Section 338.2561. Application for licensure; limited licensed psychologist; requirements.

(1) Except as provided in R 338.2567, an applicant for a limited license under section 18223(2) of the code, MCL 333.18223(2), shall submit the required fee and a completed application on a form provided by the department. In addition to meeting the requirements of the code and these rules, the applicant shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a)     Education: The applicant for a limited license shall have earned a master's degree in psychology from an accredited educational institution that meets the standards in R

338.2529(2). The degree required under this subdivision shall satisfy all of the following requirements:

(i)     The degree shall be an integrated, organized sequence of study that includes at least 1 course in assessment, 1 course in treatment, and 1 course in scientific and professional ethics and standards. Effective June 30, 2009, the 1 course in scientific and professional ethics and standards shall be at least 3 semester hours or 15 hours of classroom instruction per semester hour. If an applicant graduated prior to June 30, 2009, and his or her master's degree included a graduate course in scientific and professional ethics of at least 1 credit hour, the applicant shall be considered to have complied with this paragraph.

(ii)     Seventy-five percent of the hours of the required course work shall be primarily psychological in content. The thesis and practicum are excluded from what is considered course work. The board may require the applicant to provide such material as it deems necessary to demonstrate the psychological content of a course. To be deemed psychological in content, a course shall satisfy at least 1 of the following criteria:

(A)    Course work: The subject of the material taught is psychological.

(B)    Psychology department: The course is taught in a psychology department.

(b)     Training: The applicant shall have completed a practicum that meets all of the following requirements:

(i)     The practicum shall be an integrated part of the master's degree program in any setting approved by the degree granting program. A post-degree practicum may be approved by the board if the practicum is through an accredited institution that meets the standards adopted in R 338.2529(2) and was completed for academic graduate credit.

(ii)     The practicum shall require not less than 500 clock hours of psychological work.

(iii)     The applicant shall be supervised by a psychologist who is licensed in this state, eligible for licensure in this state, or licensed or certified at the independent practice level in the state where the practicum takes place.

(iv)     The applicant shall meet in person with his or her supervisor for a minimum of 8 hours a month during the practicum.

(c)     Experience: The applicant shall have acquired 1 year of post-master’s degree experience in the practice of psychology that meets the requirements of R 338.2569(4).

(d)    Examination: The applicant shall have passed the examination approved by the board under R 338.2563. An individual who was licensed under section 18223(2) of the code, MCL 333.18223(2), prior to June 30, 2010, shall not be required to take the examination unless the individual’s license has lapsed for 3 years or more.

(2)     An applicant meets the requirements of subrule (1) of this rule if he or she was certified as a psychological examiner or eligible for certification as a psychological examiner under 1959 PA 257, MCL 338.1001 to 338.1019, on or before September 30, 1978.

(3)     An applicant who meets the requirements of R 338.2567 meets the requirements of subrule (1)(a) and (b) of this rule.

History: 2015 MR 17, Eff. Sept. 15, 2015.