Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 60 - Board of Psychologist and Psychological Associate Examiners › Article 2 - Experience and Education › 12 AAC 60.080 - Criteria for evaluation of experience

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In order to be
				  credited with the experience required by
				  12 AAC 60.070, a psychologist or
				  psychological associate applicant must meet the following minimum requirements:
(1) the applicant's supervised experience
				  must have been in the same or a similar field of psychology as was the
				  applicant's education and training;
(2) a year of experience must consist of not
				  less than 1,500 clock hours completed in not less than 10 months and not more
				  than 24 consecutive calendar months; during weeks the applicant works, the
				  applicant must obtain at least 20 hours, but not more than 40 hours, of
				  supervised experience per week;
(3)
				  during
(A) the first year of post master's
				  supervised experience, contact between the supervisor and the applicant must be
				  for a minimum of two hours per week of face-to-face supervision, one hour of
				  which must be individual face-to-face supervision, dealing with direct services
				  provided by the applicant; an applicant must also obtain two additional hours
				  per week in learning activities, as defined in
				  12 AAC 60.990(a) (10), covering case conferences, ethics,
				  co-therapy, and other content assigned by the supervisor; and
(B) the second year of post master's and the
				  year of post doctoral supervised experience, contact between the supervisor and
				  applicant must be for a minimum of one hour per week of individual face-to-face
				  supervision dealing with direct services provided by the applicant;
(4) at least 80 percent of the
				  supervised experience must be with a licensed psychologist, a diplomate of the
				  American Board of Professional Psychology, or a person holding a doctorate
				  degree in psychology and who is considered by the board qualified to supervise;
				  20 percent of the supervised experience may be with a psychiatrist licensed
				  under AS 08.64 or a similar law of another state, a psychological associate
				  licensed under AS 08.86 or a similar law of another state, a clinical social
				  worker licensed under AS 08.95 or a similar law of another state, a marriage
				  and family therapist licensed under AS 08.63 or a similar law of another state,
				  or a professional counselor licensed under AS 08.29 or a similar law of another
				  state, who is qualified and competent in the specialty area that is the same or
				  similar to the field of psychology in which the applicant received education
				  and training;
(5) repealed
				  5/18/85;
(6) repealed
				  3/27/98;
(7) repealed
				  3/27/98;
(8) for a psychologist
				  applicant, post doctoral experience may be earned in any post doctoral training
				  program approved by the American Psychological Association or other program
				  determined by the board to be equivalent;
(9) of the supervised experience must be for
				  activities constituting direct services, and at least 50 percent of the
				  supervised experience must be face-to-face contact with patients.