Ohio Admin. Code 4732-3-01 - Definitions
(A) As used in
agency 4732 of the Administrative Code, the terms "psychologist," "the practice
of psychology," "psychological procedures," "school psychologist," "practice of
school psychology," "licensed psychologist," "licensed school psychologist,"
and "school psychologist licensed by the state board of education" have the
same meanings as set forth in section
4732.01 of the Revised
Code.
(B) The practice of
psychology or school psychology, as distinct from the performance of
psychological or school psychological tasks, includes but is not restricted to
the use of the title "psychologist" or "school psychologist licensed by the
state board of psychology" and/or the exercise of the professional judgments of
psychological or school psychological diagnosis, psychological or school
psychological prescription, or psychological or school psychological client
supervision.
(1) "Psychological or school
psychological diagnosis" is the determination, after study, analysis, and
description, that a problem is a psychological problem.
(2) "Psychological or school psychological
prescription" is the determination of which psychological procedures should be
applied for the prevention, treatment or amelioration of psychological
problems.
(3) "Psychological or
school psychological client supervision" is the determination of when, in what
sequence, and to what degree particular approaches for dealing with the
psychological problem of the client shall be initiated, continued, or
discontinued. It may include the evaluation and management of patients and
psychological effects to determine if prescribed medications might be helpful
in alleviating their psychological symptoms and referring a client to a
physician for prescription medication(s) if that is in the best interest of the
client. When a client is on a prescribed medication, the psychologist may
evaluate and monitor the psychological effects of that medication to determine
the psychological effects of such medications on the patient, in a consultative
relationship with the prescribing physician.
(C) "Consultative relationship" with a
physician licensed to practice medicine, as used in section
4732.20 of the Revised Code:
(1) Shall mean that when a licensed
psychologist judges the medical problems of his/her client to warrant medical
attention, he/she will either determine that the client is under the medical
care of a physician or offer to assist the client to obtain the medical help of
an appropriate physician, and shall consult with that physician as the
psychologist deems necessary for the client's welfare, consonant with section
4732.19 of the Revised Code,
relative to privileged communication.
(2) Shall not be interpreted to imply that
the physician is to supervise the licensed psychologist or is necessarily to be
the source of referrals of patients/clients to the licensed
psychologist.
(3) May include
evaluating and managing the psychological effects of various medications on a
patient who has been prescribed medications by a physician and reporting, as
appropriate for the welfare of the patient, that information to the prescribing
physician.
(D) "Board"
shall mean the state board of psychology.
(E) "Accredited or recognized by a regional
or national accrediting agency" or "accredited educational institution" means
that an educational institution meets prescribed standards that are necessary
to qualify its graduates for consideration for licensure pursuant to section
4732.10 of the Revised Code or
for approval by the board pursuant to division (A)(2) of section
4732.22 of the Revised Code.
Pursuant to section 4732.10 of the Revised Code,
notwithstanding applicants applying for admission to examination for a
psychologist license under division (B)(3)(b), (B)(3)(c), or (B)(3) (d) of
section 4732.10 of the Revised Code, all
applicants for licensure shall provide evidence of an earned doctoral degree
from an accredited educational institution as defined in this paragraph and
from a graduate program holding academic program accreditation as that term is
defined in paragraph (G) of this rule.
(F) "National or regional accrediting
agencies" means one of the following agencies or its
successor organization :
(1) "Middle
States Association of Colleges and Schools
- Commission on Higher Education"
(2) "New England Association
of Schools and Colleges
Commission on Higher
Education "
(3)
"North Central Association of Colleges and
Schools"
"Higher Learning
Commission"
(4) "Northwest
Association of Schools and Colleges
Commission on Colleges and Universities "
(5) "Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools Commission on Colleges "
(6)
"Western
Association of Schools and Colleges - Accrediting Commission for Senior
Colleges"
"WASC Senior College and University
Commission"
(G)
"Academic program accreditation" means that the doctoral degree granting
program holds "accreditation," "designation," or "approval" by one or more of
the following entities:
(4)
(3) The national
association of school psychologists.
(1) "The American
psychological association office of program consultation and
accreditation";
(2) The
accreditation office of the Canadian psychological association;
(3) The association of state and
provincial psychology boards/national register designation
committee;
(H) "Applicant" means any person who applies
to the board for licensure pursuant to section
4732.10 of the Revised Code or
for approval of the board pursuant to division (A)(2) of section
4732.22 of the Revised
Code.
(I) "He" or "she" and "his"
or "her" shall be interpreted to mean or include the pronoun of the other
gender where appropriate.
