Chapter 510-2 LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION
| (1) |
Application.
The following requirements must be met in order to be licensed
as a psychologist in this jurisdiction.
| (a) |
A doctoral degree from an American
Psychological Association (APA) or Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
accredited doctoral program in applied psychology (as defined below under
Education) or from an I/O or international program (as defined below under
Education). |
| (b) |
Successful
completion of an APA or CPA accredited or Association of Psychology and
Internship Centers (APPIC) member internship, or its equivalent (as defined
below under Education). |
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| 1. |
An applicant who was enrolled in a APA or
CPA approved program prior to May of 2003, and who was a student in good
standing, will be deemed to have met the above noted internship requirement,
provided the applicant completed/graduated from the program within a seven (7)
year period from the date of enrollment.
| (c) |
Successful completion of a 1500 hour postdoctoral supervised work (SWE)
experience (as defined below under Education). |
| (d) |
Completed Application Initiation Form
including all supporting documents and the fee made payable to the Georgia
Board. |
| (e) |
Once registered with the
Georgia Board, the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards
(ASPPB) will notify applicants to register for participation in their
Psychology Licensure Universal System (PLUS) program application process.
Instructions on the PLUS program titled" General Instructions for Application
by Examination or Endorsement" may be found on the Board website on the
Application/Forms Downloads webpage. |
| (f) |
Once your application is completed and
submitted for approval to the Georgia Board by ASPPB, and approval is granted
by the Georgia Board, applicants will be notified to begin the examination
process. Georgia Board approved applicants will be required to take and pass
the following examinations, in the following order: |
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| 1. |
The first examination is a national
licensing exam developed and owned by the Association of State and Provincial
Psychology Boards (ASPPB) designed to measure knowledge of psychology relevant
to practice. The Board will accept the standard passing score set by ASPPB for
each administration of the Examination for the Professional Practice of
Psychology (EPPP). This examination is administered online and procedural
information is available from the office of the State Board of Examiners of
Psychologists.
A person must apply for licensure and be approved by the Board
as a licensure candidate in order to take the national licensing exam. This
exam maybe taken after all requirements for the doctoral degree including the
internship have been completed.
| (i) |
After three unsuccessful attempts to pass the written national examination, the
applicant will be required to earn a minimum of three semester hours of Board
approved graduate level coursework in psychology at a regionally accredited
institution, or 15 hours of Board approved APA, CPA or GPA approved continuing
education prior to taking each or any additional written examinations.
Documentation of attendance must be by letter from the instructor or by
official APA, CPA or GPA certificate. |
| (ii) |
After six unsuccessful attempts to pass
the written national examination, the applicant will be required to earn a
minimum of 9 semester hours of Board approved graduate level course work in
psychology at a regionally accredited institution or 45 hours of Board approved
APA, CPA or GPA approved continuing education prior to taking each or any
additional written examinations. Documentation of attendance must be by letter
from the instructor or by APA, CPA or GPA official certificate. |
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| 2. |
The second examination,
prepared by the Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychologists, consists of a
timed, multiple choice, closed book Jurisprudence Examination covering current
law, rules and regulations, and general provisions. A licensure candidate can
be scheduled to take this exam after the national licensing exam has been
passed and while the SWE is being completed. This information is available at
the web site at www.sos.state.ga.us.
The Board shall set a passing score for this examination. Exam candidates who
fail the Jurisprudence Examination must wait 30 days before they can register
to retake the exam again. |
| 3. |
The
third examination is the oral exam given by the Georgia Board of Examiners or
their representatives. The licensure candidate may be scheduled to take the
oral exam after the licensure candidate has passed both written examinations,
and is within 2 months of satisfactorily completing the SWE. The licensure
candidate maybe granted a license to practice psychology only after having
successfully completed and obtained Board approval of the SWE and after having
passed the oral examination. The Board reserves the right to re-administer the
oral exam to individuals who do not satisfactorily complete the SWE.
| (i) |
The licensure candidate must personally
appear before a subcommittee of the Board for an oral examination which will be
based on a work sample of material from their intended area of practice
provided by the licensure candidate. The work sample must have been generated
within six months preceding the oral examination or within six months of the
most recent professional practice. Licensure candidates must bring the SWE log
to the oral exam (see below under Education for exceptions). |
| (ii) |
The licensure candidate who fails the
subcommittee-administered oral examination will be scheduled for a Full Board
Exam. A Full Board oral examination is defined as an oral exam in which the
majority of Board members are present. |
| (iii) |
The licensure candidate who fails the
Full Board oral examination may take a second Full Board Exam after the
expiration of a six month period following the date on which the licensure
candidate failed the Full Board oral examination. |
| (iv) |
The licensure candidate who fails the
second Full Board oral examination will be denied licensure. Any consideration
for subsequent licensure will require submission of a new application, fees and
documentation. The applicant must meet all requirements that are in effect on
the date on which the Board receives the new application. |
| (v) |
The licensure candidate who passes the
subcommittee-administered oral examination and has successfully completed the
SWE will be granted a license to practice psychology in the State of Georgia.
