To meet the experience requirements for licensure under
section 6 of the act (63 P. S. §
1206), an applicant shall complete 1 year of
acceptable postdoctoral supervised experience.
(1)
Timing.
(i) One year is calculated as a period of at
least 12 months consisting of at least 1,750 hours of experience.
(ii) No more than 45 hours but no less than
15 hours of experience may be counted per week.
(iii) Fifty percent of the required hours
must be obtained performing diagnosis, assessment, therapy, other
interventions, supervision or consultation and receiving supervision or
consultation. The remaining required hours may be obtained by teaching in
association with an organized psychology program preparing practicing
psychologists or a postdoctoral training program, psychological research or any
of the categories listed in this paragraph.
(iv) The total experience must be obtained
within 10-calendar years from the award of the doctoral degree. A psychologist
who cannot meet this time frame due to hardship or medical necessity may apply
to the Board in writing for a waiver. The request must include a description of
circumstances sufficient to show why compliance was impossible. Waiver requests
will be evaluated by the Board on a case-by-case basis and will be approved or
disapproved at its discretion.
(v)
The required experience may be obtained at more than one entity simultaneously,
if the following criteria are met:
(A) The
experience is obtained for each entity for a minimum of 6 consecutive
months.
(B) The experience occurs
for a minimum of 15 hours per week at each setting.
(C) The total experience for all settings
does not exceed 45 hours per week.
(D) The experience complies with the
requirements in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2)
Acceptable experience.
(i) The practice at an entity in which
experience is obtained must be consistent with the psychology resident's
education and training.
(ii) No
experience may be obtained where the psychology resident acts independently
(for example, as a qualified member of another recognized profession under
section 3(3) of the act (63 P. S. §
1203(3)).
(3)
Supervision. All
experience, including that obtained during consultation, must be obtained under
the supervision of a primary supervisor.
(i)
Primary supervisors. If the experience is obtained from more
than one entity, the psychology resident shall obtain a primary supervisor for
each entity.
(ii)
Delegated
supervisors. The primary supervisor may delegate supervision over the
psychology resident to a delegated supervisor for up to 1 hour per
week.
(4)
Exceptional circumstances. A psychology resident who cannot
comply with the supervisory requirements, may, upon a showing of exceptional
circumstances, request the Board to approve a detailed written plan for
supervision. The granting of such a request is at the Board's discretion. The
Board will evaluate each plan submitted and each psychology resident's
situation on a case-by-case basis.
(5)
Effective date.
First-time applicants for licensure who commenced postdoctoral supervised
experience prior to December 6, 2010, will have their postdoctoral experience
credentials evaluated under regulations in effect prior to that date.
Applicants who commence postdoctoral supervised experience after that date will
have their postdoctoral experience evaluated under the regulations in effect at
that time.
(6)
Supervised
practice following completion of training. Upon completion of the
required supervisory hours, a psychology resident may practice psychology under
the supervision of a licensed psychologist until the psychology resident
obtains a license, under §
41.58 (relating to standards for
the employment and supervision of unlicensed persons with graduate training in
psychology) or may practice psychology in exempt settings under section 3(4),
(6), (8) and (10) of the act (
63 P. S. §
1203(4), (6),
(8), and (10)).
Notes
The
provisions of this § 41.32 adopted February 6, 1976, effective
2/7/1976, 6 Pa.B. 229; amended
March 17, 1978, effective 3/18/1978, 8 Pa.B. 756; amended March 22, 1991,
effective 3/23/1991, 21 Pa.B.
1171; amended June 4, 2010, effective 6/5/2010, 40 Pa.B.
2947.
The provisions of this § 41.32 amended under
section 3.2(1) and (2),
6(a) and 8(a)(6) of the Professional Psychologists Practice Act (63 P.S. §
1203.2(1) and (2),
1206(a)(2) and
1208(a)(6)).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
41.8 (relating to Department of
Health licensing of substance abuse services provided by psychology
practices-statement of policy); 49 Pa. Code §
41.11 (relating to licenses); 49
Pa. Code §
41.30 (relating to qualifications
and documentation necessary for licensure); and 49 Pa. Code §
41.52a (relating to licensure by
endorsement).
