Code of Maine Rules › 02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION › 415 - STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Chapter 4 - LICENSURE OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 415-4-1 - Education

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The applicant must possess a doctoral degree in psychology
				  that met any of the following criteria at the time the degree was
				  awarded:
1.
APA
				Accreditation
The program is accredited by the APA.
2.
CPA Accreditation
The program is accredited by the CPA.
3.
NASP Approval
The program is approved by NASP at the doctoral level.
4.
Programs Not Accredited
				or Approved by APA, CPA or NASP
The program is listed as designated in "Doctoral Psychology
				  Programs Meeting Designation Criteria," published periodically by the ASPPB/NR
				  Joint Designation Program, through having satisfied criteria 2-10 of
				  "Guidelines for Defining a Doctoral Degree in Psychology" utilized by the
				  ASPPB/NR Joint Designation Program,
OR
the program meets all of the following criteria:
A.Doctoral training in professional
				psychology is doctoral training offered in a regionally accredited institution
				of higher education. A regionally accredited institution is an institution with
				regional accreditation in the United States, an institution with provincial
				authorization in Canada, or in other countries, an institution that is
				accredited by a body that is deemed by the board to be performing a function
				equivalent to U.S. regional accrediting bodies;
B.The program, wherever it may be
				administratively housed, must be clearly identified and labeled as a psychology
				program. Such a program must specify in pertinent institutional catalogs and
				brochures its intent to educate and train professional psychologists;
C.The psychology program must stand as a
				recognizable, coherent organizational entity within the institution;
D.There must be a clear authority and primary
				responsibility for the core and specialty areas whether or not the program cuts
				across administrative lines;
E.The
				program must be an integrated, organized sequence of study;
F.There must be an identifiable psychology
				faculty sufficient in size and breadth to carry out its responsibilities and an
				identified psychologist responsible for the program. The faculty must be
				located on site at the campus where students complete the 2 years of full-time
				residency required by paragraph I below;
G.The program must have an identifiable body
				of students who are matriculated in that program for a degree;
H.The program must include a coordinated
				practicum of at least two semesters in duration, and 1 year of predoctoral
				supervised experience (i.e., internship) that meets the requirements of Section
				2 of this chapter;
I.The curriculum must encompass a minimum of
				3 academic years of full-time graduate study that includes a minimum of 2 years
				full-time residency at the educational institution granting the doctoral
				degree. The core program must require every student to demonstrate competence
				in each of the following substantive areas. This typically will be met through
				substantial instruction in each of these foundational areas, as demonstrated by
				a minimum of 3 graduate semester hours, 5 or more graduate quarter hours (when
				an academic term is other than a semester, credit hours will be evaluated on
				the basis of 15 hours of classroom instruction per semester hour), or the
				equivalent:
(1) Scientific and professional
				ethics and standards;
(2) Research
				design and methodology;
(3)
				Statistics;
(4) Psychometric
				theory;
(5) Biological bases of
				behavior: physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology,
				sensation and perception, and psychopharmacology;
(6) Cognitive-affective bases of behavior:
				learning, thinking, motivation, and emotion;
(7) Social bases of behavior: social
				psychology, group processes, organizational and systems theory;
(8) Individual differences: personality
				theory, human development, and abnormal psychology; and
(9) Applied psychology: e.g., forensic,
				therapy techniques, neuropsychology, industrial organizational,
				school.