, that may affect the work.
  6. Review progress notes, process notes and other treatment records.
  7. Observe therapy directly, or review audio or video recordings, as much as you judge appropriate, with each client's written consent.

The Board's tips for supervisors taking on a new supervisee ask for goals that are meaningful and measurable. Goals written against those seven duties make the yearly assessment easier, because each one already says what you will look at and how. A plan for a new AMFT at a community clinic might include these four:

GoalObjectiveHow you will check it
Assessment and diagnosisA complete intake assessment and a supported provisional diagnosis for every new client by the third monthWeekly review of intake notes; one recorded intake reviewed together each month
Risk and safetyRisk assessments done and documented the same day, following the clinic's crisis protocolReview of every risk note; a suicide risk assessment rehearsed in supervision each quarter
Couples and family workCouples sessions kept structured when partners escalate, using two named interventionsRecorded sessions reviewed monthly with clients' written consent; both interventions rehearsed in supervision
Self-awarenessReactions to clients that affect treatment are named and brought to supervisionDiscussed at least monthly; summarized in the yearly assessment

More goal examples, and a plan worksheet you can edit, are in our free clinical supervision toolkit.

What If the Agreement Is Late or Supervision Ends Early?

Sign a late agreement as soon as you notice it and give it to the supervisee. The Board's FAQ for supervisors warns that the supervisee may then need a letter of explanation with the licensure application, and that the supervisor may face disciplinary action. When supervision will last less than 60 days, the agreement has to be signed before it ends. If a supervisee leaves before the agreement is signed, sign it right away and give it to them, and if no plan had been developed yet, note in the plan section that supervision ended before 60 days and the plan was not finalized. The Board accepts original, scanned or electronic signatures on supervision documents.

What Is the Supervisor Self-Assessment Report?

The Supervisor Self-Assessment Report (form 37M-302, revised January 2025) is a one-time declaration to the Board, signed under penalty of perjury, that you meet the supervisor qualifications and understand a supervisor's duties. Every licensee who supervises MFT trainees, AMFTs, ASWs or APCCs files it, licensed psychologists and board-certified psychiatrists included, and the Board must receive it within 60 days of the day you first begin supervising (16 CCR 1833.1(d)). The form tells supervisors not to resubmit it when they take on a new supervisee. A supervisor who is returning after a break and has never filed the report files it then.

There are three ways to file. Email to BBS.SupSelfAssess@dca.ca.gov is the Board's preferred method and returns an automated receipt. You can also mail the form to the Board of Behavioral Sciences, 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite S200, Sacramento, CA 95834, by a tracked method, and the Board's 2026 FAQ adds BreEZe, the online licensing system of the Department of Consumer Affairs. No certificate or confirmation letter follows, and supervisor status does not appear in the public license lookup. Keep the email receipt, the BreEZe application summary or the tracking record, because that is how you show a new supervisee or employer that you filed.

The report asks for your license types, numbers and issue dates, and for any out-of-state license if you have held your California license for less than two years. It then asks whether you have been licensed for at least two of the past five years, whether you have practiced psychotherapy or supervised for two of those years, whether you hold an approved-supervisor designation from AAMFT, ABECSW, CAMFT or CCE, and when and from whom you took your supervisor training. The rest is a list of duties to initial. They match the Supervision Agreement and add a reminder that the Board may audit your records and that you keep them for seven years after supervision ends.

Licensed psychologists and board-certified psychiatrists file the report, but the supervisor training requirements do not apply to them, although the Board strongly encourages both groups to complete the training. Holders of an approved-supervisor designation skip the training questions. The training rules themselves, including the six hours due each renewal period, are explained in How to Become a Clinical Supervisor in California, and the six hours in more detail in California Supervisor CE Requirements.

A late report is still worth filing. The Board's FAQ says a supervisor who misses the 60 days may face disciplinary action and that the supervisee is not penalized. The Board's Winter 2026 newsletter adds that supervisors found out of compliance currently receive a courtesy notice, and that those who remain out of compliance may face disciplinary action. The Board audits supervisors who have filed the report.

When Do You Need a Written Oversight Agreement?

