| (a) Required Supervised Experience. In order to qualify
for licensure, an applicant must submit proof of a minimum of 3,500
hours of supervised experience, at least 1,750 of which must have
been obtained through a formal internship that occurred within the
applicant's doctoral degree program and at least 1,750 of which must
have been received as a provisionally licensed psychologist (or under
provisional trainee status under prior versions of this rule).
(1) A formal internship completed after the doctoral
degree was conferred, but otherwise meeting the requirements of this
rule, will be accepted for an applicant whose doctoral degree was
conferred prior to September 1, 2017.
(2) The formal internship must be documented by the
Director of Internship Training. Alternatively, if the Director of
Internship Training is unavailable, the formal internship may be documented
by a licensed psychologist with knowledge of the internship program
and the applicant's participation in the internship program.
(3) Following conferral of a doctoral degree, 1,750
hours obtained or completed while employed in the delivery of psychological
services in an exempt setting, while licensed or authorized to practice
in another jurisdiction, or while practicing as a psychological associate
or specialist in school psychology in this state may be substituted
for the minimum of 1,750 hours of supervised experience required as
a provisionally licensed psychologist if the experience was obtained
or completed under the supervision of a licensed psychologist. Post-doctoral
supervised experience obtained without a provisional license or trainee
status prior to September 1, 2016, may also be used to satisfy, either
in whole or in part, the post- doctoral supervised experience required
by this rule if the experience was obtained under the supervision
of a licensed psychologist.
(b) Satisfaction of Post-doctoral Supervised Experience
with Doctoral Program Hours.
(1) Applicants who received their doctoral degree from
a degree program accredited by the American Psychological Association
(APA), the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), Psychological
Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS), or a substantially
equivalent degree program, may count the following hours of supervised
experience completed as part of their degree program toward the required
post-doctoral supervised experience:
(A) hours in excess of 1,750 completed as part of the
applicant's formal internship; and
(B) practicum hours certified by the doctoral program
training director (or the director's designee) as meeting the following
criteria:
(i) the practicum training is overseen by the graduate
training program and is an organized, sequential series of supervised
experiences of increasing complexity, serving to prepare the student
for internship and ultimately licensure;
(ii) the practicum training is governed by a written
training plan between the student, the practicum training site, and
the graduate training program. The training plan must describe how
the trainee's time is allotted and assure the quality, breadth, and
depth of the training experience through specification of the goals
and objectives of the practicum, the methods of evaluation of the
trainee's performance, and reference to jurisdictional regulations
governing the supervisory experience. The plan must also include the
nature of supervision, the identities of the supervisors, and the
form and frequency of feedback from the agency supervisor to the training
faculty. A copy of the plan must be provided to the Council upon request;
(iii) the supervising psychologist must be a member
of the staff at the site where the practicum experience takes place;
(iv) at least 50% of the practicum hours must be in
service-related activities, defined as treatment or intervention,
assessment, interviews, report-writing, case presentations, and consultations;
(v) individual face-to-face supervision shall consist
of no less than 25% of the time spent in service-related activities;
(vi) at least 25% of the practicum hours must be devoted
to face-to-face patient or client contact;
(vii) no more than 25% of the time spent in supervision
may be provided by a licensed allied mental health professional or
a psychology intern or post-doctoral fellow; and
(viii) the practicum must consist of a minimum of 15
hours of experience per week.
(2) Applicants applying for licensure under the substantial
equivalence clause must submit an affidavit or unsworn declaration
from the program's training director or other designated leader familiar
with the degree program, demonstrating the substantial equivalence
of the applicant's degree program to an APA, PCSAS, or CPA accredited
program at the time of the conferral of applicant's degree.
(3) An applicant and the affiant or declarant shall
appear before the agency in person to answer any questions, produce
supporting documentation, or address any concerns raised by the application
if requested by a council or board member or the Executive Director.
Failure to comply with this paragraph shall constitute grounds for
denial of substantial equivalency under this rule.
(c) General Requirements for Supervised Experience.
All supervised experience for licensure as a psychologist, including
the formal internship, must meet the following requirements:
(1) Each period of supervised experience must be obtained
in not more than two placements, and in not more than 24 consecutive
months.
(2) A formal internship with rotations, or one that
is part of a consortium within a doctoral program, is considered to
be one placement. A consortium is composed of multiple placements
that have entered into a written agreement setting forth the responsibilities
and financial commitments of each participating member, for the purpose
of offering a well-rounded, unified psychology training program whereby
trainees work at multiple sites, but obtain training from one primary
site with some experience at or exposure to aspects of the other sites
that the primary site does not offer.
(3) The supervised experience required by this rule
must be obtained after official enrollment in a doctoral program.
(4) All supervised experience must be received from
a psychologist licensed at the time supervision is received.
(5) The supervising psychologist must be trained in
the area of supervision provided to the supervisee.
(6) Experience obtained from a psychologist who is
related within the second degree of affinity or consanguinity to the
supervisee may not be utilized to satisfy the requirements of this
rule.
(7) All supervised experience obtained for the purpose
of licensure must be conducted in accordance with all applicable Council
rules.
(8) Unless authorized by the Council, supervised experience
received from a psychologist practicing with a restricted license
may not be utilized to satisfy the requirements of this rule.
(9) 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 or a Licensed Psychological Associate may use
that title so long as those receiving psychological services are clearly
informed that the individual is under the supervision of a licensed
psychologist. An individual who is a Licensed Specialist in School
Psychology may use that title so long as the supervised experience
takes place within a school, and those receiving psychological services
are clearly informed that the individual is under the supervision
of an individual who is licensed as a psychologist and specialist
in school psychology. Use of a different job title is permitted only
if authorized under §501.004 of the Psychologists' Licensing
Act, or another Council rule.
(d) Formal Internship Requirements. The formal internship
hours must be satisfied by one of the following types of formal internships:
(1) The successful completion of an internship program
accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or Canadian
Psychological Association (CPA), or which is a member of the Association
of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC); or
(2) The successful completion of an organized internship
meeting all of the following criteria:
(A) 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.
(B) 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.
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