Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) To be certified
as a health services provider psychologist (HSP-P), a licensed psychologist
holding permanent North Carolina licensure shall be qualified by education as
defined in Paragraph (b) of this Rule and shall have completed two years of
supervised experience, of which at least one year shall be post-doctoral. These
two years of experience shall meet the criteria specified in Paragraphs (d) and
(e) of this Rule, or in Paragraph (f) of this Rule. The applicant shall meet
the criteria and submit the documentation required by this Rule.
(b) The application form shall include the
following information:
(1) applicant's
name;
(2) mailing
address;
(3) email
address;
(4) telephone
number;
(5) license number;
and
(6) health services provider
certification level.
(c)
For purposes of
G.S.
90-270.153(b), a licensed
psychologist shall be qualified by education upon documentation of the
following:
(1) is approved for or is listed
in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology at the time
of the application;
(2) is a
diplomat in good standing of the American Board of Professional Psychology in a
health services specialty area;
(3)
is a graduate from a doctoral program that was accredited at the time of the
applicant's graduation by the American Psychological Association or the
Canadian Psychological Association in Clinical Psychology, Counseling
Psychology, School Psychology, or Combined Professional-Scientific Psychology;
or
(4) has an academic foundation
in the provision of health services as defined in Rule .2701(a) of this Section
which meets the following requirements:
(A)
The applicant's doctoral program or formal postdoctoral program of
re-specialization in psychology shall train individuals to provide health
services in psychology.
(B) Within
the applicant's doctoral training program, or formal postdoctoral program of
respecialization, in health services in psychology, course work shall have been
completed in the areas of assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and
psychopathology. The applicant shall further establish that he or she has
completed relevant course work that has provided training in diagnosis,
evaluation, treatment, remediation, or prevention of mental, emotional, and
behavioral disorder, disability, and illness; substance abuse; habit and
conduct disorder; or psychological aspects of physical illness, accident,
injury, and disability.
(C) An
applicant shall be considered to have been trained in the provision of health
services in psychology if the applicant establishes that requirements set forth
in Parts (b)(4)(A) and (b)(4)(B) of this Rule have been met through a doctoral
program, or formal postdoctoral program of re-specialization, in any one of the
following areas of specialization in psychology: applied behavior analysis in
psychology, applied developmental psychology, clinical psychology, counseling
psychology, rehabilitation psychology, or school psychology.
(D) An applicant who has completed a doctoral
program that trains individuals for careers in administration, research,
teaching, academia, and other areas not involving training in the provision of
health services in psychology shall not be considered to have been provided an
academic foundation in the provision of health services and shall not be
approved for HSP-P certification.
(E) Only that course work taken at an
institution of higher education as defined in
G.S.
90-270.136(5) shall be
considered by the Board to establish that an applicant has an academic
foundation in the provision of health services.
(d) Except as provided in Paragraph (f) of
this Rule, and in addition to the one year of supervised experience required by
Paragraph (e) of this Rule, an applicant shall have one year of supervised
experience as follows:
(1) The training shall
be a planned sequence of training experience in the provision of health
services, in contrast to "on the job" training, and shall provide the trainee
with a planned, programmed sequence of training experience.
(2) The training site shall have a written
statement or brochure that describes its training program and is made available
to prospective trainees.
(3)
Trainees shall be designated as "interns," fellows," or "residents," or hold
other designation which indicates training status.
(4) The training shall be completed within 24
months.
(5) The training shall
consist of at least 1500 hours of practice.
(6) At least 25% of the training shall be
spent in the provision of direct health services to patients or clients seeking
assessment or treatment.
(7) Up to
25% of the training may be comprised of research activities.
(8) A minimum of two doctorally trained
licensed, certified, or license eligible psychologists shall be supervisors at
the training site.
(9) The training
shall be under the direction of a licensed, certified, or license eligible
doctorally trained psychologist who is on the staff of the training site, who
approves and monitors the training, who is familiar with the training site's
purposes and functions, and who agrees to assume responsibility for the
quality, suitability, and implementation of the training experience.
(10) The training shall provide a minimum of
two hours per week of individual face-to-face discussion of the trainee's
practice, with the intent of overseeing the health services rendered by the
trainee. Supervision may be provided in part by psychiatrists, social workers,
or other mental health professionals qualified by the training site, but at
least 50 percent of supervision shall be provided by licensed, certified, or
license-eligible doctorally trained psychologists.
