R156-60e in Plain English
A straightforward guide to Utah's new clinical supervisor rule — what it actually requires, what it doesn't, and what you need to do by January 2027.
The Rule Changed. Now What?
In May 2026, Utah consolidated eighteen months of rule-making into a single clinical supervision standard that applies across all mental health license types. If you supervise clinicians in Utah, R156-60e applies to you.
The rule is real. It's final. And it's not going anywhere.
Every Utah clinical supervisor must complete an 8-hour synchronous training and update their supervision contracts by this date. That's about six months away. Continuing to supervise without updated Division-approved status after January 1 is unprofessional conduct — and your supervisees' hours won't count toward their licensure.
You need to understand the rule. You need a supervision contract that will hold up. And you need to get this done without burning a month of Saturdays.
The Deadline
January 1, 2027. Your supervisees' hours don't count after that date if you're not Division-approved under the new rule.
The Contracts
Five required sections, including learning objectives, progress goals, and an AI use plan for each supervisee.
The AI Piece
New requirement. A detailed plan covering supervision, administration, clinical notes, and best practices.
What's Inside This Guide
- The story of how the rule got here (18 months of moving regulatory work, compressed into 6 months of action)
- Who the rule applies to and what eligibility actually means
- The five required training content areas — what each one covers and why it matters in practice
- What "8-hour synchronous training" actually means in legal terms
- All five required sections of the new supervision contract — and where most supervisors get them wrong
- The AI use plan requirement in detail — four required domains and what you actually need to write
- Supervisor duties, reporting clocks, and the 10-day and 30-day deadlines that catch supervisors off guard
- A 30/60/90 plan to get fully compliant without chaos
What This Guide Is NOT
Not legal advice. It's the interpretation a careful clinician would make from reading the final rule, but if you have a specific compliance question with real consequences attached, a Utah attorney is the right answer.
Not the training itself. The rule requires 8 hours of synchronous instruction in a live, interactive setting. Reading this guide is not those 8 hours. What this guide does is tell you what those 8 hours are about, why they're structured the way they are, and what you'll walk out equipped to do.
Reading time: About 25 to 30 minutes, start to finish.
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A Word From Tracie
I've been a clinical supervisor for almost two decades — in solo practice and in a 30-clinician group practice, across mixed-credential teams and across the messy intersection of clinical work and operational reality.
This guide gets you oriented. It tells you what the rule's structure is, what you're going to learn in the training, and what you don't yet know. It's a real start.
If you're ready to close the gap and get fully compliant, the 8-hour supervisor training is the next step. You'll finish with templates and language ready to use in your practice the next week.
— Tracie Penunuri, LCSW
The Integration Institute
