Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 21 - TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGIST
Chapter 463 - APPLICATIONS AND EXAMINATIONS
Subchapter B - LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Section 463.15 - Criteria for Degrees Conferred Prior to 1979
Universal Citation: 22 TX Admin Code ยง 463.15
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) For applicants for licensure as a psychologist with a doctoral degree conferred prior to January 1, 1979, the transcript must reflect a doctoral degree that designates a major in psychology or the substantial equivalent of a doctoral degree in psychology in both subject matter and extent of training. A doctoral degree will be considered the substantial equivalent to a doctoral degree in psychology if the training program meets the following criteria:
(1)
Post-baccalaureate program in a regionally accredited institution of higher
learning. The program must have a minimum of 90 semester hours, not more than
12 of which are credit for doctoral dissertation and not more than six of which
are credit for master's thesis.
(2)
The program, wherever it may be administratively housed, must be clearly
identified and labeled. Such a program must specify in pertinent institutional
catalogs and brochures its intent to educate and train professional
psychologists.
(3) The program must
stand as a recognizable, coherent organizational entity within the institution.
A program may be within a larger administrative unit, e.g., department, area,
or school.
(4) There must be a
clear authority and primary responsibility for the core and specialty areas
whether or not the program cuts across administrative lines. The program must
have identifiable faculty and administrative heads who are psychologists
responsible for the graduate program. Psychology faculty are individuals who
are licensed or certified psychologists, or specialists of the American Board
of Professional Psychology (ABPP), or hold a doctoral degree in psychology from
a regionally accredited institution.
(5) The program must be an integrated,
organized sequence of studies, e.g., there must be identifiable curriculum
tracks wherein course sequences are outlined for students.
(6) The program must have an identifiable
body of students who matriculated in the program.
(7) The program must include supervised
practicum, internship, field or laboratory training appropriate to the practice
of psychology. The supervised field work or internship must have been a minimum
of 1,500 supervised hours, obtained in not less than a 12 month period nor more
than a 24 month period. Further, this requirement cannot have been obtained in
more than two placements or agencies.
(8) The curriculum shall encompass a minimum
of two academic years of full-time graduate studies for those persons have
enrolled in the doctoral degree program after completing the requirements for a
master's degree. The curriculum shall encompass a minimum of four academic
years of full-time graduate studies for those persons who have entered a
doctoral program following the completion of a baccalaureate degree and prior
to the awarding of a master's degree. It is recognized that educational
institutions vary in their definitions of full-time graduate studies. It is
also recognized that institutions vary in their definitions of residency
requirements for the doctoral degree.
(9) The following curricular requirements
must be met and demonstrated through appropriate course work:
(A) Scientific and professional ethics
related to the field of psychology.
(B) Research design and methodology,
statistics.
(C) The applicant must
demonstrate competence in each of the following substantive areas. The
competence standard will be met by satisfactory completion at the B level of a
minimum of six graduate semester hours in each of the four content areas. It is
recognized that some doctoral programs have developed special competency
examinations in lieu of requiring students to complete course work in all core
areas. Graduates of such programs who have not completed the necessary semester
hours in these core areas must submit to the Council evidence of competency in
each of the four core areas.
(i) Biological
basis of behavior: physiological psychology, comparative psychology,
neuropsychology, sensation and perception, psycho-pharmacology.
(ii) Cognitive-affective basis of behavior:
learning, thinking, motivation, emotion.
(iii) Social basis of behavior: social
psychology, group processes, organizational and system theory.
(iv) Individual differences: personality
theory, human development, abnormal psychology.
(10) All educational programs which train
persons who wish to be identified as psychologists will include course
requirements in specialty areas. The applicant must demonstrate a minimum of 24
hours in his/her designated specialty area.
(b) Any person intending to apply for licensure under the substantial equivalence clause must file with the Council an affidavit showing:
(1) Courses meeting each
of the requirements noted in subsection (a) of this rule verified by official
transcripts; and
(2) Appropriate,
published information from the university awarding the degree, demonstrating
that the requirements noted in subsection (a) of this rule have been
met.
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