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(a)Application Requirements.
(1)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 450 hours of practicum, internship, or experience in psychology,
in not more than two placements, supervised by a licensed psychologist.
(2)A completed application for licensure as a psychological
associate includes, in addition to the requirements set forth in §463.5
of this title, documentation of 450 hours of practicum, internship,
or experience in psychology, in not more than two placements, supervised
by a licensed psychologist. The 450 hours of practicum, internship,
or experience in psychology must have been obtained as part of a course
of study from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
This paragraph shall take effect, supersede, and take the place of
paragraph (1) of this subsection on September 1, 2017.
(3)Applicants may not utilize any supervised experience
obtained from a psychologist who is related within the second degree
of affinity or consanguinity to satisfy the requirements of this rule.
(b)Qualifications. A candidate for licensure as a
psychological associate shall meet the qualifications and requirements
of candidates at the doctoral level as stated in §501.255(a)(2)
- (9) of the Act.
(c)Educational Requirements.
(1)The Board requires a graduate degree which is primarily
psychological in nature. A degree utilized to meet the requirements
of this rule must consist of at least 42 semester credit hours for
licensure. Of these 42 hours, at least 27 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 27 semester credit hours.
(2)Applicants who have a sub-doctoral graduate degree
in psychology conferred from a psychology program in a regionally
accredited educational institution, but who have not satisfied the
requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection, may complete a maximum
of 12 additional semester hours of coursework to satisfy the requirements
for licensure. The additional coursework must be obtained from a formal
graduate degree program in psychology at a regionally accredited college
or university, and must be reflected on an official transcript provided
to the Board. Additionally, applicants must submit a letter from the
official in charge of the psychology program offering the additional
coursework stating that the applicant's graduate degree in psychology,
with this additional prescribed coursework, is equivalent to a 42
hour graduate degree in psychology from that program.
(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 coursework,
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.
(e)The proper title for a person licensed under this
rule shall be "psychological associate."
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal
authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on December 14, 2015
TRD-201505554 Darrel D. Spinks
Executive Director
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Earliest possible date of adoption: January 24, 2016
For further information, please call: (512) 305-7706
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