Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
The law requires 2 years or 4, 000 hours of supervised
experience for licensure. The Board recognizes that the applicant's internship
satisfies 1 year or 2, 000 of those hours. This rule concerns the remaining 1
year or 2, 000 hours.
(1) Definitions.
Within the context of this rule, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Association" or "in association with":
the supervisory relationship between the supervisor and the psychological
resident.
(b) "Psychology Resident
or Post-Doctoral Fellow." A psychology resident or post-doctoral fellow is a
person who has met Florida's educational requirements for licensure and intends
from the outset of the supervised experience to meet that part of the
supervised experience requirement for licensure which is not part of the
person's internship.
(c)
"Supervisor." A supervisor is either a licensed Florida psychologist in good
standing with the Board, or a doctoral-level psychologist licensed in good
standing in another state or United States territory or Canada providing
supervision for licensure in that state or territory. However, where the
psychology resident or post-doctoral fellow is on active duty with the armed
services of the United States, employed full time by the United States as a
civilian psychology resident or post-doctoral fellow to provide services to the
armed services or to a veterans administration facility, or employed full time
with the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons, the supervisor may be a
doctoral-level psychologist licensed in good standing in any state or
territory, regardless of where the supervision is conducted.
(d) All applicants for licensure shall use
the title psychology resident or post-doctoral fellow until licensed as a
psychologist.
(e) The psychology
resident or post-doctoral fellow shall inform all service users of her or his
supervised status and provide the name of the supervising psychologist.
Consultation reports, and summaries shall be co-signed by the supervising
psychologist. Progress notes may be co-signed at the discretion of the
supervision psychologist.
(2) Requirements and Prohibitions. All
applicants for licensure must complete at least 1 year or 2, 000 hours of post
doctoral experience under a supervisor whose supervision comports with
subsection (3) of this rule.
(a) There may be
no conflict of interest created by the supervisory association and no
relationship may exist between the supervisor and the psychological resident
except the supervisory association.
(b) A psychology resident or post-doctoral
fellow may be supervised by more than one supervisor, at more than one
location. If there is more than one supervisor, each supervisor must provide
supervision in a manner that comports with subsection (3) of this
rule.
(c) The post-doctoral
training must include the following:
1. An
average of at least twenty (20) hours a week for two years, if part-time, or
forty (40) hours per week for one year, if full-time,
2. At least 900 hours in activities related
to direct client contact,
3. An
average of at least two (2) hours of clinical supervision each week,
a. At least one (1) hour of individual
face-to-face supervision, which may be conducted by HIPAA compliant
video.
b. The remaining hour may
include individual supervision, group supervision, or case presentation, which
may be conducted by HIPAA compliant
video.
(3) Supervisors' Responsibilities. The Board
requires each primary supervisor to perform and to certify that the supervisor
has:
(a) Entered into an agreement with the
applicant for licensure, which details the applicant's obligations and
remuneration as well as the supervisor's responsibilities to the
applicant;
(b) Determined that the
psychology resident or post-doctoral fellow was capable of providing competent
and safe psychological service to that client;
(c) Maintained professional responsibility
for the psychology resident or post-doctoral fellow's work;
(d) Provided two (2) hours of clinical
supervision each week, one (1) hour of which was individual, face-to-face
supervision. The additional hour of clinical supervision may include individual
supervision, group supervision, case presentation as long as the licensed
psychologist supervisor is present in person or via video
teleconferencing;
(e) Prevailed in
all professional disagreements with the psychology resident or post-doctoral
fellow;
(f) Kept informed of all
the services performed by the psychology resident or post-doctoral
fellow;
(g) Advised the Board if
the supervisor has received any complaints about the psychology resident or
post-doctoral fellow or has any reason to suspect that the resident is less
than fully ethical, professional, or qualified for
licensure.
(4) Until
licensure, an individual who completes post doctoral training residency may
continue to practice under supervision so long as the individual does so in the
manner prescribed by this rule and so long as the individual has applied for
licensure and no final order of denial has been entered in the application case
before the Board.
Rulemaking Authority 490.004(4) FS. Law Implemented
490.005(1) FS.
New 11-18-92, Amended 7-14-93, Formerly 21U-11.007, Amended
6-14-94, Formerly 61F13-11.007, Amended 1-7-96, Formerly 59AA-11.005, Amended
12-4-97, 8-5-01, 7-27-04, 3-4-10, 8-15-11, 9-24-13, 3-1-17, 2-6-19,
6-4-23.
