REPORT TITLE:
Mental Health Services License


DESCRIPTION:
Amends definition of "professional psychology training program."
Allows graduates of such programs in institutions of higher
education approved by a state, in addition to those accredited
regionally, to obtain a Hawaii licensee.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2408
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO LICENSING OF PSYCHOLOGISTS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 465-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending the definition of "professional psychology
 
 3 training program" to read as follows:
 
 4      ""Professional psychology training program" means a doctoral
 
 5 training program that includes (1) and (2), or (1) and (3) of the
 
 6 following:
 
 7      (1)  Is a planned program of study which reflects an
 
 8           integration of the science and practice of psychology
 
 9           including practica and internship; and
 
10      (2)  Is designated as a doctoral program in psychology by
 
11           the Association of State and Provincial Psychology
 
12           Boards and the National Register of Health Service
 
13           Providers in Psychology or is accredited by the
 
14           American Psychological Association or the Canadian
 
15           Psychological Association; or
 
16      (3)  Is offered in either a [regionally accredited]
 
17           regionally-accredited or state-approved institution of
 
18           higher education."
 

 
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 1      SECTION 2.  Section 465-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  Every applicant for a license as a psychologist shall
 
 4 submit evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant
 
 5 meets the following requirements:
 
 6      (1)  The applicant for licensure shall possess a doctoral
 
 7           degree from a professional psychology training program,
 
 8           awarded by an institution of higher education, or from
 
 9           either a [regionally accredited] regionally-accredited
 
10           or state-approved institution;
 
11      (2)  The applicant for licensure shall demonstrate that the
 
12           applicant has completed [two years] three thousand
 
13           hours of supervised experience in health service in
 
14           psychology, of which at least [one year is an] one
 
15           thousand five hundred hours are from a post doctoral
 
16           internship or residency program in an organized health
 
17           service training program[, and one year is post
 
18           doctoral]; and
 
19      (3)  The applicant for licensure has passed a written
 
20           examination as may be prescribed by the board."
 
21      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
22 New statutory material is underscored.
 

 
 
 
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 1      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 3                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________