| (2) |
Time and Place of Examinations.
| (a) |
The Office of the Division Director,
Professional Licensing Boards Division, designates the specific time and
location where examinations are administered. The applicant will be notified in
writing of the exact time and place of the examination. The applicant must
appear in person for the examinations and bring government issued picture
identification. |
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| (3) |
Americans with Disabilities Act.
| (a) |
The Board
will provide reasonable accommodation to the qualified applicant with a
disability in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The request
for an accommodation by an individual with a disability must be made in writing
on a form provided by the Board and received in the Board office by the
application deadline along with the appropriate documentation, as indicated in
the Request for Disability Guidelines. |
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| (4) |
Application for Non-Renewable Provisional
License.
| (a) |
A licensure candidate who has
passed the written examinations and who has completed all other requirements
for licensure except the post-doctoral supervised work experience requirement
and the oral examination may apply for a provisional license. The applicant for
provisional license must submit:
| 1. |
Completed
Application Initiation Form including all supporting Documents and the fee made
payable to the Georgia Board. |
| 2. |
Once registered with the Georgia Board, the Association of State and Provincial
Psychology Boards (ASPPB) will notify applicants to register for participation
in their Psychology Licensure Universal System (PLUS) program application
process. Instructions on the PLUS program titled" General Instructions for
Application by Examination or Endorsement" may be found on the Board website on
the Application/Forms Downloads webpage. |
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| (b) |
Denial of Provisional License
Application.
| 1. |
If the applicant for
provisional license is denied, the applicant may petition the Board, within 60
days of the date of the letter of denial, to reconsider the application. After
60 days the file will be closed; to reapply the applicant must submit a new
application, a non-refundable application fee, and all required
documentation. |
| 2. |
If the Board
requests additional information from the applicant, the applicant has 30 days
to respond. Failure to respond will result in denial of the application and
closing of the applicant's file. The applicant who re-applies for licensure at
a later date must submit a new application, an on-refundable application fee,
and all required documentation. |
| 3. |
A provisional license is subject to revocation if the Board determines that the
requirements of the supervised work experience are not being satisfactorily
met.
Revocation of a provisional license shall not be considered a
contested case within the meaning of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the Georgia
Administrative Procedure Act, but a holder of a provisional license shall have
the right to appear before the Board for appeal.
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| (c) |
Scope of Provisional License. A
Provisional license carries all the weight and privileges of licensure except
for the requirement of continued supervision for all professional activities
throughout the experience (See supervised work experience). A provisional
license is non-renewable and will expire in 24 months unless the Board grants
an exception. |
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| (5) |
Denial
of Application.
| (a) |
The applicant will be
informed in writing of the Board's decision regarding approval or denial of an
application for licensure. |
| (b) |
If
the Board requests additional information from the applicant, the applicant has
30 days to respond. |
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| (6) |
Fees.
| (a) |
Licensure application fees are
non-refundable. Fees are designated on a separate Fee Schedule. Fees may be
reviewed and changed at the discretion of the Board. Indebtedness to the Board
caused by a returned check will be handled in accordance with Code Section
16-9-20 of the Criminal Code of
Georgia. |
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| (1) |
Training
Program Requirements. All applicants, with the exception of
international and I/O applicants, must present official documentation that they
have completed earned doctoral degree requirements from a regionally accredited
professional training program in applied psychology that is also accredited by
the American Psychological Association (APA) or Canadian Psychological
Association (CPA) at the time the doctoral requirements were completed and that
meets the basic psychology course requirements of the APA or CPA Commission on
Accreditation and the Georgia Board residency rule. |
| (2) |
Curricula Requirements.
Licensure requirements are consistent with APA or CPA Accreditation
requirements in that APA or CPA Accredited programs include and implement a
congruent and coherent curriculum design that provides for and enables all
students to acquire and demonstrate competences in the required areas 1.