You need a written oversight agreement whenever you are not employed by the supervisee's employer, or you supervise there as a volunteer (BPC 4980.43.4(d); 16 CCR 1833(a)). You and the employer sign it before supervision begins. You keep it while you supervise and give the signed agreement to the supervisee when supervision ends, and the supervisee submits it with the licensure application. The same subsection of the code requires you to evaluate each site where the supervisee will gain experience, to confirm that it meets the licensing law's requirements.

The regulation fixes the contents. You agree to ensure that the extent, kind and quality of the supervisee's counseling are consistent with their training, education and experience. The employer acknowledges that it knows the licensing requirements and will not interfere with your legal and ethical duty to meet them, that it will give you access to the clinical records of the clients the supervisee counsels, and that it will not interfere with the clinical guidance and direction you give. The Board's Sample Written Oversight Agreement puts this wording on the employer's letterhead, with signature lines for you and the employer's authorized representative, and states that its wording applies to supervisory relationships that began on or after January 1, 2022. The Board's Supervisor Resources page also links a Sample Letter of Agreement for Supervision for AMFTs; that file is the 2019 version of the same oversight agreement.

Private practices and professional corporations add conditions when an associate works there. You must be employed by or contracted with the practice, or be one of its owners, and you must either provide psychotherapy to the practice's clients or meet two conditions: a written contract with the practice gives you the same access to the associate's clinical records as its employees have, and the associate's clients authorize the release of their records to you (BPC 4980.43.4(b)). MFT trainees cannot work in either setting, and neither can graduates who are waiting for their associate registration. The limit of six individual or triadic supervisees at a time applies across all of your nonexempt settings combined, and the group and triadic supervision rules explain who counts toward it.

Supervisees placed by a temporary staffing agency come under a separate regulation (16 CCR 1833.05 for MFT trainees and AMFTs, 1869.3 for ASWs and 1820.3 for APCCs), which the Supervision Agreement commits you to follow.

Which Forms Record the Supervisee's Hours?

Hours become countable on two forms, and both carry your signature.

The weekly log

The supervisee records each week's hours on the Board's Weekly Log of Experience Hours, and you sign it every week (16 CCR 1833(d)). The Board's Supervisor Resources page links the same form under the name Weekly Summary of Experience Hours. A supervisee may not sign the log for you. A separate log is kept for each supervisor and each work setting, and pre-degree and postdegree hours go on separate logs. The supervisee keeps the signed logs until licensed, and the Board can require an applicant to submit them to verify hours.

The Experience Verification

When supervision under you ends, you complete and sign the Experience Verification for the hours you supervised, and the supervisee submits it with the licensure application (16 CCR 1833(e)). Pre-degree and postdegree hours go on separate forms, as do the hours under each supervisor and in each work setting. Initial every change. Correction fluid gets the form rejected, so cross out an error and initial and date the change, or start a new form. The form warns that knowingly giving false information or leaving out pertinent information can lead to denial of the application, and the Board may discipline a licensee who helps someone obtain a license through fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.

When there are two supervisors, or a substitute

You can sign only for supervision you provided. When a supervisee has two supervisors in one setting, the Board recommends recording hours under the individual or triadic supervisor, while a group supervisor signs separate weekly logs and a separate Experience Verification for the group hours; either supervisor may sign for the total work experience in that setting. A substitute who covers while you are away must meet every supervisor qualification, sign the weekly log and sign a Supervision Agreement with the supervisee, plus an oversight agreement with the employer where one is required (16 CCR 1833.1.5). If the substitute supervises for more than 30 consecutive days, a new supervisory plan is needed and the substitute signs an Experience Verification for those hours. For 30 days or fewer, the substitute follows the existing plan and you may sign an Experience Verification that includes the substitute's weeks.

Which version applies to your supervisee

The Self-Assessment Report, the Supervision Agreement and the oversight agreement sample are the same for every supervisee. The weekly log and the in-state Experience Verification come in a version for each license.

Every form is linked from the Board's Supervisor Resources page, which also lists the out-of-state verification forms.

What Records Must You Keep, and What Does a Board Audit Check?

Keep the records that show you met the supervisor qualifications for seven years after supervision ends, and produce them if the Board asks (BPC 4980.43.5; 16 CCR 1833.1(e)). In practice that means your supervisor training certificate, your record of supervision continuing education or other professional development for each renewal period, and your approved-supervisor designation if you rely on one. Keep your proof of filing the Self-Assessment Report with them. The Board's FAQ calls a failure to comply unprofessional conduct that may lead to discipline.

