2023 Tennessee Code › Title 63 - PROFESSIONS OF THE HEALING ARTS (§§ 63-1-NEW — 63-32-119) › Chapter 11 - PSYCHOLOGISTS (§§ 63-11-101 — 63-11-613) › Part 3 - APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYST LICENSING COMMITTEE (§§ 63-11-301 — 63-11-312) › Section 63-11-302 - Part definitions

As used in this part:
(1)
"Board" means the board of examiners in psychology, created by §
63-11-101
;
(2)
"Certifying entity" or "BACB" means the nationally accredited behavior analyst certification board or its successor;
(3)
"Co-employed relationship" means the licensed behavior analyst and licensed assistant behavior analyst are employed by the same employer;
(4)
"Committee" means the applied behavior analyst licensing committee of the board of examiners in psychology, created by §
63-11-303
;
(5)
"Employee-employer relationship" means the licensed behavior analyst is the employer of the licensed assistant behavior analyst. This relationship may include contractual employment or consultant services;
(6)
"Human services professional" means an individual licensed or certified in this state as a:
(A)
Physical therapist or physical therapist assistant;
(B)
Occupational therapist or occupational therapist assistant;
(C)
Clinical social worker;
(D)
Masters social worker;
(E)
Social work associate;
(F)
Psychologist or health service psychologist;
(G)
Speech pathologist;
(H)
Audiologist;
(I)
Professional counselor or professional counselor candidate;
(J)
Marital and family therapist or marital and family therapist candidate;
(K)
Licensed psychological examiner; or
(L)
Senior licensed psychological examiner;
(7)
"Licensed assistant behavior analyst" or "LABA" means an individual who is certified as a board certified assistant behavior analyst (BCABA) and is licensed in this state to practice applied behavior analysis under the extended authority and supervision of a licensed behavior analyst;
(8)
"Licensed behavior analyst" or "LBA" means an individual who is certified as a board certified behavior analyst (BCBA) or board certified behavior analyst-doctoral (BCBA-D) and is licensed in this state to practice applied behavior analysis as an independent practitioner;
(9)
(A)
"Practice of applied behavior analysis" means the design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications by a behavior analyst to produce socially significant improvements in human behavior. It includes the empirical identification of functional relations between behavior and environmental factors, known as functional assessment and analysis;
(B)
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) interventions are based on scientific research and the direct observation and measurement of behavior and environment. They utilize contextual factors, motivating operations, antecedent stimuli, positive reinforcement, and other procedures to help people develop new behaviors, increase or decrease existing behaviors, and emit behaviors under specific environmental conditions;
(C)
The practice of applied behavior analysis expressly excludes psychological testing, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, sex therapy, psychoanalysis, hypnotherapy, and long-term counseling as treatment modalities;
(10)
"Real-time supervision" means observation and provision of feedback to a supervisee's delivery of ABA services by an LBA or an LABA who is supervised by an LBA during interactions occurring in person or via technology that permits auditory and visual contact between supervisors and supervisees;
(11)
"Supervisee" means a person who delivers ABA services under the extended authority and supervision of an LBA or an LABA who is supervised by an LBA; and
(12)
"Supervision" means the direct observation and provision of feedback to a supervisee by an LBA or an LABA who is supervised by an LBA.
Acts 2014 , ch. 918, § 2.