Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2235 - State Committee of Psychologists
Chapter 1 - General Rules
Section 20 CSR 2235-1.015 - Definitions

(1) Post-degree supervised professional experience. The purpose and intention of post-degree supervised experience is to provide experiential training in the practice of psychology in order to meet the requirements for licensure. It is not designed to enable a person to engage in the practice of psychology without a license. Post-degree supervised professional experience is more than a consultation or supervisory session.

(2) Psychological trainee. A person enrolled in a graduate program in psychology and performing functions as a part of his/her graduate training or practicum.

(3) Psychological intern. A person possessing a master's degree in psychology as defined in section 337.021 or 337.025, RSMo and enrolled in a doctoral program in psychology and serving as an intern as part of the requirements for his/her degree program, or a person enrolled in a doctoral program in psychology and serving as an intern as part of the requirements for his/her degree program.

(4) Psychological resident. A person possessing a doctoral degree in psychology as defined in section 337.025, RSMo who is engaged in post-degree supervised professional experience in order to obtain licensure as a psychologist.

(5) Psychological assistant. A person who has received formal approval by the committee as having met the educational and post-degree professional experience requirements but has not yet met the examination requirements for licensure as a psychologist.

(6) Qualified assistant. Any person employed by or otherwise directly accountable to a licensed psychologist and who assists the licensed psychologist in the delivery of psychological services but whose employment is not in the course of pursuing the educational, professional supervised experience or examination requirements for licensure as a psychologist.

(7) Provisionally licensed psychologist. A psychological resident or psychological assistant who has met the requirements for and has been issued a provisional license under section 337.020.4, RSMo.

(8) Applicant. Any person who submits an application for licensure and pays the appropriate application fee to be licensed as a psychologist.

(9) Psychological health services. The assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of an individual(s) for the purposes of remediation of a cognitive, emotional, behavioral, or mental disorder.

(10) Psychological health service provider. A licensed psychologist who possesses health service provider certification through relevant education, training, and experience as defined in 20 CSR 2235-3.020(3)(A) in the delivery of psychological health services and who provides psychological health services as defined in section (9).

(11) American Psychological Association designated health service provider delivery areas. The foregoing term as used in sections 337.025.5, 337.033.3, and 337.033.4, RSMo, shall include doctoral degree, or respecialization programs, with a primary emphasis, or concentration, in one of the following areas:

(12) Psychological Testing. The use of one (1) or more standardized measurements, devices, or procedures, including the use of computerized psychological tests, to observe or record human behavior, and which require the application of appropriate normative data for interpretation or classification and includes the use of standardized instruments for the purpose of the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders and disabilities, the evaluation or assessment of cognitive and intellectual abilities, personality, and emotional states and traits, and neuropsychological functioning by an individual who has received formal academic training at the graduate level in statistics, test construction, sampling theory, tests and measurements, individual differences, and personality theory. In addition, the interpretation of psychological tests for diagnostic purposes requires formal academic training in the areas of abnormal psychology, psychopathology, psychodiagnosis, and, in the case of neuropsychological diagnosis, training in neuropsychology. Competent administration and interpretation of psychological tests also requires a formal supervised practice experience. Services which are described as "psychological testing" shall be administered and interpreted by licensed psychologists or persons who are otherwise exempt by statute. Individuals licensed by this committee, as well as other licensed professionals, may also use tests of language, education, and achievement, as well as tests of abilities, interests, and aptitudes. With the exception of the test categories and psychological tests listed in section (13) of this rule, the use of these other tests is not exclusively within the scope of this regulation.

(13) Psychological Test and Inventories.