The Board does check. Its July 2026 enforcement update reported that since December 2025 it had audited 175 supervisors who filed the Self-Assessment Report, to verify the continuing education the regulations require. Of those, 145 passed, 28 failed and 2 were still pending, and a supervisor who does not answer the audit letter fails the audit.

Two more records are required by law but have no Board form. The first is the videoconference assessment: meet with the supervisee within 60 days to assess whether supervision by videoconference suits them, considering at least their abilities, both of your preferences and the privacy of each location, then document the result, and do not use videoconferencing if it is not appropriate (BPC 4980.43.2(d)). Through December 31, 2026, the statute requires this meeting for every supervisee, within 60 days of the start of supervision. From January 1, 2027, SB 1445 requires it only when supervision is conducted by videoconference, within 60 days of the start of that supervision, which is the wording the Board's current forms already use. The second is the assessment of the supervisee's strengths and limitations, done at least once a year and when supervision ends, with a copy to the supervisee (16 CCR 1833.1(a)(9)). Keeping both, with your copies of each agreement and plan, for the same seven years is a sensible default. Remote and Telehealth Supervision for LMFT Hours covers the rest of the videoconference rules, and the liability side of record keeping is covered in Ethics and Liability in Clinical Supervision.

What Do You Owe a Supervisee When Supervision Ends?

Before you stop signing for further hours, give the supervisee at least one week's written notice (16 CCR 1833.1(b)). A supervisor who has not given that notice must still sign for hours gained in good faith while they actually provided the required supervision. Four documents close out the relationship: the final assessment of strengths and limitations, with a copy to the supervisee; the Experience Verification for your hours; the oversight agreement, if there is one, which goes to the supervisee; and the Supervision Agreement, if supervision ended before it was signed.

You are not required to sign for hours you believe are incorrect or suspect. You may ask the supervisee to correct them, and the Board advises keeping a record of those requests. The MFT trainee and associate FAQ tells a supervisee whose supervisor refuses to sign for completed hours to contact the supervisor first and then, if needed, to file a complaint with the Board.

What Replaced the Supervisor Responsibility Statement and the Supervisory Plan?

For supervision that began on or after January 1, 2022, the Supervision Agreement replaced two older forms. The Supervisor Responsibility Statement, in which the supervisor declared their qualifications and duties, gave way to Part I, and the separate Supervisory Plan became Part III. Two things changed in the process: supervisor and supervisee now sign one document, and the deadline moved from before the first session to 60 days after supervision starts.

Relationships that began before 2022 and are still running follow different rules. The pair does not complete a Supervision Agreement, and the supervisee submits the signed Responsibility Statement with the licensure application instead (16 CCR 1833(c)(2)). For MFT trainees and AMFTs the same regulation requires a supervisory plan, and the Board's form for it, the Supervisory Plan for LMFT Supervisees (37M-299), is kept by the supervisor and supervisee and is not sent to the Board. The Board's guidance on the 2022 rules also told supervisees in continuing relationships that an oversight agreement signed under the earlier rules did not need replacing.

Older formWhat it didWhat replaced itIf the relationship began before January 1, 2022
Responsibility Statement for Supervisors (MFT 37A-523; ASW 37A-522; LPCC version)The supervisor's declaration of qualifications and duties, signed before supervision began, with the original given to the superviseeThe Supervision Agreement, Part IThe statement signed then stands, and the supervisee submits it with the licensure application
Supervisory Plan (37A-521)Goals and objectives for ASWs and APCCs, signed by supervisor and registrantThe Supervision Agreement, Part IIIThe form directs that the original go to the Board upon application for examination eligibility
Supervisory Plan for LMFT Supervisees (37M-299)A written plan for MFT trainees and AMFTs whose supervision began before 2022 and continued past January 1, 2022The Supervision Agreement, Part III, for new relationshipsKept by the supervisor and supervisee; not sent to the Board
Sample Letter of Agreement for Supervision (the 2019 oversight agreement sample)The employer agreement used when the supervisor was not employed thereThe 2022 Sample Written Oversight AgreementThe signed agreement stands, and the supervisee submits it with the licensure application

For a relationship that starts today, the set is the Self-Assessment Report once in your career, then for each supervisee the Supervision Agreement, an oversight agreement where one is required, the weekly log and the Experience Verification.

