Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1400 - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST LICENSING ACT › Subpart B - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST › Section 1400.100 - Licensure Qualifications

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
An individual applying for licensure as a clinical
				  psychologist pursuant to the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act [ 225 ILCS 15
				  ] (the Act) shall meet the following educational/experience requirements of
				  subsection (a), (b) or (c).
a) In
				accordance with Section 10(3)(a) of the Act, the individual shall be
a
				graduate of a doctoral program in clinical, school or counseling psychology
				accredited by the American Psychological Association or approved by the
				National Register of Health Service Psychologists and shall complete 2 years of
				supervised clinical, school or counseling psychology
experience in
				accordance with Section
				1400.110(a) and
				(d),
one of which shall be an
				internship and one of which shall be postdoctoral
. (Section 10(3)(a)
				of the Act)
b) In accordance with
				Section 10(3)(b) of the Act, the individual
shall be a graduate of a
				doctoral program that is equivalent to a clinical, school or counseling
				psychology program and shall complete 2 years of supervised clinical, school or
				counseling psychology
experience in accordance with Section
				1400.110(a) and
				(d),
one of which shall be an
				internship and one of which shall be postdoctoral
.
1) In determining equivalent programs, the
				following minimum standards shall be met:
A)
				The program is from a regionally accredited
university, college or
				school;
B) The program
				constitutes the university's, college's or school's clinical, school or
				counseling psychology program as certified by the dean of the institution and
				includes a practicum as defined in Section
				1400.110(b).
				(If there is an additional clinical, school or counseling program that exists
				under the clinical, school or counseling psychology name, the applicant shall
				apply under Section 10(3) of the Act and subsection (c) of this
				Section.);
C) The program, wherever
				administratively housed, must be clearly identified and labeled as a psychology
				program. The program must specify in institutional catalogues and brochures its
				intent to educate and train psychologists;
D) The program is an organizational entity
				within the institution;
E) The
				program has an integrated, organized sequence of study;
F) The program has an identifiable core
				psychology faculty on site and a psychologist responsible for the
				program;
G) The program has an
				identifiable body of students who are matriculated in that program for a
				degree;
H) The program encompasses
				a minimum of 3 academic years of full-time graduate study;
I) The program has a one year residence.
				Residence requires interaction with psychology faculty and other matriculated
				psychology students. One year's residence or its equivalent is defined as
				follows:
i) 30 semester hours taken on a
				full-time or part-time basis at the institution, accumulated within 24 months;
				or
ii) A minimum of 350 hours of
				student-faculty contact involving face-to-face individual or group courses or
				seminars accumulated within 18 months. The educational meetings must include
				both faculty-student and student-student interaction, be conducted by the
				psychology faculty of the institution at least 90% of the time, be fully
				documented by the institution, and relate substantially to the program and
				course content. The institution must clearly document how the applicant's
				performance is assessed and evaluated.