Transcripts or curriculum plans of applicants for licensure must reflect
competence in the following areas:
| (a) |
The
breadth of scientific psychology as evidenced through knowledge in
the following areas:
| 1. |
biological aspects of
behavior; |
| 2. |
cognitive and
affective aspects of behavior; |
| 3. |
social aspects of behavior; |
| 4. |
history and systems of psychology; |
| 5. |
psychological measurement; |
| 6. |
research methodology; and |
| 7. |
techniques of data analysis. |
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| (b) |
The scientific,
methodological, and theoretical foundations of practice in the
substantive areas of professional psychology as demonstrated through knowledge
in the following areas:
| 1. |
individual
differences in behavior; |
| 3. |
dysfunctional
behavior or psychopathology; and |
| 4. |
ethics and professional standards. |
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| (c) |
Diagnosing or defining problems through
psychological assessment and measurements well as
formulating and implementing treatment and intervention strategies
(such as training in empirically supported procedures). This competency should
be evidenced through knowledge in the following areas:
| 1. |
theories and methods of assessment and
diagnosis; |
| 2. |
effective treatment
and intervention; |
| 3. |
consultation
and supervision; and |
| 4. |
evaluating
the efficacy of treatments and interventions. |
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| (d) |
Competence in understanding issues of
cultural and individual diversity that are significant to the
above curriculum requirements and the fostering of attitudes essential for
life-long learning in scholarly inquiry and professional
problem-solving. |
| (e) |
Adequate and
appropriate practicum experiences are required through:
| 1. |
providing settings that are (a) committed
to training, (b) assure an adequate number of professionals in supervisory
roles, and (c) include a breadth of training and educational
experiences; |
| 2. |
integrate the
practicum experience with the context of the overall training
experience; |
| 3. |
ensure that the
sequencing, duration, nature, and content of the practicum experience is
appropriate for the programmatic goals; |
| 4. |
document the sufficiency and adequacy of
the practicum experience in the context of internship preparation. |
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| (3) |
Supervision
Requirements for Predoctoral Practicum.
| (a) |
Supervisors of doctoral practicum
students must hold a current psychology license that is in good standing in the
state in which the training is taking place.
| 1. |
A person holding a provisional psychology
license in the State of Georgia is qualified to supervise predoctoral training
students under that condition that such supervision is part of the provisional
licensee's supervised work experience and therefore under the supervision of
the provisional licensee's supervisor. |
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| (b) |
Supervision of doctoral practicum must
occur in regularly scheduled, in person, meetings to review psychological
services rendered by the student supervisee. |
| (c) |
The Board expects that the APA or CPA
accredited graduate program will determine the standards for predoctoral
practicum supervision (e.g. ratio of supervisees to supervisor, on site
presence of supervisor, fee collection policies). |
| (d) |
The Board upholds the standards for
adequate and appropriate practicum experiences promulgated by the APA or CPA
Committee on Accreditation (
510-2-.05(e) ). |
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| (4) |
Time Requirements for
Training. The Licensure requirements are consistent with the APA or CPA
Accreditation requirements in that applicants for licensure should be able to
demonstrate three full-time academic years of graduate study and additionally
the completion of an internship prior to the attainment of the doctoral degree.
Two of the three academic training years must be fulfilled at the doctoral
degree granting institution and one year must be matriculated in continuous
full-time residence or "equivalent thereof" at that same institution.
| (a) |
Residency means continuous physical
presence, in person, at the educational institution in a manner that
facilitates acculturation in the profession, the full participation and
integration of the individual in the educational and training experience, and
includes faculty student interaction. Models that use face-to-face contact for
shorter durations throughout a year or models that use video teleconferencing
or other electronic means to meet the residency requirement are not
acceptable. |
| (b) |
Length of Degree
and Residency means the program has policies regarding program length and
residency that permit faculty, training staff, supervisors, and administrators
to execute their professional, ethical, and potentially legal obligations to
promote student development, socialization and peer interaction, faculty role
modeling and the development and assessment of student competencies. Residency
provides students with mentoring and supervision regarding their development
and socialization into the profession, as well as continuous monitoring and
assessment of student development through live face-to-face, in-person
interaction with faculty and students. These obligations cannot be met in
programs that are substantially or completely online. At a minimum, the program
must require that each student successfully complete:
| 1. |
A minimum of 3 full-time academic years of
graduate study (or the equivalent thereof) plus an internship prior to
receiving the doctoral degree; |
| 2. |
At least 2 of the 3 academic training years (or the equivalent thereof) within
the program from which the doctoral degree is granted; |
| 3. |
At least 1 year of which must be in
full-time residence (or the equivalent thereof) at that same program. Programs
seeking to satisfy the requirement of one year of fulltime residency based on
"the equivalent thereof" must demonstrate how the proposed equivalence achieves
all the purposes of the residency requirement. |
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| (c) |
As adopted from the Commission On
Accreditation (COA) Standards of Accreditation for Health Service Psychology
(effective January 1, 2017): Residency has two primary purposes: student
development and socialization and student assessment.
