2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.83A - Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. › 18.83A.060 - Temporary authorization to practice.

RCW 18.83A.060
Temporary authorization to practice.
(1) Compact states must recognize the right of a psychologist, licensed in a compact state in conformance with RCW 18.83A.030, to practice temporarily in other distant states in which the psychologist is not licensed, as provided in the psychology interjurisdictional compact.
(2) To exercise the temporary authorization to practice under the terms and provisions of the psychology interjurisdictional compact, a psychologist licensed to practice in a compact state must:
(a) Hold a graduate degree in psychology from an institute of higher education that was, at the time the degree was awarded:
(i) Regionally accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the United States department of education to grant graduate degrees, or authorized by provincial statute or royal charter to grant doctoral degrees; or
(ii) A foreign college or university deemed to be equivalent to an entity recognized under (a)(i) of this subsection by a foreign credential evaluation service that is a member of the national association of credential evaluation services or by a recognized foreign credential evaluation service;
(b) Hold a graduate degree in psychology that meets the following criteria:
(i) The program, wherever it may be administratively housed, must be clearly identified and labeled as a psychology program. The program must specify in pertinent institutional catalogues and brochures its intent to educate and train professional psychologists;
(ii) The program must stand as a recognizable, coherent, organizational entity within the institution;
(iii) There must be a clear authority and primary responsibility for the core and specialty areas whether or not the program cuts across administrative lines;
(iv) The program must consist of an integrated, organized sequence of study;
(v) There must be an identifiable psychology faculty sufficient in size and breadth to carry out its responsibilities;
(vi) The designated director of the program must be a psychologist and a member of the core faculty;
(vii) The program must have an identifiable body of students who are matriculated in that program for a degree;
(viii) The program must include supervised practicum, internship, or field training appropriate to the practice of psychology;
(ix) The curriculum shall encompass a minimum of three academic years of full-time graduate study for doctoral degree and a minimum of one academic year of full-time graduate study for a master's degree; and
(x) The program must include an acceptable residency as defined by the rules of the commission;
(c) Possess a current, full, and unrestricted license to practice psychology in a home state;
(d) Have no history of adverse action that violates the rules of the commission;
(e) Have no criminal record history reported on an identity history summary that violates the rules of the commission;
(f) Possess a current, active interjurisdictional practice certificate;
(g) Provide attestations in regard to areas of intended practice and work experience and provide a release of information to allow for primary source verification in a manner specified by the commission; and
(h) Meet other criteria as defined by the rules of the commission.
(3) A psychologist practicing into a distant state under the temporary authorization to practice must practice within the scope of practice authorized by the distant state.
(4) A psychologist practicing into a distant state under the temporary authorization to practice is subject to the distant state's authority and law. A distant state may, in accordance with that state's due process law, limit or revoke a psychologist's temporary authorization to practice in the distant state and may take other necessary actions under the distant state's applicable law to protect the health and safety of the distant state's citizens. If a distant state takes action, the state must promptly notify the home state and the commission.
(5) If a psychologist's license in any home state or compact state, or any temporary authorization to practice in any distant state, is restricted, suspended, or otherwise limited, the interjurisdictional practice certificate must be revoked and the psychologist may not practice telepsychology in a compact state under the temporary authorization to practice.
[ 2022 c 5 § 6.]