(11) In addition to individual supervision,
the training site shall provide a minimum of two hours per week of instruction
which may be met by group supervision, assigned reading, seminars, and
similarly constituted organized training experiences.
(12) This specified year of supervised
experience may be obtained at a predoctoral level, provided that an additional
year of supervised experience as defined in Paragraph (d) of this Rule is
obtained at a post-doctoral level.
(13) Internships accepted for listing in the
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology and internships
accredited by the American Psychological Association in Clinical Psychology,
Counseling Psychology, or School Psychology shall be deemed to meet the
requirements in this Paragraph.
(e) An applicant shall demonstrate one year
of supervised experience which meets the following requirements:
(1) The experience shall consist of a minimum
of one calendar year and include 1500 hours of supervised experience.
(2) The experience shall be completed within
a consecutive four-year period.
(3)
The supervision shall be for the direct provision of health services in
psychology by the applicant to individuals or groups of
clients/patients.
(4) At least one
hour per week of formal, face-to-face, individual supervision shall be
provided.
(5) The supervisor shall
be a licensed or certified psychologist, whose license or certificate was in
good standing, in the state where the practice occurred.
(6) The supervisor, at the time of
supervision, shall not be in a dual relationship with the supervisee, such as
spouse, relative, friend, or therapist.
(7) This specified year of supervised
experience may be obtained at a predoctoral level, provided that an additional
year of supervised experience as defined in Paragraph (c) of this Rule is
obtained at a post-doctoral level.
(f) An applicant who documents that he or she
meets any one of the following criteria shall be deemed to meet all
requirements of this Rule for certification as a health services provider
psychologist (HSP-P):
(1) is currently
approved for listing, or is currently listed, in the National Register of
Health Service Providers in Psychology;
(2) is a diplomate in good standing of the
American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology, Counseling
Psychology, or School Psychology;
(3) is a graduate from a doctoral program
which was accredited at the time of the applicant's graduation by the American
Psychological Association in Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, School
Psychology, or Combined Professional-Scientific Psychology and which included
an internship accredited by the American Psychological Association, and who
completes a postdoctoral year of supervised experience as defined in either
Paragraph(d) or (e) of this Rule;
(4) is a graduate from a doctoral program
which was fully accredited at the time of the applicant's graduation by the
American Psychological Association in School Psychology and which included an
internship meeting the guidelines of the Council of Directors of School
Psychology Programs as documented by the program chair, and who completes a
postdoctoral year of supervised experience as defined in either Paragraph (d)
or (e) of this Rule;
(5) is a
graduate who received a doctoral degree prior to 1979 from a program which
included course work which demonstrates an academic foundation in the provision
of health services as defined in Rule .2701(a) of this Section, and which
included the equivalent of a one year supervised internship in an American
Psychological Association accredited program providing health services, in a
Veterans Administration setting providing health services, or at a site
providing health services which was specifically acceptable to the applicant's
doctoral training program, and who completes a postdoctoral year of supervised
experience as defined in either Paragraph (c) or (d) of this Rule; or
(6) is approved for licensure under senior
psychologist requirements specified in
21 NCAC
54 .1707 and demonstrates that at least 25
percent of his or her qualifying practice has been in the provision of direct
health services, as defined in Rule .2701(a) of this Section.
(g) An applicant applying under
Subparagraph (f)(1) of this Rule, and who has not yet been approved for listing
in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, shall be
permitted to file an affidavit verifying that he or she qualifies for listing
in the Register. Upon receipt of this affidavit, the Board may issue a health
services provider certificate, conditioned upon receipt of a letter from the
Register within 60 days of receipt of the affidavit which confirms approval
for, or listing in, the Register. An extension of the 60 days may be granted
upon showing that additional time is needed for application review by the
National Register of Health Service Providers.
(h) An applicant for health services provider
certification who knowingly provides false or fraudulent information to the
Board with respect to his or her application, shall be subject to disciplinary
action by the Board, pursuant to
G.S.
90-270.148, including revocation of licensure
and the health services provider certificate.
Authority
G.S.
90-270.143;
90-270.146(a)(6),(c);
90-270.148(a)(3);
90-270.148(a)(22);
90-270.153(b);
Temporary Adoption Eff. December 19, 1994 for a period of 180 days or until the
permanent rule becomes effective, whichever is sooner;
RRC
Objection due to lack of statutory authority Eff. May 18, 1995;
Eff. June 21, 1995;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2000; August 1, 1996;
January 1, 1996;
Readopted Eff. April 1, 2020;
Amended
Eff. August 1, 2021.
