Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 60 - Board of Psychologist and Psychological Associate Examiners
Article 2 - Experience and Education
12 AAC 60.083 - Additional criteria for doctorate degree

Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 60.083

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) In addition to the criteria established in 12 AAC 60.082, programs of graduate study for a doctorate degree in psychology must require

(1) the equivalent of three full-time academic years of graduate study, two years of which are through the degree-granting institution, and one year of which is in full-time residence at the degree-granting institution;

(2) courses covering the following program components:
(A) methodology and history, including course work in each of the following four areas of study:
(i) history and systems;

(ii) psychology measurement;

(iii) research methodology;

(iv) techniques of data analysis (statistics);

(B) foundation in psychology, including course work in each of the following five areas of study:
(i) biological bases of behavior, including physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology, and psychopharmacology;

(ii) cognitive-affective bases of behavior, including learning, memory, perception, cognition, thinking, motivation, and emotion;

(iii) social bases of behavior, including social psychology, cultural, ethnic, sex roles, and organizational behavior;

(iv) individual differences, including personality theory, human development, individual differences, abnormal psychology, psychology of women, psychology of persons with disabilities, and psychology of the minority experience; and

(v) knowledge and use of ethics;

(3) a supervised practicum or laboratory experience appropriate to the area of practice in psychology; and

(4) a predoctoral internship; a predoctoral internship must include the following components:
(A) the internship must be designed to provide a planned, programmed sequence of training experiences, the primary focus of which is to assure breadth and quality of training;

(B) the internship setting must have
(i) a clearly designated psychologist who is responsible for the integrity and quality of the training program and who is licensed or certified by a state or provincial board of psychology examiners;

(ii) two or more psychologists available as supervisors;

(iii) a written statement or brochure describing the goals and content of the internship, stating clear expectations and quality of an intern's work, and made available to prospective interns;

(C) supervision must be provided by the person who is responsible for the cases being supervised; at least 80 percent of the supervision must be provided by a psychologist;

(D) at least 25 percent of the intern's time (minimum 375 hours) must be spent in direct client contact providing assessment and intervention services;

(E) the internship must include at least
(i) two hours per week of regularly scheduled, formal, face-to-face individual supervision with the specific intent of dealing with the direct psychological services rendered by the intern;

(ii) two hours of other learning activities, such as case conferences, seminars on applied issues, co-therapy with a staff person, including discussion and group supervision;

(F) supervision and training relating to ethics must be an ongoing aspect of the internship program;

(G) an intern must use a title such as "intern", "resident", "fellow", or other designation of trainee status;

(H) the internship experience must consist of at least 1,500 hours and must be completed within 24 months.

(b) Repealed 7/29/2009.

(c) Programs accredited by the American Psychological Association Education and Credentialing Committee are recognized as meeting the requirements of this section.

(d) If an applicant obtains a doctorate degree without completing courses in all the areas of study described in (a)(2) of this section, and if the deficiency consists of no more than two courses, the applicant may make up the course deficiency by passing courses in each relevant area of study from an institution that meets the requirements of 12 AAC 60.082. Each course taken to make up a course deficiency must be for three semester hours or four quarter hours of credit. For each course taken to make up a course deficiency, the applicant must submit to the department an official transcript from the institution showing the name of the course, the grade that the applicant received, and the number of semester or quarter hours of credit for each class.

With Register 179, October 2006 and under the authority of AS 44.62.125, the regulations attorney changed obsolete terminology concerning persons with disabilities in conformity with ch. 25, SLA 2006.

Authority:AS 08.86.070

AS 08.86.080

AS 08.86.130

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