| (vi) The internship experience must occur under conditions
of appropriate supervision. Field-based internship supervisors, for the purpose
of the internship that takes place in a school setting, must be licensed as
a psychologist and, if a separate credential is required to practice school
psychology, must have a valid credential to provide psychology in the public
schools. The portion of the internship which appropriately may take place
in a non-school setting must be supervised by a psychologist.
(vii) Field-based internship supervisors must be responsible
for no more than two interns at any given time. University internship supervisors
shall be responsible for no more than twelve interns at any given time.
(viii) Field-based internship supervisors must provide at
least two hours per week of direct supervision for each intern. University
internship supervisors must maintain an ongoing relationship with field-based
internship supervisors and shall provide at least one field-based contact
per semester with each intern.
(ix) The internship must be memorialized by a written contractual
agreement specifying the period of the internship and the training objectives
of the program.
(x) The internship experience must be systematically evaluated
in a manner consistent with the specific training objectives of the program.
(xi) The internship experience must be conducted in a manner
consistent with the current legal-ethical standards of the profession.
(xii) The internship agency must have a minimum of two full-time
equivalent interns at the internship level during the applicant's training
period.
(xiii) The internship agency must have the availability of
at least two full-time equivalent psychologists as primary supervisors, at
least one of whom is employed full time at the agency and is a school psychologist.
(xiv) Consortia may be created to meet the criteria in this
section.
(3) Industrial/Organizational Requirements.
Individuals enrolled in an Industrial/Organizational doctoral degree program
are exempt from the formal internship requirement and must complete two full
years of supervised experience, at least one of which must be received after
the doctoral degree is conferred and both of which must meet the requirements
of paragraph (1) of this subsection. Individuals who do not undergo a formal
internship pursuant to this paragraph should note that Board rules prohibit
a psychologist from practicing in an area in which s/he does not have sufficient
training and experience, of which a formal internship year is considered to
be an integral requirement.
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