| 1. |
With regard to student
development, residency allows students
| (i) |
To concentrate on course work,
professional training and scholarship; |
| (ii) |
To work closely with professors,
supervisors and other students; and |
| (iii) |
To acquire the attitudes, values,
habits, skills, and insights necessary for attaining a doctoral degree in
psychology. Full-time residence provides students other opportunities,
including obtaining fluency in the language and vocabulary of psychology as
enhanced by frequent and close association with, apprenticing to, and role
modeling by faculty members and other students; obtaining valuable experience
by attending and participating in both formal and informal seminars: colloquia;
discussions led by visiting specialist from other campuses, laboratories, or
governmental research and/or practice organizations; and, obtaining support in
thesis, dissertation, or doctoral project work through frequent consultation
with advisors. |
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| 2. |
An
equally important purpose of the residency requirement is to permit faculty,
training staff, supervisors, and administrators to execute their professional,
ethical, and potentially legal obligations to assess all elements of student
competence. Executing these obligations is an essential aspect of assuring
quality and protecting the public. These elements include not only
student-trainees' knowledge and skills, but also their emotional stability and
well-being, interpersonal competence professional development, and personal
fitness for practice. Through such student assessment, accredited
programs can ensure - insofar as possible - that their graduates are competent
to manage relationships (e.g., client, collegial, professional, public,
scholarly, supervisory and teaching) in an effective and appropriate manner.
This capacity for managing relationships represents one of the competencies
that define professional expertise. |
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| (d) |
Programs seeking to satisfy the
requirement of one year of full-time residency based in "the equivalent
thereof" must demonstrate how the proposed equivalence achieves all of
the purposes of the residency requirement, as articulated above. In evaluating
whether the residency requirement is satisfied, the Board will consider
processes and indicators related to the elements of student development and
socialization and student assessment detailed in paragraph (c) of this
implementing regulation. |
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| (5) |
Matriculation Outside the United States.
If a university outside the United States awarded the doctoral degree, the
university must have been accredited professionally at the time of the award.
The Board in its sole discretion will determine whether the university outside
of the United States has met standards that are substantially the same as those
established by the APA or CPA. |
| (6) |
I/O Training Requirements. I/O applicants who have either graduated from an I/O
Psychology program which is listed in the Designated Doctoral Programs in
Psychology published by ASPPB and the National Register, or who submit
documentation showing they meet 15 of the 25 competencies set forth in
Guidelines For Education and Training At the Doctoral Level In
Industrial/Organizational Psychology (available at www.apa.org Society for Industrial/Organizational
Psychology (Division 14), 1999) will be deemed to have met the educational
requirements. Documentation of the 15 competencies shall consist of a
transcript showing graduate courses covering the competency as indicated by
course title and/or outline, a thesis, a dissertation, refereed presentation(s)
or publication(s), or a letter from a professor indicting the competency(s) in
a given area. |
| (7) |
Mental
Retardation/Development Disability Training Programs. A substantial program of
study in Mental Retardation/Developmental Disability (MR/DD) psychology must
include at least 18 semester hours (in addition to the 50 core hours) at the
graduate level in course work in the specialized area of mental retardation or
developmental disabilities psychology. Neither internship, practicum, nor
thesis courses will be considered as qualifying course work hours. Students
must successfully complete courses in each of the following areas:
| (a) |
Developmental Aspects of Behavior; e.g.,
psychology of mental retardation, psychology of developmental disabilities,
psychology of exceptional children, life-span developmental psychology, child
psychology, cognitive development, social development, language development,
human development. |
| (b) |
Cognitive
Aspects of Behavior; e.g., learning, memory, visual attention, information
processing, cognitive processes, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuro
psychology, social cognition. |
| (c) |
Behavior Assessment and Intervention; e.g., applied behavioral analysis,
behavior therapy, behavior modification, assessment of adaptive and maladaptive
behaviors, behavioral psychopharmacology [assessment and
programming]. |
| (d) |
Assessment of
Intelligence; e.g., individual intelligence testing, psychological assessment
of intelligence, psycho educational assessment. |
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| (8) |
Retraining is a process of additional
education in which a person with an earned doctorate in scientific psychology
undertakes additional training and fulfills requirements for licensure in an
applied psychology field.
| (a) |
Retraining
programs must occur in APA or CPA accredited doctoral programs in applied
psychology. |
| (b) |
All requirements of
doctoral training in the new applied specialty must be met, giving due credit
for previous relevant, successfully completed course work to be determined by
the APA or CPA accredited doctoral program conducting the retraining. |
| (c) |
Applicants who complete such a program
must present a certificate or letter from the doctoral program training
director that verifies completion of the program and identifies the specialty
area of applied psychology. |
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| (9) |
Hour Conversion. For purposes of this
Rule, 3 semester hours = 5 quarter hours in accordance with a conversion of 1
semester course of 3 hours accrues 6 hours of credit (2 courses) in an academic
year (September thru June) and is equivalent to 1 quarter course of 5 which
accrues 15 hours of credit (3 courses) in an academic year for a ratio of 3
semester hours equaling 5 quarter hours. |
| (1) |
Requirements.
