| (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) Documentation of current licensure as a provisionally licensed
psychologist in good standing.
(2) Documentation indicating passage of the Board's Oral Examination.
(3) Documentation of two years of supervised experience from
a licensed psychologist which satisfies the requirements of the Board. The
formal year must be documented by the Director of Internship Training.
(b) Degree Requirements. The degree requirements for licensure
as a psychologist are the same as for provisional licensure as stated in §§463.10
of this title (relating to Provisionally Licensed Psychologist).
(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) Experience may be obtained only in either a full-time or
half-time setting.
(B) A year of full-time supervised experience is defined as
a minimum of 35 hours per week employment/experience in not less than twelve
consecutive calendar months in not more than two placements.
(C) A year of half-time supervised experience is defined as
a minimum of 20 hours per week employment/experience in not less than 24 consecutive
calendar months in not more than two placements.
(D) A year of full-time experience may be acquired through
a combination of half-time and full-time employment/experience provided that
the equivalent of a full-time year of supervision experience is satisfied.
(E) One calendar year from the beginning of ten consecutive
months of employment/experience in an academic setting constitutes one year
of experience.
(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.
(G) A rotating internship organized within a doctoral program
is considered to be one placement.
(H) The experience requirement must be obtained after official
enrollment in a doctoral program.
(I) All supervised experience must be received from a psychologist
licensed at the time supervision is received.
(J) The supervising psychologist must be trained in the area
of supervision provided to the supervisee.
(K) 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.
(L) All supervised experience obtained for the purpose of licensure
must be conducted in accordance with all applicable Board rules.
(M) Experience received from a psychologist while the psychologist
is practicing subject to an Agreed Board Order or Board Order shall not, under
any circumstances, qualify as supervised experience for licensure purposes
regardless of the setting in which it was received. Psychologists who become
subject to an Agreed Board Order or Board Order shall inform all supervisees
of the Agreed Board Order or Board Order and assist all supervisees in finding
appropriate alternate supervision.
(N) The supervisee shall be designated by a title that clearly
indicates a supervisory licensing status such as "intern," "resident," "trainee,"
or "fellow." An individual who is a provisionally licensed psychologist may
use this title so long as those receiving psychological services are clearly
informed that the individual is under the supervision of a licensed psychologist.
Use of a different job title is permitted only if the supervisee is providing
services for a government facility or other facility exempted under §§501.004
of the Act (Applicability) and the supervisee is using a title assigned by
that facility.
(O) The supervisee and supervisor must clearly inform those
receiving psychological services as to the supervisory status of the individual
and how the patient or client may contact the supervising licensed psychologist
directly.
(2) Formal Internship. At least one year of experience must
be satisfied by one of the following types of formal internship:
(A) The successful completion of an internship program accredited
by the American Psychological Association; or
(B) The successful completion of an organized internship meeting
all of the following criteria:
(i) It must constitute an organized training program which
is designed to provide the intern with a planned, programmed sequence of training
experiences. The primary focus and purpose of the program must be to assure
breadth and quality of training.
(ii) The internship agency must have a clearly designated staff
psychologist who is responsible for the integrity and quality of the training
program and who is actively licensed/certified by the licensing board of the
jurisdiction in which the internship takes place and who is present at the
training facility for a minimum of 20 hours a week.
(iii) The internship agency must have two or more full-time
licensed psychologists on the staff as primary supervisors.
(iv) Internship supervision must be provided by a staff member
of the internship agency or by an affiliate of that agency who carries clinical
responsibility for the cases being supervised.
(v) The internship must provide training in a range of assessment
and intervention activities conducted directly with patients/clients.
(vi) At least 25% of trainee's time must be in direct patient/client
contact (minimum 375 hours).
(vii) The internship must include a minimum of two hours per
week (regardless of whether the internship was completed in one year or two)
of regularly scheduled formal, face-to-face individual supervision. There
must also be at least two additional hours per week in learning activities
such as: case conferences involving a case in which the intern was actively
involved; seminars dealing with psychology issues; co-therapy with a staff
person including discussion; group supervision; additional individual supervision.
(viii) Training must be post-clerkship, post-practicum and
post-externship level.
(ix) The internship agency must have a minimum of two full-time
equivalent interns at the internship level of training during applicant's
training period.
(x) The internship agency must inform prospective interns about
the goals and content of the internship, as well as the expectations for quantity
and quality of trainee's work; or
(C) The successful completion of an organized internship program
in a school district meeting the following criteria:
(i) The internship experience must be provided at or near the
end of the formal training period.
(ii) The internship experience must occur on a full-time basis
over a period of one academic year, or on a half-time basis over a period
of two consecutive academic years.
(iii) The internship experience must be consistent with a written
plan and must meet the specific training objectives of the program.
(iv) The internship experience must occur in a setting appropriate
to the specific training objectives of the program.
(v) At least 600 clock hours of the internship experience must
occur in a school setting and must provide a balanced exposure to regular
and special educational programs.
(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.
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