Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
To meet the education requirement of ORS
675.030(1),
applicants for licensure must possess a doctoral degree in psychology from an
approved doctoral program in psychology, as set forth below:
(1) A program accredited by the American
Psychological Association (APA) or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
as of the date the degree was conferred; or
(2) A program at an institution of higher
learning that was accredited by a regional accrediting agency as of the date
the degree was conferred, if the program submitted an application to the APA or
CPA for accreditation prior to the date the degree was conferred and has been
granted a site visit by the APA or CPA. The program must not have withdrawn its
APA or CPA accreditation application or have been denied accreditation as of
the date the licensure applicant enrolled in the program; or
(3) A foreign program where APA or CPA
accreditation is not available. The applicant must have their program evaluated
by a credentialing body recognized by the Board. Submission of foreign degree
evaluation and cost of the foreign degree qualification determination are the
responsibility of the applicant. The applicant must show that their graduate
program in psychology meets all of the following requirements:
(a) A minimum of three academic years of
full-time graduate study.
(b) A
minimum of one continuous year in-residence at the institution from which the
degree is granted.
(A) One continuous year
means two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters.
(B) In-residence means physical presence, in
person, at an educational institution or training facility in a manner that
facilitates acculturation into the profession, the full participation and
integration of the individual in the educational and training experience, and
includes faculty and student interaction.
(C) The doctoral program may include distance
education, but a minimum of one continuous year of the program shall be
in-residence. Programs that use physical presence, including face-to-face
contact for durations of less than one continuous year, (e.g., multiple long
weekends and/or summer intensive sessions) or that use video teleconferencing
or other electronic means as a substitute for physical presence at the
institution do not meet the in-residence requirement.
(c) The program, wherever it may be
administratively housed, must be clearly identified and labeled as a program in
psychology. Such a program must specify in pertinent institutional catalogues
and brochures its intent to educate and train professional
psychologists.
(d) The psychology
program must stand as a recognizable, coherent organizational entity within the
institution.
(e) There must be a
clear authority and primary responsibility for the core and specialty areas,
whether or not the program cuts across administrative lines.
(f) The program must be an integrated,
organized sequence of study.
(g)
There must be an identifiable psychology faculty sufficient in size and breadth
to carry out its responsibilities and a psychologist responsible for the
program.
(h) The program must have
an identifiable body of students who are matriculated in that program for a
degree.
(i) The program must
include a coordinated, sequential and supervised practicum appropriate to the
practice of psychology as described in OAR 858-010-0012.
(j) The program must include a coordinated,
sequential and supervised internship, field or laboratory training appropriate
to the practice of psychology as described in OAR 858-010-0013.
(k) The curriculum of the program must:
(A) Encompass a minimum of three academic
years of full time graduate study, including a minimum of one continuous year
in residence at the educational institution granting the doctoral
degree;
(B) Require an original
dissertation or equivalent that was psychological in nature that meets the
requirement for an approved doctoral program; and
(C) Include at least 30 semester hours or 45
quarter hours of credit in graded (not "pass-no pass") courses.
(l) The core program shall include
a minimum of three graduate semester hours or 4.5 or more graduate quarter
hours (when an academic term is other than a semester, credit hours will be
evaluated on the basis of 15 hours of classroom instruction per semester hour)
in each of the following substantive content areas:
(A) Scientific and professional ethics and
standards;
(B) Research design and
methodology;
(C)
Statistics;
(D) Psychometric
theory;
(E) Biological bases of
behavior such as physiological psychology, comparative psychology,
neuropsychology, sensation and perception, physical ergonomics, or
psychopharmacology;
(F)
Cognitive-affective bases of behavior such as learning, thinking, motivation,
emotion, memory, cognitive information processing, or social
cognition;
(G) Social bases of
behavior such as social psychology, group processes, organizational and systems
theory; and
(H) Individual
differences in behavior such as personality theory, human development,
personnel psychology or abnormal psychology.
(m) All professional education programs in
psychology must include course requirements in developed practice
areas/specialties.
(n) The program
must demonstrate that it provides training relevant to the development of
competence to practice in a diverse and multicultural society.
(o) Demonstration of competence in clinical
psychology shall be met by a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours or 27
graduate quarter hours in the following areas: personality and intellectual
assessment, diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and evaluating the efficacy of
intervention.
(p) If the program
does not meet the core and/or clinical coursework requirements of (l) and (o),
the applicant for licensure may remedy a deficiency of up to 6 semester hours
or 9 quarter hours by completing graduate level coursework in the deficient
content area(s) at a regionally accredited institution.
(4) Applicants must provide syllabi or other
documentation regarding course content upon the Board's request.
