Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 26 - BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGIST EXAMINERS › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R4-26-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. The definitions
				in A.R.S. §
									32-2061 apply to this
				Chapter.
B. Additionally, in this
				Chapter:
1. "Additional examination" means an
				examination administered by the Board to determine the competency of an
				applicant and may include questions about the applicant's knowledge and
				application of Arizona law, the practice of psychology, ethical conduct, and
				psychological assessment and treatment practices.
2. "Administrative completeness review" means
				the Board's process for determining that an applicant has provided all of the
				information and documents required by the Board to determine whether to grant a
				license to the applicant.
3.
				"Advertising" means any media used to disseminate information regarding the
				qualifications of a psychologist or to solicit clients or patients for
				psychological services, regardless of whether the psychologist pays for the
				advertising. Methods of advertising include a published statement or
				announcement, directory listing, business card, personal resume, brochure, or
				any electronic communication conveying the psychologist's professional
				qualifications or promoting use of the psychologist's professional
				services.
4. "Applicant" means an
				individual requesting licensure, renewal, or approval from the Board.
5. "Application packet" means the forms and
				documents the Board requires an applicant to submit to the Board.
6. "Applied psychology," as used in A.R.S.
				§
										32-2071(A), means
				the practice of psychology in the area of health service delivery. The Board
				shall consider education and training in applied psychology as qualification
				for licensure only if the education and training meet the standards specified
				in A.R.S. §
										32-2071.
7. "Case," in the context of
				R4-26-106(G),
				means a legal cause of action instituted before an administrative tribunal or
				in a judicial forum that relates to a psychologist's practice of
				psychology.
8. "Case conference"
				means a meeting that includes the discussion of a particular client or patient
				or case that is related to the practice of psychology.
9. "Client or patient record" means "adequate
				records" as defined in A.R.S. §
										32-2061(2),
				"medical records" as defined in A.R.S. §
										12-2291(6), and
				all records pertaining to assessment, evaluation, consultation, intervention,
				treatment, or the provision of psychological services in any form or by any
				medium.
10. "Complaint Screening
				Committee" means the committee of the Board established under A.R.S. §
										32-2081(H)  to
				conduct an initial review of complaints.
11. "Confidential record" means:
a. Minutes of an executive session of the
				Board;
b. A record that is
				classified as confidential by a statute or rule applicable to the
				Board;
c. All materials relating to
				an investigation by the Board, including a complaint, response, client or
				patient record, witness statement, investigative report, and any other
				information relating to a client's or patient's diagnosis, treatment, or
				personal or family life; and
d. The
				following regarding an applicant or licensee:
i. College or university
				transcripts;
ii. Home address, home
				telephone number, and e-mail address;
iii. Examination scores;
iv. Date of birth
v. Social Security
				number; and
vi. Candidate identification number for the national
				examination required under A.R.S. §
												32-2072(A).
12. "Credentialing agency" means
				the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, the National
				Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, or the American Board of
				Professional Psychology.
13. "Day"
				means a calendar day except in A.R.S. §
										32-2075(A)(4),
				"day" means a total of eight hours in providing psychological services
				regardless of the number of calendar days over which the hours are
				accumulated.
14. "Diplomate or
				specialist" means a status bestowed on a person by the American Board of
				Professional Psychology after successful completion of the work and
				examinations required.
15.
				"Directly available," as used in A.R.S. §
										32-2071(F)(2),
				means immediately available in person or by telephone or electronic
				transmission.
16. "Disaster," as
				used in A.R.S. §
										32-2075(A)(4),
				means a contingency or situation for which the governor declares a state of
				emergency under the authority provided at A.R.S. §
										35-192. The Board acknowledges any
				state of emergency declared by the governor or determined by the
				Board.
17. "Dissertation" means a
				document prepared as part of a graduate doctoral program that includes, at a
				minimum, separate sections that:
a. Review the
				literature on the psychology topic being investigated and state each research
				question and hypothesis under investigation;
b. Describe the method or procedure used to
				investigate each research question or hypothesis;
c. Describe and summarize the findings and
				results of the investigation;
d.
