RULES AND REGULATIONS
STATE BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY
[49 PA. CODE CH. 41]
Corrective Amendment to 49 Pa. Code § 41.1
[31 Pa.B. 6944] The State Board of Psychology has discovered a discrepancy between the agency text of 49 Pa. Code § 41.1 (relating to definitions), as deposited with the Legislative Reference Bureau, and the text published at 28 Pa.B. 2412, 2413 (May 23, 1998) and the official text codified in the August 1998 Pennsylvania Code Reporter (Master Transmittal Sheet No. 285), and as currently appearing in the Pennsylvania Code. The definition of ''doctoral degree in a field related to psychology'' was inadvertently dropped at the time a 1998 amendment to another term was codified.
Therefore, under 45 Pa.C.S. § 901: The State Board of Psychology has deposited with the Legislative Reference Bureau a corrective amendment to 49 Pa. Code § 41.1. The corrective amendment to 49 Pa. Code § 41.1 is effective as of August 1, 1998, the date the defective official text was announced in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
The correct version of 49 Pa. Code § 41.1 appears in Annex A, with ellipses referring to the existing text of the regulation.
Annex A
TITLE 49. PROFESSIONAL AND
VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
PART I. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A. PROFESSIONAL AND
OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
CHAPTER 31. STATE BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY
GENERAL § 41.1. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
* * * * * Doctoral degree in a field related to psychology--A degree awarded upon successful completion of a program which meets the following criteria or which is approved by the Board under § 41.31(b)(3) (relating to qualifications for taking licensing examination):
(i) Offers training in an accredited college or university.
(ii) Wherever the program is administratively housed and regardless of what it is called or what other disciplines it encompasses, clearly demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Board, in pertinent institutional catalogs and brochures, that it provides education and training appropriate to the practice of psychology.
(iii) Stands as a recognized sequence within the overall program or department.
(iv) Comprises an integrated, organized sequence of study.
(v) Provides in its core program required instruction in ethics as they relate to scientific methods and professional standards, research design and methodology, statistics and psychometrics. In addition, requires students to demonstrate competence in each of the following four substantive content areas (this criterion will typically be met by requiring a minimum of three graduate semester hours in each area): biological bases of behavior--for example, physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology, sensation and perception, psychopharmacology; cognitive-affective bases of behavior--for example, learning, thinking, motivation, emotion; social bases of behavior--for example, social psychology, group processes, organizational and systems theory; individual differences--for example, human development, personality theory, abnormal psychology.
(vi) Includes supervised practicum, internship, field or laboratory training.
(vii) Includes course requirements in specialty areas of psychology.
(viii) Ensures that instruction, supervision and training in the areas enumerated in subparagraphs (v)--(vii) are appropriate to the practice of psychology. Considerations pertinent to this requirement are the psychological content and focus of courses and training, irrespective of title, and the psychological qualifications of the instructor--for example, professional identification, membership in professional organizations, licensure status.
(ix) Requires degree candidates to complete a combined total of at least 60 graduate semester hours in the areas described in subparagraphs (v)--(vii).
(x) Has a residency requirement that each degree candidate complete a minimum of two consecutive academic semesters as a matriculated student physically present at the institution granting the degree.
Doctoral degree in psychology--A degree awarded upon successful completion of a program in psychology which is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or which is designated by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) or by other designating groups acceptable to the Board; which is approved by the Board under § 41.31(b)(3); or which meets the following criteria:
(i) Offers training in an accredited college or university.
(ii) Is clearly identified and labeled as a psychology program, wherever it is administratively housed. Pertinent institutional catalogs and brochures shall specify the intent of the program to educate and train professional psychologists.
(iii) Stands as a recognizable, coherent organizational entity within the institution.
(iv) Clearly demonstrates authority and primary responsibility for the required core program (see subparagraph (viii)) and specialty areas (see subparagraph (x)), and for the admission, evaluation and recommendation of students for degrees, whether or not the degree program cuts across administrative lines.
(v) Comprises an integrated, organized sequence of study.
(vi) Has an identifiable psychology faculty who provide basic instruction in psychology and a psychologist who is responsible for the program.
(vii) Has an identifiable body of students who are matriculated in the program for the purpose of qualifying for a degree.
(viii) Provides in its core program required instruction in ethics as they relate to scientific methods and professional standards, research design and methodology, statistics and psychometrics. In addition, requires students to demonstrate competence in each of the following four substantive content areas (this criterion will typically be met by requiring a minimum of three graduate semester hours in each area): biological bases of behavior--for example, physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology, sensation and perception, psychopharmacology; cognitive-affective bases of behavior--for example, learning, thinking, motivation, emotion; social bases of behavior--for example, social psychology, group processes, organizational and systems theory; individual differences--for example, human development, personality theory, abnormal psychology.
(ix) Includes supervised practicum, internship, field or laboratory training appropriate to the practice of psychology.
(x) Includes course requirements in specialty areas of psychology.
(xi) Requires degree candidates to complete a combined total of at least 60 graduate semester hours in the areas described in subparagraphs (viii)--(x).
(xii) Has a residency requirement that each degree candidate complete a minimum of two consecutive academic semesters as a matriculated student physically present at the institution granting the degree.
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[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-2275. Filed for public inspection December 21, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
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