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Keep reading

How to Become a Clinical Supervisor in California, who qualifies, the 15-hour training and the exemptions.

BBS Supervision Requirements for Associates, the weekly supervision rules from the associate's side.

Your First Supervisee, what to do before and after a new supervisee starts.

Free Clinical Supervision Toolkit, editable notes, logs, goals and evaluations.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a new Supervisor Self-Assessment Report for each supervisee?

No. You file the report once, and the Board must receive it within 60 days of the first time you supervise. The form tells supervisors not to resubmit it for a new supervisee. You do sign a separate Supervision Agreement with each supervisee.

What happens if I miss the 60-day deadline for the Self-Assessment Report?

File it as soon as you can. The Board's FAQ for supervisors says a supervisor who misses the deadline may face disciplinary action and that the supervisee is not penalized. Its Winter 2026 newsletter says supervisors found out of compliance currently receive a courtesy notice.

Do I send the BBS Supervision Agreement to the Board?

No. The supervisee keeps the signed original, including the supervisory plan, and submits it to the Board with the licensure application.

What if we did not sign the Supervision Agreement within 60 days?

Sign it immediately and give it to the supervisee. The supervisee may need a letter of explanation when applying for licensure, and the Board says the supervisor may face disciplinary action.

When do I need a written oversight agreement?

Whenever you are not employed by the supervisee's employer, or you supervise there as a volunteer. You and the employer sign it before supervision begins, you give it to the supervisee when supervision ends, and the supervisee submits it with the licensure application.

Can I sign BBS supervision forms electronically?

Yes. The Board accepts original, scanned or electronic signatures on supervision documents.

How much notice must I give before I stop signing a supervisee's hours?

At least one week, in writing. A supervisor who has not given that notice must still sign for hours the supervisee gained in good faith while the supervisor actually provided the required supervision.

How long must a California supervisor keep records?

Keep the records showing you met the supervisor qualifications, such as training and continuing education certificates, for seven years after supervision ends. The Board audits supervisors, and its FAQ treats a failure to produce these records as unprofessional conduct.

Is the Supervisor Responsibility Statement still used?

Only for supervisory relationships that began before January 1, 2022. Relationships that began on or after that date use the Supervision Agreement, which also contains the supervisory plan.

References

Board of Behavioral Sciences. (2026). Supervision agreement (DCA BBS 37M-300, rev. 05/2026). https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/forms/supervision_agreement.pdf

Board of Behavioral Sciences. (2026). Supervision agreement: Index of legal citations (DCA BBS 37M-301, rev. 05/2026). https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/forms/supervision_agreement_iolc.pdf

Board of Behavioral Sciences. (2025). Supervisor self-assessment report (DCA BBS 37M-302, rev. 01/2025). https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/forms/supervisor_self_assessment.pdf

Board of Behavioral Sciences. (2026). Important answers to frequently asked questions for supervisors (new 02/2026). https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/faqs_for_supervisors.pdf

Board of Behavioral Sciences. (2026). Important answers to frequently asked questions for associate marriage and family therapists and MFT trainees (PDE_26-286, rev. 09/2026). https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/mft_faq.pdf

Board of Behavioral Sciences. (2022). Sample written oversight agreement for supervision (rev. 01/2022). https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/forms/sample_written_oversight_agreement.pdf

Board of Behavioral Sciences. (2022). Weekly log of experience hours: Trainee or associate marriage and family therapist (DCA BBS 37A-525, rev. 08/2022). https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/forms/mft/mfwkylog_37a-525_option1.pdf

Board of Behavioral Sciences. (2024). Marriage and family therapist in-state experience verification (DCA BBS 37A-301, rev. 11/2024). https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/forms/mft/lmft_expver_37a-301_option1.pdf

Board of Behavioral Sciences. (2022). Supervisory plan for LMFT supervisees (37M-299, rev. 06/2022). https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/forms/supervisory_plan_lmft_form.pdf

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Board of Behavioral Sciences. (n.d.). Tips for supervisors when taking on a new supervisee (PDE_24-201). https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/tips_for_supervisors.pdf

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About the Authors

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