KRS § 319.015 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 319 / Section 319.015
319.015 Activities not included in practice of psychology
Status: in_force

319.015 Activities not included in practice of psychology.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit:

(1) The activities, services, and use of title on the part of a person in the employ of the

federal government;

(2) Persons from engaging in the teaching of psychology, the conduct of psychological

research, the provision of consultation services to organizations or institutions, or

the provision of expert testimony, provided that such activities do not involve the

delivery or supervision of direct psychological services to individuals or groups;

(3) Persons licensed, certified, or registered under any other provision of the Kentucky

Revised Statutes from rendering services consistent with the laws regulating their

professional practice and the ethics of their profession. The use of written or

computerized interpretations of any psychological testing or the administration and

use of symptomatic and behavioral assessments by a practitioner of the healing arts

as defined in KRS 311.271(2), clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist,

professional art therapist, advanced practice registered nurse, physician, physical

therapist, or occupational therapist who uses these interpretations or administers and

uses these assessments shall not be limited. They shall not represent themselves to

be psychologists or use the term "psychological" in describing their services;

(4) The activities of a student, intern, or resident in psychology, pursuing a course of

study approved by the department of psychology of an educational institution rated

acceptable by the board for qualifying training and experience, provided such

activities are recognized by transcript as a part of his or her supervised course of

study;

(5) The recognized educational activities of teachers in accredited public and private

schools, the authorized duties of guidance counselors who are certified by the

Education Professional Standards Board, or the activities of persons using

psychological techniques in business and industrial organizations for employment

placement, promotion, or job adjustment of their own officers and employees;

(6) Persons who are credentialed as school psychologists by the Education Professional

Standards Board from using the title "school psychologist" and practicing

psychology as defined in KRS 319.010, if their practice is restricted to regular

employment within a setting under the purview of the Education Professional

Standards Board. These individuals shall be employees of the educational

institution and not independent contractors providing psychological services to

educational institutions;

(7) A duly ordained minister, priest, rabbi, Christian Science practitioner, or other

clergyman from carrying out his or her responsibilities while functioning in a

ministerial capacity within a recognized religious organization serving the spiritual

needs of its constituency, if he or she does not hold himself or herself out as a

psychologist; or

(8) Any nonresident temporarily employed in this state from rendering psychological

services for not more than thirty (30) days every two (2) years, if he or she holds a

valid current license or certificate as a psychologist in his or her home state or

country and registers with the board prior to commencing practice in the

Commonwealth or if he or she holds a valid current IPC.