In order to satisfy the experience requirement for licensure the applicant must
have completed an internship and a postdoctoral supervised work experience
(SWE). |
| (2) |
Definitions.
| (a) |
An Intern is a person who is engaged in
the predoctoral year of applied experience in a psychological
internship. |
| (b) |
An Internship is an
organized, coherent set of training experiences in the specialty/concentration
area of the practice of psychology (i.e., clinical, counseling, school, mental
retardation/developmental disability or industrial/organizational psychology)
that are characterized by greater depth, breadth, duration, frequency, and
intensity than practicum training and is either APA or CPA accredited or meets
the equivalency criteria set by the Board.
| 1. |
An applicant who was enrolled in an APA or CPA approved program prior to May of
2003, and who was a student in good standing, will be deemed to have met the
above noted internship requirement, and, |
| 2. |
Provided the applicant completed/graduated
from the program within a seven (7) year period from the date of
enrollment. |
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| (c) |
An
Internship Site is a setting in which an internship occurs and is either a
hospital, accredited school, university, consulting firm, public agency, public
or private organization, or public or private practice. |
| (d) |
A Fellow is a person who is engaged in
completing a postdoctoral supervised work experience or a post-doctoral
fellowship. |
| (e) |
A Postdoctoral
Supervised Work Experience (SWE) is 1500 hours of individually supervised
experience following the internship and the completion of the doctoral
degree. |
| (f) |
An Internship or
Postdoctoral Supervisor (internship/SWE Supervisor) is a psychologist who
oversees an internship or SWE and who meets both of the following requirements
below:
| 1. |
Possesses current licensure issued
by the Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychologists or current licensure issued
by a psychology board in another jurisdiction whose standards are not lower
than those of Georgia; and |
| 2. |
Does
not have a record of disciplinary actions against the professional license
issued by the Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychologists or licensure issued
by any other state or jurisdiction. |
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| (g) |
A Senior Industrial/Organizational (I/O)
Psychologist is a person who has earned a Ph.D. in I/O psychology or a related
field within the discipline of psychology, and who:
| 1. |
Meets the educational requirements for
licensure of I/O psychologists; and |
| 2. |
Has completed five years of independent
practice concentrated in one or more of the following domains:
| (i) |
Employee Selection and
Placement; |
| (ii) |
Performance
Management; |
| (iii) |
Human Factors and
Engineering Psychology; |
| (iv) |
Organization Development; and |
| (v) |
Training and Development. Fulfillment of this practice requirement shall be
documented by three other psychologists, who are licensed and are members of
the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, who attest to the
nature and extent of the candidate's expertise and work experience, and to the
quality of work; and |
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| 3. |
Provides documentation of achievement and competence in the practice of I/O
psychology. Fulfillment of this requirement shall be documented by provision of
descriptions of three separate and organizationally significant interventions
in the domains listed above for which the applicant had primary responsibility
for all phases including: problem definition, design, development,
implementation, and evaluation. For each intervention, a 1-2 page narrative
description must be submitted. The description must include a summary of each
phase and the name, address, and telephone number of a person from the client
organization whom the Board could contact for additional information, if
necessary. |
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| (h) |
A
Non-Licensed I/O Supervisor is a person who has an earned Ph.D. in
Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychology or a related field within the
discipline of psychology who is not licensed, but may also qualify by meeting
the following requirements:
| 1. |
Five years of
practice in Industrial/Organizational psychology; and |
| 2. |
Submission of three references to the
Board from other psychologists, attesting to the nature of his or her area of
expertise, work experience, and quality of work. At least one reference must be
from a psychologist who is a current or former direct supervisor. |
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| (i) |
A Non-Licensed MR/DD
Supervisor is a person who has an earned Ph.D. in mental retardation/
Developmental Disabilities (MR/DD) psychology or a related field within the
discipline of psychology but who is not licensed may also qualify by meeting
the following requirements:
| 1. |
Five years of
practice in MR/DD psychology; and |
| 2. |
Submission of three references to the
Board from other psychologists, attesting to the nature of his/her area of
expertise, work experience, and quality of his/her work. At least one reference
must be from a psychologist who is a current or former direct
supervisor. |
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| (j) |
A
Secondary Supervisor is a person who oversees no more than 20% of an internship
or SWE. For interns, the secondary supervisor must be affiliated with an
internship program. All secondary supervisors must meet the following
requirements:
| 1. |
Current licensure by the
State of Georgia or by a licensing board in another jurisdiction in Psychology,
Medicine (Psychiatry, Neurology, or other relevant medical field);
and, |
| 2. |
Pre-approval (in writing)
by the primary internship/SWE supervisor. |
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| (3) |
Supervisor-Intern/Fellow Relationship.
