The Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists adopts amendment §463.11, concerning Licensed Psychologist without changes to the proposed text published in the January 13, 2017, issue of the Texas Register (42 TexReg 42) and will not be republished.

The amendment is being adopted to ensure the protection and safety of the public. The amendment as adopted is necessary to continue recognizing the supervised experience acquired by psychological associates and specialists in school psychology for purposes of full licensure. Absent this amendment, an LPA or LSSP undergoing his or her informal year of supervised experience would be unable to count that experience toward the licensure requirements of subsection (d) of this rule if he or she were not also a provisional trainee or PLP. Because an applicant who holds an LPA or LSSP license is already subject to the full range of Board rules, and because any individual utilizing one of these licenses during their informal year of supervised experience must be supervised by a licensed psychologist, requiring an already licensed individual to obtain provisional trainee status or provisional licensure before acquiring any post-doctoral supervised experience is unnecessary.

No comments were received regarding the adoption of the amendment.

The amendment is adopted under Texas Occupations Code, Title 3, Subtitle I, Chapter 501, which provides the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists with the authority to make all rules, not inconsistent with the Constitution and Laws of this State, which are reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties and regulations of proceedings before it.