(a)Application Requirements by Provisional Licensure. This application is provided free of charge to the applicant who has taken the oral examination. Upon passage of the oral examination, the applicant may submit the licensed psychologist application. An application for licensure as a psychologist includes, in addition to the requirements set forth in §§463.5(1) of this title (relating to Application File Requirements): (1)-(3)(No change.) (4)Documentation of licensure in other jurisdictions, including information on disciplinary action and pending complaints, sent directly to the Board. (b)(No change.) (c)Supervised Experience. In order to qualify for licensure, a psychologist must submit proof of two years of supervised experience, at least one year of which must have been received after the doctoral degree was officially conferred or completed, whichever is earliest, as shown on the official transcript, and at least one year of which must have been a formal internship. The formal internship year may be met either before or after the doctoral degree is conferred or completed. Supervised experience must be obtained in a minimum of two, and no more than three, calendar years, for full-time experience. (1)General. All supervised experience for licensure as a psychologist, including the formal internship, must meet the following requirements: (A)-(E) (No change.) (F)When supervised experience is interrupted, the Board may waive [in accordance with established Board policy,] upon a showing of good cause by the supervisee, the requirement that the supervised experience be completed in consecutive months. Any consecutive experience obtained before or after the gap must be at least six months unless the supervisor remains the same. Waivers for such gaps are rarely approved and must be requested in writing and include sufficient documentation to permit verification of the circumstances supporting the request. No waiver will be granted unless the Board finds that the supervised experience for which the waiver is sought was adequate and appropriate. Good cause is defined as: (i)unanticipated discontinuance of the the supervision setting, (ii)maternity of paternity leave of supervisee, (iii)relocation of spouse or spousal equivalent, (iv)serious illness of the supervisee, or serious illness in supervisee's immediate family. (G)-(O) (No change.) (2)-(3)(No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been
reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal
authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on November 20, 2002
TRD-200207578 Sherry L. Lee
Executive Director
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Earliest possible date of adoption: January 5, 2003
For further information, please call: (512) 305-7700
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