| (a) |
Supervisory relationships are governed by
the Code of Ethics in Chapter 510-4. The internship/SWE supervisor may not be
an employee of an agency which is headed by the supervisee, nor be employed by
an entity in which the supervisee has an interest. |
| (b) |
The internship/SWE supervisor shall not
take primary supervisory responsibility for more than three interns or fellows
concurrently without Board approval. Industrial/Organizational supervisors are
not limited to three interns or fellows, but for each intern or fellow the I/O
supervisor must spend a minimum of two supervision hours for each 40 hours the
intern or fellow works. |
| (c) |
The
internship/SWE supervisor shall:
| 1. |
Co-sign
all written reports of interns or unlicensed fellows; |
| 2. |
Co-sign insurance claims with the intern
or unlicensed fellow; |
| 3. |
Assure
that claims to third-party payers clearly reflect who rendered the
service; |
| 4. |
Assure that the intern
or fellow:
| (i) |
Informs clients/patients of the
supervisor-intern/fellow relationships; and |
| (ii) |
Informs clients/patients that they may
confer with the internship or postdoctoral supervisor about any aspect of the
services provided. |
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| (4) |
Internship Requirements.
| (a) |
General Standards: The general standards
for an internship will be met when one of the following is fulfilled:
| 1. |
Completion of an APA or CPA accredited or
Association of Psychology and Internship Centers (APPIC) member internship of
at least 2000 hours; or |
| 2. |
Completion of a non-APA or non-CPA accredited or APPIC member internship which
complies with the following criteria:
| (i) |
The
internship must be completed in no less than 11 months and no more than 24
months after its inception. I/O internships must be completed in 48 months. In
cases of disability or hardship, the Board, in its sole discretion, may permit
exceptions to this requirement. |
| (ii) |
The internship consists of 2000 hours of
organized training experiences appropriate to the academic program specialty
area. |
| (iii) |
The intern must spend
at least 500 hours in direct contact with clients/patients. I/O Interns are
exempt from this requirement. |
| (iv) |
The intern must have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours of graduate
course work in psychology prior to the inception of an internship. |
| (v) |
Supervised program activities (practica)
for which course credit is awarded may not be used to satisfy any internship
hours. |
| (vi) |
The internship must
provide training in a range of assessment and treatment/intervention activities
conducted directly with persons or organizations who receive psychological
services. |
| (vii) |
The administrative
director of the internship site or its training director shall, upon request of
the Board, furnish a written statement of the internship's goals, its content,
and the criteria by which the quality and quantity of the intern's work will be
evaluated. |
| (viii) |
At least 80% of
the internship supervision must be provided by one or more licensed
psychologists. Final evaluations by supervisors must indicate satisfactory
completion of the internship. |
| (ix) |
The intern must use a title which identifies a trainee status, i.e.,"intern",
or "resident". |
| (x) |
Prior to the
inception of the internship, the internship supervisor(s), university doctoral
program training director or designate and intern must enter into a written
internship agreement that specifies the goals and nature of the training
experiences. Upon completion of the internship, the intern and internship
supervisor(s) must sign the agreement and confirm thereby that the internship
has been completed satisfactorily. |
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| 3. |
Applicants who are Senior
Industrial/Organizational Psychologists will be deemed to have met the
internship requirements for licensure. |
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| (b) |
Internship Supervision.
| 1. |
The Internship Supervisor must approve the
Intern's workload, which must be sufficient to afford the Intern appropriate
experience but must not be so great as to impair his/her ability to provide
competent service to clients/patients. |
| 2. |
The internship supervisor must require the
intern to maintain a file on each client, or of his/her work progress in the
case of I/O interns. The intern must update each file no less than once each
month with a current summary of client contacts and with a rationale for the
procedures that were used. |
| 3. |
The
internship supervisor must limit the intern's activities to the application of
assessment, treatment and/or intervention techniques, and methodology which the
supervisor is qualified to utilize. |
| 4. |
The internship supervisor shall hold
primary responsibility for the intern's assessment procedures and treatment
and/or intervention programs. An intern should be notified as soon as possible
if his/her performance is unsatisfactory. |
| 5. |
All fees for services shall be paid
directly to the internship agency or directly to the supervisor. |
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| (c) |
Specialty Areas. In addition
to the general standards for internships enumerated above, internships in the
specialty areas of clinical, counseling, school, I/O and in MR/DD psychology
must meet the requirements delineated in the following section. Specialty areas
are defined by the doctoral program described on the applicant's transcript. A
clinical psychology specialty is defined by an earned doctoral degree with a
concentration in clinical psychology. A counseling psychology specialty is
defined by an earned doctoral degree with a concentration in counseling
psychology. A school psychology specialty is defined by an earned doctoral
degree with a concentration in school psychology. An industrial/organizational
specialty is defined by an earned doctoral degree with a concentration in
industrial/organizational psychology. A mental retardation/developmental
disabilities specialty is defined by an earned doctoral degree with a
substantial program of study in the specialized area of mental retardation or
developmental disabilities psychology.