				Discuss the findings and compare them to the relevant literature presented in
				the literature review section; and
e. List the references used in the various
				sections of the dissertation, a majority of which are either journals of the
				American Psychological Association, Psychological Abstracts, or classified as a
				psychology subject by the Library of Congress.
18. "Fellow" means a status bestowed on a
				person by a psychology association or society.
19. "Gross negligence" means an extreme
				departure from the ordinary standard of care.
20. "Internship training program" means the
				supervised professional experience required in A.R.S. §
										32-2071(F).
21. "Last client or patient activity," as
				used in R4-26-106, means the last date a
				particular client or patient received direct clinical contact from the
				psychologist retaining the client's or patient's record.
22. "License period" means:
a. For a licensee who holds an odd-numbered
				license, the two years between the first day of the month after the licensee's
				birth month of one odd-numbered year and the last day of the licensee's birth
				month of the next odd-numbered year; and
b. For a licensee who holds an even-numbered
				license, the two years between the first day of the month after the licensee's
				birth month of one even-numbered year and the last day of the licensee's birth
				month of the next even-numbered year.
23. "National examination" means Parts 1 and
				2 of the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology provided by the
				Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards.
24. "Party" means the Board, an applicant, a
				licensee, or the state.
25.
				"Practice monitor," as used in
				R4-26-310, means a Board-approved
				licensed psychologist who monitors or oversees the remediation of the practice
				of another psychologist as part of a disciplinary process.
26. "Primarily psychological," in the context
				of A.R.S. §
										32-2071(A)(6),
				means subject matter that covers the practice of psychology as defined in
				A.R.S. §
										32-2061.
27. "Psychologist on staff," as used in
				A.R.S. §
										32-2071(F)(2),
				means a psychologist who is designated by the staff psychologist specified in
				A.R.S. §
										32-2071(F)(1)  to
				fulfill the responsibilities of a supervising psychologist in the training
				program.
28. "Psychometric testing"
				means measuring cognitive and emotional processes and learning through the
				administration of psychological tests.
29. "Raw test data" means test scores, client
				or patient responses to test questions or stimuli, and notes and recordings
				concerning client or patient statements and behavior during a psychologist's
				assessment and evaluation.
30.
				"Regulatory jurisdiction" means a state or territory of the U.S., the District
				of Columbia, or a foreign country with authority to grant or deny entry into a
				profession or occupation.
31.
				"Renewal year" means:
a. Each odd-numbered
				year for a licensee who holds an odd-numbered license, and
b. Each even-numbered year for a licensee who
				holds an even-numbered license.
32. "Retired," as used in A.R.S. §
										32-2073(G), means
				a psychologist has stopped practicing psychology, as defined in A.R.S. §
				322061.
33. "Stipend" means a fee
				paid to a supervisee that is not based on productivity or revenue
				generated.
34. "Substantive review"
				means the Board's process for determining whether an applicant meets the
				requirements of A.R.S. § 322071 through §
										32-2076 and this
				Chapter.
35. "Successfully
				completing," as used in A.R.S. §
										32-2071(A)(4),
				means receiving a passing grade in a course from an institution of higher
				education.
36. "Supervision," as
				used in R4-26-310, means review and
				oversight of the professional work of a psychologist by a Board-approved
				licensed psychologist as part of a disciplinary process.
37. "Supervise" means to control, oversee,
				and review the activities of an employee, intern, trainee, or resident who
				provides psychological services.
38. "Supervisor," as referenced in A.R.S.
				§
										32-2071(F)(2),
				means an individual who is:
a. Licensed or
				registered as a psychologist at the independent level in the regulatory
				jurisdiction in which the supervision occurs,
b. On staff as a supervisor with the training
				program for which supervision is provided, and
c. Directly available to the supervisee in
				case of an emergency or ensures another supervisor is directly available to the
				supervisee.
39. "Year,"
				as used in A.R.S. §
										32-2075(A)(4) 
				means a calendar year.