A. Any licensed psychologist who independently provides or offers to provide health services to the public shall be certified as a Health Service Psychologist by the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. The Board shall certify as a Health Service Psychologist an applicant who demonstrates that the applicant has at least two (2) years of full-time supervised health service experience as defined by the rules and regulations of the Board.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1362 of this title, the applicant shall be certified by the Board as a Health Service Psychologist if the applicant meets one of the following conditions:

1. The psychologist is Board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology; or

2. The psychologist has the equivalent of two (2) years of full-time experience satisfactory to the Board, one year of which was a doctoral internship, and one year of which was postdoctoral, at a site where health services are provided.

Historical Data

Laws 1991, HB 1684, c. 144, § 9, emerg. eff. July 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 2004, HB 2464, c. 313, § 20, emerg. eff. May 19, 2004 (superseded document available).