§465-7.6 Licensure of state employed clinical psychologists. (a) A psychologist providing diagnostic or treatment services in a clinical psychologist civil service position shall be licensed under this chapter; provided that a psychologist employed in a clinical psychologist position with a government agency in this State prior to January 1, 1988, shall be eligible for licensure subject to:
(1) Meeting the requirements of section 465-7(a)(1) and (3); provided that the examination requirement shall be limited to the state jurisprudence open book examination;
(2) Holding or having held the nonemergency hire position for two years; and
(3) Obtaining licensure before June 30, 1990.
(b) A psychologist employed in a civil service clinical psychologist position in this State after January 1, 1988, shall be licensed subject to:
(1) Meeting the requirements of section 465-7; and
(2) Obtaining licensure within two years from the date of employment.
(c) After the time period of subsections (a)(3) or (b)(2) has expired, a psychologist, employed in a civil service clinical psychologist position rendering diagnostic or treatment services, who has not obtained a license, shall immediately cease and desist the practice of psychology until a license is obtained pursuant to this chapter. [L 1988, c 197, §3; am L 1997, c 37, §4]