Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 24 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 24.189 - BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGISTS
Subchapter 24.189.6 - Psychologist Licensure
Rule 24.189.644 - REQUIRED PRE-DOCTORAL INTERNSHIP
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 24.189.644
Current through Register Vol. 6, March 22, 2024
(1) As used in 24.189.640, "pre-doctoral internship" means active engagement by a student in a training program of the educational institution granting the doctoral degree.
(a) Critical components of the internship
must include:
(i) adequate opportunity for the
student to:
(A) obtain professional training
and scholarship;
(B) work closely
with professors, supervisors, and other students; and
(C) acquire the habits, skills, knowledge,
and insights needed to attain a doctoral degree in psychology;
and
(ii) adequate time to
assess the student's competence including:
(A)
emotional stability and well-being;
(B) interpersonal competence;
(C) professional development; and
(D) personal fitness to practice
psychology.
(b)
The pre-doctoral internship must be at least 1500 hours in length and be
completed in no less than nine months and no longer than 24 months. Twenty-five
percent of internship hours must be in face-to-face contact with patients or
clients.
(c) Internship experience
must have at least 30 hours per week at the internship site, but no more than
45 hours per week.
(d) Active
engagement must be documented by a log of internship activities signed by the
student's academic advisor. Such activities must:
(i) include both faculty-to-student and
student-to-student face-to-face interaction;
(ii) be conducted by the psychology faculty
of the institution at least 90 percent of the time; and
(iii) relate substantially to program and
course content.
(e) The
institution must clearly document its assessment and evaluation of the
student's performance.
AUTH: 37-1-131, 37-17-202, 37-17-302, MCA IMP: 37-1-131, 37-17-302, MCA
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