(J)
Direct effect on client welfare in teaching or research situations, as
specified in division (B) of section
4732.01 of the Revised Code,
shall mean:
(1) Classroom discussions and/or
demonstrations which extend to the participation of students in psychotherapy
sessions based upon disclosure of the student's own personal experiences and/or
personality traits; and/or
(2) Use
in a classroom, practicum, or other instructional or research context by the
instructor, the researcher, a student or a research subject of any procedure
that:
(a) Creates a likelihood of
psychological and/or physical harm or danger, and/or
(b) Utilizes the manipulative distortion,
delay, or withholding of information in a manner that may have damaging
psychological consequences, and/or
(c) Intentionally elicits, without safeguards
for anonymity, personal and confidential information that could have
psychologically damaging consequences for the participant should it be acquired
by others; and/or
(3) Use
or supervision by the instructor or the researcher in any context involving
students, research subjects, or others, of any procedure defined in rule
4732-5-01
of the Administrative Code as creating a serious hazard to mental health and
requiring professional expertise in psychology.
(K) "Mental disorder" is a dysfunction of the
mind such that, according to the nature and degree of the disorder, a person
loses or lacks capacity to adapt his/her own behavior to effective ends of
survival, satisfaction or comfort. Such disorders may take many forms and have
varying causes of an organic or environmental type. Descriptions of mental
disorders found in nosologies such as the "International Classification of
Diseases" (ICD), the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"
(DSM), and the "Psychopathological Disorders in Childhood: Theoretical
Considerations and a Proposed Classification, Group for the Advancement of
Psychiatry" (GAP) are examples of classifications of such mental
disorders.
(L) "Serious hazard to
mental health" occurs where an individual is at substantial risk of developing
a mental disorder or to be at substantial risk of increasing the severity of an
existing mental disorder.
(M)
"Client," as used in agency 4732 of the Administrative Code, means a patient or
that person's legal guardian
representative or any other receiver of
psychological services, including individuals, groups, and
organizations.
(N) "Continuing
education" (CE), as used in agency 4732 of the Administrative Code, is the
process through which psychologists and school psychologists acquire new
knowledge and skills relevant to their work, gain new competencies concerning
psychological concepts and techniques, or improve current competencies and
skills by completion of approved and documented educational
experiences.
(O) "Authorized
approving organization," as used in agency 4732 of the Administrative Code,
means the board, the "Ohio Psychological Association," the "American
Psychological Association," the "Ohio School Psychologists Association," the
"National Association of School Psychologists," or the "Ohio Association of
Black Psychologists," as these are set forth in division (B)(1) of section
4732.141 of the Revised
Code.
(P) "Hours of CE credits"
means:
(1) The number of CE hours approved and
recorded for each license holder by the "Ohio Psychological Association" or the
"Ohio School Psychologists Association" and reported to the board by one of
those associations; or
(2) The
number of hours determined by the board in accordance with rules
4732-2-01
and /or 4732-2-02 of the Administrative Code.
(Q) "Evaluee," as used in agency 4732 of the
Administrative Code, means a person evaluated by a license holder or supervisee
pursuant to a third party referral from a court, other adjudicative body, or
other agency or organization when the referring party might serve as the client
for the purpose of receiving a report of services specific to the person(s)
evaluated.
(R) A "professional
psychological role," as used in agency 4732 of the Administrative Code, exists
when a psychologist renders directly or through supervision to an individual,
group, organization, or the public any service involving the application of
psychological procedures to the assessment, diagnosis, prevention, treatment,
or amelioration of psychological problems or emotional or mental disorders; or
to the assessment or improvement of psychological adjustment or functioning of
individuals or groups, whether or not there is a diagnosable pre-existing
psychological problem. A professional psychological role exists when school
psychological services are rendered. A professional psychological role exists
when a license holder is in an evaluative role concerning a student's academic
and/or applied performance in any work or training setting, and when a license
holder is in a supervisory relationship with a person under psychological work
supervision or psychological training supervision. For the purposes of this
rule, professional psychological roles do not include teaching or research even
when dealing with psychological subject matter, provided that it does not
otherwise involve rendering or offering to render professional services in
which patient or client welfare is directly affected.
(S) "Telepsychology" means the practice of
psychology or school psychology as those terms are defined in divisions (B) and
(E) of section 4732.01 of the Revised Code,
including psychological and school psychological supervision, by distance
communication technology such as but not necessarily limited to telephone,
email, Internet-based communications, and videoconferencing.
(T) "License holder" means a licensed
psychologist or licensed school psychologist.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4732.06
Rule Amplifies: 4732.01, 4732.06, 4732.10, 4732.14, 4732.141, 4732.19, 4732.20, 4732.22
Prior Effective Dates: 12/30/1977, 10/01/1990, 09/30/1996, 07/15/2000, 11/01/2007, 01/08/2010, 11/07/2011, 06/08/2015, 01/16/2017
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