California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.1 - Board of Psychology › Article 3 - Education and Experience › Section 1387 - Supervised Professional Experience

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
This section applies to all trainees, pre- or post-doctoral,
				  who intend for hours of supervised professional experience (SPE) to count
				  toward meeting the licensing requirement stated in section
				  2914(c)
				  of the Business and Professions Code. Those trainees accruing hours of
				  supervised experience in areas of psychology that do not include direct mental
				  health services should refer to section
				  1387.3 for information on
				  establishing an alternate plan for SPE.
SPE is defined as an organized program that consists of a
				  planned, structured and administered sequence of professionally supervised
				  comprehensive clinical training experiences. SPE shall have a logical training
				  sequence that builds upon the skills and competencies of trainees to prepare
				  them for the independent practice of psychology once they become
				  licensed.
SPE shall include socialization into the profession of
				  psychology and shall be augmented by integrated modalities including mentoring,
				  didactic exposure, role-modeling, enactment, observational/vicarious learning,
				  and consultative guidance.
SPE shall include activities which address the integration of
				  psychological concepts and current and evolving scientific knowledge,
				  principles, and theories to the professional delivery of psychological services
				  to the consumer public.
SPE shall include only the time spent by the trainee engaged
				  in psychological activities that directly serve to prepare the trainee for the
				  independent practice of psychology once licensed. SPE shall not include
				  custodial tasks such as filing, transcribing or other clerical duties.
The term "trainee" as used in these regulations means a
				  psychology trainee working under one of the conditions listed in subsections
				  (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section.
(a)
				Pursuant to section
				2914(c) of the
				code, two years of qualifying SPE shall be completed and documented prior to
				licensure. One year of SPE shall be defined as 1500 hours. At least one year of
				SPE shall be completed postdoctorally. Each year of SPE shall be completed
				within a thirty (30) consecutive month period. If both years of SPE (3000
				hours) are completed postdoctorally, they shall be completed within a sixty
				(60) month period. Upon showing of good cause as determined by the board, these
				specified time limitations may be reasonably modified.
(1) Predoctoral SPE: Up to 1500 hours of SPE
				may be accrued predoctorally but only after completion of 48 semester/trimester
				or 72 quarter units of graduate coursework in psychology not including thesis,
				internship or dissertation. Predoctoral SPE may be accrued only as follows:
(A) In a formal internship placement pursuant
				to section
				2911 of the code, which is
				accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), or which is a
				member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers
				(APPIC) or the California Psychology Internship Council (CAPIC) and
				registration with the board is not required. A formal internship placement that
				actually began prior to January 1, 2007 that meets the membership requirements
				of, but is not a member of, APPIC or CAPIC will satisfy the requirements of
				this section; or
(B) As an employee
				of an exempt setting pursuant to section
				2910 of the code and registration
				with the board is not required; or
(C) As a registered psychological associate
				pursuant to section
				2913 of the code and registration
				with the board prior to commencing work is required; or
(D) Pursuant to a Department of Mental Health
				Waiver (5751.2 Welfare and Institutions Code) for which registration with the
				board is not required.