Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 510 - RULES OF STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Chapter 510-2 - LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION › Rule 510-2-.05 - Internship and Postdoctoral Supervised Work Experience

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Requirements.
In order to satisfy the experience requirement for
			 licensure the applicant must have completed an internship and a postdoctoral
			 supervised work experience (SWE).
(2)
Definitions.
(a) An Intern is a person who is engaged in
			 the predoctoral year of applied experience in a psychological
			 internship.
(b) An Internship is an
			 organized, coherent set of training experiences in the specialty/concentration
			 area of the practice of psychology (i.e., clinical, counseling, school, mental
			 retardation/developmental disability or industrial/organizational psychology)
			 that are characterized by greater depth, breadth, duration, frequency, and
			 intensity than practicum training and is either APA or CPA accredited or meets
			 the equivalency criteria set by the Board.
1.
			 An applicant who was enrolled in an APA or CPA approved program prior to May of
			 2003, and who was a student in good standing, will be deemed to have met the
			 above noted internship requirement, and,
2. Provided the applicant completed/graduated
			 from the program within a seven (7) year period from the date of
			 enrollment.
(c) An
			 Internship Site is a setting in which an internship occurs and is either a
			 hospital, accredited school, university, consulting firm, public agency, public
			 or private organization, or public or private practice.
(d) A Fellow is a person who is engaged in
			 completing a postdoctoral supervised work experience or a post-doctoral
			 fellowship.
(e) A Postdoctoral
			 Supervised Work Experience (SWE) is 1500 hours of individually supervised
			 experience following the internship and the completion of the doctoral
			 degree.
(f) An Internship or
			 Postdoctoral Supervisor (internship/SWE Supervisor) is a psychologist who
			 oversees an internship or SWE and who meets both of the following requirements
			 below:
1. Possesses current licensure issued
			 by the Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychologists or current licensure issued
			 by a psychology board in another jurisdiction whose standards are not lower
			 than those of Georgia; and
2. Is
			 not currently under the terms of a disciplinary order against the professional
			 license issued by the Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychologists or licensure
			 issued by any other state or jurisdiction.
(g) A Senior Industrial/Organizational (I/O)
			 Psychologist is a person who has earned a Ph.D. in I/O psychology or a related
			 field within the discipline of psychology, and who:
1. Meets the educational requirements for
			 licensure of I/O psychologists; and
2. Has completed five years of independent
			 practice concentrated in one or more of the following domains:
(i) Employee Selection and
			 Placement;
(ii) Performance
			 Management;
(iii) Human Factors and
			 Engineering Psychology;
(iv)
			 Organization Development; and
(v)
			 Training and Development. Fulfillment of this practice requirement shall be
			 documented by three other psychologists, who are licensed and are members of
			 the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, who attest to the
			 nature and extent of the candidate's expertise and work experience, and to the
			 quality of work; and
3.
			 Provides documentation of achievement and competence in the practice of I/O
			 psychology. Fulfillment of this requirement shall be documented by provision of
			 descriptions of three separate and organizationally significant interventions
			 in the domains listed above for which the applicant had primary responsibility
			 for all phases including: problem definition, design, development,
			 implementation, and evaluation. For each intervention, a 1-2 page narrative
			 description must be submitted. The description must include a summary of each
			 phase and the name, address, and telephone number of a person from the client
			 organization whom the Board could contact for additional information, if
			 necessary.
(h) A
			 Non-Licensed I/O Supervisor is a person who has an earned Ph.D. in
			 Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychology or a related field within the
			 discipline of psychology who is not licensed, but may also qualify by meeting
			 the following requirements:
1. Five years of
			 practice in Industrial/Organizational psychology; and
2. Submission of three references to the
			 Board from other psychologists, attesting to the nature of his or her area of
			 expertise, work experience, and quality of work. At least one reference must be
			 from a psychologist who is a current or former direct supervisor.
(i) A Non-Licensed MR/DD
			 Supervisor is a person who has an earned Ph.D. in mental retardation/
			 Developmental Disabilities (MR/DD) psychology or a related field within the
			 discipline of psychology but who is not licensed may also qualify by meeting
			 the following requirements:
1. Five years of
			 practice in MR/DD psychology; and
2. Submission of three references to the
			 Board from other psychologists, attesting to the nature of his/her area of
			 expertise, work experience, and quality of his/her work. At least one reference
			 must be from a psychologist who is a current or former direct
			 supervisor.
(j) A
			 Secondary Supervisor is a person who oversees no more than 20% of an internship
			 or SWE. For interns, the secondary supervisor must be affiliated with an
			 internship program. All secondary supervisors must meet the following
			 requirements:
1. Current licensure by the
			 State of Georgia or by a licensing board in another jurisdiction in Psychology,
			 Medicine (Psychiatry, Neurology, or other relevant medical field);
			 and,
2. Pre-approval (in writing)
			 by the primary internship/SWE supervisor.
3. Is not currently under the terms of a
			 disciplinary order against the professional license issued by the Georgia Board
			 of Examiners of Psychologists or licensure issued by any other state or
			 jurisdiction.