| (a) Application Requirements. A completed application for
licensure as a psychological associate includes, in addition to the requirements
set forth in §463.5 of this title (relating to Application File Requirements),
documentation of four hundred and fifty clock hours of practicum internship,
or experience in psychology, in not more than two placements, supervised by
a licensed psychologist.
(b) Qualifications. A subdoctoral candidate for licensure
as a psychological associate shall meet the qualifications and requirements
of candidates at the doctoral level as stated in §11(d) of the Act.
(c) Educational Requirements. The Board requires a master's
degree which is primarily psychological in nature of at least forty-two semester
credit hours for subdoctoral licensure. Of these forty-two hours, at least
twenty-seven graduate level semester credit hours (exclusive of practicum)
must have been in psychology. Six semester credit hours of thesis credit in
a department of psychology may be counted toward these twenty-seven semester
credit hours. Four hundred and fifty clock hours of practicum, internship,
or experience in psychology, in not more than two placements, supervised by
a licensed psychologist, must be completed before the written exam may be
taken. No experience which is obtained from a psychologist who is related
within the second degree of affinity or within the second degree by consanguinity
to the person may be considered for psychological associate licensure. Applicants
who have a master's degree in psychology conferred from a psychology program
in a regionally accredited educational institution, and who have not satisfied
the Board's requirements, will be given an opportunity to satisfy the current
requirements of the Board. Requirements include:
(1) enrollment in a regionally accredited college or university
in a formal master's or doctoral degree program in psychology;
(2) completion of a maximum of an additional twelve semester
hours of course work to satisfy the Board's requirement of forty-two;
(3) submission of a letter from the official in charge
of the psychology program offering the additional course work stating that
the applicant's graduate degree in psychology, with this additional prescribed
course work, is equivalent to a forty-two-hour master's degree in psychology
from that program; and
(4) submission of a transcript from the educational institution.
(d) Coursework. The application for licensure as a psychological
associate shall include course titles and the names of instructors. If questions
exist as to the content of course work, the Board may require the applicant
to furnish a catalogue of the university or college where the courses were
taken and the addresses of instructors.
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