| 1. |
Clinical Psychology and Counseling Psychology Internships.
| (i) |
Internship supervisors must be staff
members of the internship site, or an affiliate thereof, who carry clinical
responsibility for the cases being supervised. |
| (ii) |
The internship must have a clearly
designated staff psychologist who is responsible for the integrity and quality
of the training program, and who is a licensed psychologist. |
| (iii) |
The internship site must have two or
more psychologists on its staff, at least one of whom satisfies the definition
of an internship supervisor. An internship supervisor or secondary supervisor
must be on site to personally intervene in a crisis situation requiring
immediate attention. |
| (iv) |
The
internship site must have a minimum of two psychology interns during the
internship. The Board may make exceptions in cases of hardship. |
| (v) |
The internship supervisor must meet at
least two hours per week in regularly scheduled, individual, in person, contact
with the intern to review psychological services rendered directly by the
intern. |
| (vi) |
The internship must
include at least two hours per week of scheduled learning activities such as:
conferences involving cases in which the intern was actively involved; seminars
dealing with clinical issues; co-therapy with a staff member which includes
discussion of the therapy; group supervision; or additional
supervision. |
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| 2. |
School
Psychology Internships.
| (i) |
Internship
supervisors must be staff members of the internship site, or an affiliate
thereof, who carry clinical responsibility for the cases being
supervised. |
| (ii) |
The internship
must have a clearly designated staff psychologist who is responsible for the
integrity and quality of the training program, and who is a licensed
psychologist or a school psychologist who is certified at the doctoral level by
a State Department of Education. |
| (iii) |
The supervisor must be either a staff
member of the internship site or an affiliate thereof who is responsible for
the cases being supervised. Supervision may be provided by a combination of
staff members and an affiliate. When supervision is provided exclusively by an
affiliate, an administrative head of that staff must be responsible for the
accuracy of the documented work hours. An internship supervisor or secondary
supervisor must be on site to personally intervene in a crisis situation
requiring immediate attention. |
| (iv) |
The internship site must have a minimum of two psychology interns during the
internship. The Board may make exceptions in cases of hardship. |
| (v) |
The internship supervisor must meet at
least two hours per week in regularly scheduled, individual, in person, contact
with the intern to review psychological services rendered directly by the
intern. |
| (vi) |
The internship must
include at least two hours per week of scheduled learning activities such as:
conferences involving cases in which the intern was actively involved, seminars
dealing with clinical issues, co-therapy with a staff member which includes
discussion of the therapy, group supervision, or additional
supervision. |
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| 3. |
Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Internships.
| (i) |
The Internship must be an organized
program designed to provide the Intern with a planned, coherent sequence of
supervised experiences of quality in a broad range of professional psychology
activities including research and/or intervention within an organizational
setting. |
| (ii) |
At least 80% of the
Internship Supervision must be provided by one or more psychologists. |
| (iii) |
At least one-half of the Internship
time must be spent in professional psychological activities with or on behalf
of a client (person or organization). |
| (iv) |
The Internship agency or director of
training must, upon request of the Board, furnish a written statement of the
internship goals and the nature of experiences of the Intern's work. |
| (v) |
All professional activities of the Intern
must be conducted in a setting where a Supervisor is available for consultation
within a reasonable period of time based on the nature of the supervised
experience. |
| (vi) |
The Internship may
consist of more than one (but no more than four) separate work experiences.
Each experience must last at least three months (500 hours) and must meet all
other I/O Internship requirements. |
|
| 4. |
Mental Retardation/Developmental
Disabilities (MR/DD) Internships.
