Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
(a) The first year
of clinical supervised experience shall occur as a formal internship in an
organized health care setting which may be referred to as a program, an agency,
or a consortium
(b) Internships
that are accredited by the APA or the CPA shall be recognized without further
documentation.
(c) An internship
program that is not accredited as in (b) above shall meet all of the following
criteria:
(1) The program shall be organized
and designed to provide the intern with a planned, programmed sequence of
training experiences that is demonstrated by a written statement, brochure, or
contract with the graduate program which:
a.
Describes the goals and content of the internship;
b. States clear expectations for quantity and
quality of trainee's work; and
c.
Is made available to prospective interns;
d. Provides training in a range of assessment
and intervention activities conducted directly with patients seeking health
services; and
e. Provides for a
minimum of 1500 hours of training to be completed within a maximum of 24
consecutive months;
(2)
The program shall designate a staff psychologist, who is currently and actively
licensed or certified by the state or provincial board of psychology in the
state or province where the program is operated, as the person who is
responsible for the integrity and quality of the training program;
(3) The program shall have 2 or more
psychologists on the staff serving as supervisors of interns, at least one of
whom is currently and actively licensed as a psychologist by the state or
provincial board of psychology in the state or province where the program is
operated;
(4) The program shall
have a minimum of 2 persons enrolled at the internship level of training during
the applicant's training period;
(5) Supervision of interns shall be provided
by a staff member of the program who carries clinical responsibility for the
cases being supervised. At least one program staff psychologist shall provide
half of the internship supervision;
(6) At least 375 hours of an intern's program
time shall be spent in direct patient contact;
(7) The program shall include a minimum of 2
hours per week of regularly scheduled, formal, face-to-face individual
supervision with a staff member that directly evaluates the health services
rendered directly to patients by the intern;
(8) The program shall include a minimum of 2
hours per week of learning activities including:
a. Case conferences involving a case in which
the intern was actively involved;
b. Seminars dealing with clinical
issues;
c. Co-therapy with a staff
person including discussion;
d.
Group supervision; and e. Additional individual supervision of the
intern;
(9) Any funds
received from patients or their insurers shall contribute to payment of
stipends to the interns in the program;
(10) Training was post-clerkship,
post-practicum and post-externship level; and
(11) The trainee uses a title such as
"intern," "resident," "fellow," or other designation of trainee
status;
(d) The program
shall maintain permanent records of the following information to permit
applicants to complete their application for licensure:
(1) The dates of attendance in the program
and dates of supervised clinical experience;
(2) The hours of face to face individual
supervision of the intern;
(3) The
total hours of supervised clinical work experience;
(4) The name and title of each supervisor
assisting the intern, together with:
a. The
type of license held, the state of issue, the state license number, and the
issue date of the license; and
b.
The highest degree earned by the supervisor.
The
amended version of this section by
New
Hampshire Register Number 6, eff.
3/5/2024 is not yet
available.