Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
319.050
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
319.050(7) requires that the
designation of health service provider shall be required for a licensed
psychologist who supervises a psychological health care service.
KRS
319.032(2) authorizes the
board to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer KRS
Chapter 319. This administrative regulation establishes the requirements for
the granting of that designation.
Section
1.
(1) The designation of health
service provider shall refer to a licensed psychologist who is authorized under
KRS
319.050(7) and this
administrative regulation to clinically supervise a certified psychologist,
temporarily licensed psychologist, licensed psychological associate, temporary
licensed psychological associate, licensed psychologist, a graduate-level
psychology student in providing psychological health care services, or any
credential holder under discipline.
(2)
(a)
Except as provided by paragraph (b) of this subsection, a licensed psychologist
who does not have the designation of health service provider shall not
clinically supervise psychological health care services.
(b) A temporarily licensed psychologist or a
licensed psychologist may provide concurrent clinical supervision to graduate
students while under clinical supervision of a psychologist with a health
service provider designation.
Section 2. Psychological health care services
shall include delivery of diagnosis, assessment, psychotherapy, treatment, or
other therapeutic services to individuals, couples, families, or groups whose
growth, adjustment, or functioning is impaired or who otherwise seek
psycho-logical health care services.
Section
3.
(1) A health service provider
shall be a licensed psychologist who has completed appropriate training and
clinically supervised experience in psychological health service delivery at
the doctoral level. The training and experience may occur in a variety of
psychological health care delivery sites. The training and supervised
experience shall include:
(a) 1,800 hours of
clinically supervised experience as established in subsection (2) of this
section; or
(b) Certification as
established in subsection (3) of this section.
(2) 1,800 Hours of Clinically Supervised
Experience.
(a) The 1,800 hours of clinically
supervised experience shall be within one (1) or more health care settings in
which the licensed psychologist delivered direct psychological health care
services, pursuant to Section 2 of this administrative regulation, in addition
to the 3,600 supervised experience hours required for licensure as a li-censed
psychologist under
201
KAR 26:190.
(b) The clinical supervision shall be
provided by a licensed psychologist with the health service provider
designation approved by the board and shall consist of one (1) hour of
individual supervision each week.
(3) Certification. The licensed psychologist
shall:
(a)
1. Hold a Certificate of Professional
Qualification (CPQ) issued by the Association of State and Provincial
Psychology Boards (ASPPB) or a successor organization;
2. Be board-certified by the American Board
of Professional Psychology (ABPP) or a successor organization; or
3. Hold a Certificate from the National
Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology or a successor
organization;
(b) Have a
minimum equivalent of five (5) years of full time practice at the independent
practice level; and
(c) Have had no
disciplinary action taken by a licensure board or on record in the ASPPB data
base.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
319.032(2),
319.050(7)