| (i) |
The
internship site must employ a clearly designated internship training director
who shall be responsible for the integrity and quality of the internship,
however, the internship may occur at more than one site. |
| (ii) |
At least one of the internship
supervisors must be a licensed psychologist whose specialty area is MR/DD
psychology or a licensed psychologist with considerable experience in the
practice of MR/DD psychology. |
| (iii) |
The internship must provide training in a variety of assessment and
intervention activities conducted with persons with MR/DD. The training in
assessment activities must include an emphasis on the selection of appropriate
evaluation instruments. The training in intervention activities must include
experience in applied behavior analysis for persons who carry MR/DD as at least
one of their diagnoses. Experience with individuals with dual diagnoses,
including mental illness, substance abuse, and behavior disorders, is strongly
recommended. |
| (iv) |
The supervisor
must meet at least two hours per week in regularly scheduled face-to-face
contact with the intern to review psychological services rendered by that
intern. |
| (v) |
The internship must
include at least two hours per week of scheduled learning activities such as
case conferences, individual program or service planning meetings, seminars
dealing with professional issues, or in-service training. |
| (vi) |
The intern must have scheduled and
unscheduled opportunities to interact professionally with such persons as
interns, psychologists, and professionals from other disciplines and other
agencies. The intern must have experience in working with professionals from
other disciplines as part of an interdisciplinary team involved in assessment
and intervention activities. At least 250 hours of the internship must be
completed in an organized program for persons with MR/DD to provide sufficient
experience in the interdisciplinary team process. |
| (vii) |
All professional activities of the
intern must be conducted in a setting where a licensed psychologist is
available for consultation within a reasonable period of time based on the
nature of the supervised experience. The internship supervisor, or another
equally qualified person, must be available to intervene in a timely manner in
an emergency. |
| (viii) |
Documentation
of the internship must be submitted to the Board. |
|
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| (5) |
Postdoctoral
Supervised Work Experience (SWE).
| (a) |
General
Standards and Requirements: The general standards for a postdoctoral supervised
work experience will be met when the following is fulfilled:
| 1. |
Licensure requires 1500 hours of SWE that
is deemed acceptable to the Board which comply with the guidelines set forth
below: |
| 2. |
The SWE must be consonant
with the fellow's area of intended practice, and must be within the range of
competency of the supervisor(s). It must occur after all requirements for the
doctoral degree are completed. |
| 3. |
The SWE must be completed in no less than 11 months and no more than 24 months
after its inception. Supervision begins on the date the contract is signed by
the supervisor(s) and fellow. |
| 4. |
The content of the SWE must include a minimum of 500 hours of client/patient
involvement as defined as including face to face client/patient contact,
document review, test scoring, note/report writing, or any other professional
activity which directly relates to the treatment of or services provided for
the client/patient. |
| 5. |
All SWE
hours must be documented on a weekly log which is co-signed by the fellow and
supervisor. The SWE log shall contain at least the following information:
| (i) |
The professional activities, tasks, or
work performed during that week. |
| (ii) |
The number of hours worked during that
week. |
| (iii) |
The number of hours of
client/patient involvement during that week. |
| (iv) |
The number of hours of individual
supervision during that week. |
|
| 6. |
Postdoctoral Supervised Work Experiences
(SWE) conducted in academic settings meet the non-client/patient involvement
hours requirement through activities that transmit psychological knowledge or
application of psychological principles in the work setting (e.g. teaching,
research, university and professional service and governance, and
administration). |
| 7. |
An applicant
who has completed 1500 hours of supervised experience in no less than 11 months
and no more than 24 months in a formal postdoctoral fellowship that is APA
accredited or APPIC member or acceptable to the Board will be deemed to have
met the SWE requirement for licensure. No SWE log is required for individuals
in these programs. |
| 8. |
An applicant
who meets the definition of Senior Industrial/Organizational Psychologist will
be deemed to have met the SWE requirement for licensure. |
|
| (b) |
Supervision Requirements:
| 1. |
The postdoctoral supervisor(s) and fellow
must enter into a written and signed supervision contract prior to the
inception of the SWE. The contract must specify the work experience goals, its
content and the criteria for ensuring the quality and quantity of the fellow's
work. It is not necessary that the supervisor be on site for the supervisee's
clinical work. |
| 2. |
The fellow must
meet with the supervisor individually to discuss cases and other professional
activities at least one hour for each 30 hours of SWE. That meeting must occur
during the week the fellow provides the services or during the week following
the provision of those services. Supervision must be individual, and may be
accomplished through in person meetings or real time, face to face video
teleconferencing. I/O Fellows are exempt from this requirement. |
| 3. |
At the successful conclusion of the SWE,
all supervisors shall attest to the adequacy of the applied experience and
supervision on a postdoctoral supervised work experience affidavit of
supervisor form (Form G). |
| 4. |
Supervision of the Postdoctoral Industrial/Organizational work experience may
be conducted by a qualified psychologist employed by the same institution or
agency as the Fellow. Alternatively, the supervision may be provided by private
arrangement with a qualified psychologist employed elsewhere so long as the
Supervisor and Fellow meet face-to-face at least twice a month for a minimum of
four hours per month. At least one half of the SWE hours must be spent in
professional psychological activities with or on behalf of a client (person or
organization). At a minimum, the Supervisor must review and comment on any
research or intervention designs, monitor progress on such efforts, and review
and comment on any reports, recommendations, or interventions resulting from
such efforts. |
|
|
An applicant must satisfactorily complete all requirements for
licensure within one year from the date the Board approved the applicant's most
recent application and/or completion of their postdoctoral SWE; otherwise, the
applicant must submit a new application with the required
fee.
