California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 13.1 - Board of Psychology
Article 3 - Education and Experience
Section 1387 - Supervised Professional Experience
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
This section applies to all trainees, pre- or post-doctoral, who intend for hours of supervised professional experience (SPE) to count toward meeting the licensing requirement stated in section 2914(c) of the Business and Professions Code. Those trainees accruing hours of supervised experience in areas of psychology that do not include direct mental health services should refer to section 1387.3 for information on establishing an alternate plan for SPE.
SPE is defined as an organized program that consists of a planned, structured and administered sequence of professionally supervised comprehensive clinical training experiences. SPE shall have a logical training sequence that builds upon the skills and competencies of trainees to prepare them for the independent practice of psychology once they become licensed.
SPE shall include socialization into the profession of psychology and shall be augmented by integrated modalities including mentoring, didactic exposure, role-modeling, enactment, observational/vicarious learning, and consultative guidance.
SPE shall include activities which address the integration of psychological concepts and current and evolving scientific knowledge, principles, and theories to the professional delivery of psychological services to the consumer public.
SPE shall include only the time spent by the trainee engaged in psychological activities that directly serve to prepare the trainee for the independent practice of psychology once licensed. SPE shall not include custodial tasks such as filing, transcribing or other clerical duties.
The term "trainee" as used in these regulations means a psychology trainee working under one of the conditions listed in subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section.
(a) Pursuant to section 2914(c) of the code, two years of qualifying SPE shall be completed and documented prior to licensure. One year of SPE shall be defined as 1500 hours. At least one year of SPE shall be completed postdoctorally. Each year of SPE shall be completed within a thirty (30) consecutive month period. If both years of SPE (3000 hours) are completed postdoctorally, they shall be completed within a sixty (60) month period. Upon showing of good cause as determined by the board, these specified time limitations may be reasonably modified.
(b) Supervision Requirements:
* Name, license number and signature of primary supervisor;
* Name and signature of supervisee;
* Statutory authority under which the supervisee will function;
* Start date of the experience and the anticipated completion date;
* Duties to be performed in a sequential structured plan as defined in this section;
* Address of the locations at which the duties will be performed;
* Goals and objectives of the plan for SPE, including how socialization into the profession will be achieved; and
* How and when the supervisor will provide periodic assessments and feedback to the supervisee as to whether or not he or she is performing as expected.
Additionally, the agreement shall reflect that both supervisor and supervisee have discussed and understand each term of SPE as required by the California Code of Regulations.
If the SPE is not consistent with the terms of the agreement, or if the supervisee did not demonstrate an overall performance at or above the level of competence expected for the supervisee's level of education, training and experience, then the hours accrued will not count toward the licensure requirements.
(c) Delegated Supervision Requirements:
1. New section
filed 7-6-2000; operative 8-5-2000 (Register 2000, No. 27). For prior history
see Register 93, No. 34.
2. Editorial correction deleting former
section 1387"Revised Criteria for
Evaluation of Experience" which expired by its own term effective 12-31-2000
(Register 2003, No. 1).
3. Amendment filed 12-16-2004; operative
1-1-2005 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2004, No. 51).
4. New fifth and seventh paragraphs and
amendment of subsection (b)(10) filed 7-28-2005; operative 8-27-2005 (Register
2005, No. 30).
5. Repealer of sixth paragraph, amendment of
subsection (a)(1)(A), new subsection (a)(2)(A), subsection relettering,
amendment of subsections (b)(9)-(10) and amendment of NOTE filed 4-27-2007;
operative 5-27-2007 (Register 2007, No. 17).
6. Amendment of
subsection (a)(2)(A) filed 12-30-2008; operative 12-30-2008 pursuant to
Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2009, No. 1).
7. Amendment of subsection (b)(10) and new
subsection (b)(11) filed 7-24-2009; operative 8-23-2009 (Register 2009, No.
30).
8. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b)(11)
filed 10-20-2014 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2014, No. 43).
9. Change without regulatory
effect amending subsection (b)(9) filed 1-21-2015 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2015, No. 4).
10. Amendment of subsection
(b)(10), repealer and new subsection (b)(11) and amendment of subsection (c)(1)
filed 6-5-2017; operative 10-1-2017 (Register 2017, No. 23).
11.
Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)(1)(C), (a)(2)(D) and
(c)(1) filed 11-29-2021 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations; operative 1-1-2022 pursuant to Senate Bill 801 (Stats.2021, ch.
647) (Register 2021, No. 49).
12. Change without regulatory effect
repealing subsection (a)(2)(B) and relettering subsections filed 8-30-2022
pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2022, No. 35).
Note: Authority cited: Section 2930, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 2911 and 2914, Business and Professions Code.