Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Bureau of Professional Licensing › Board of Psychology › Board of Psychology - General Rules › Part 3 - LIMITED LICENSED PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section R. 338.2561 - Application for licensure; limited licensed psychologist; requirements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 61.
(1)
					 Except as provided under
					 R 338.2567, an applicant for limited
					 licensure under section
					 18223(2) of
					 the code, MCL
					 333.18223, shall satisfy the
					 requirements of the code and the rules promulgated under the code, as well as
					 all the following requirements:
(a) Provide
					 the required fee and a completed application on a form provided by the
					 department.
(b) Provide proof, as
					 directed by the department, verifying completion of a master's degree in
					 psychology from an accredited educational institution that satisfies the
					 standards under R 338.2529(1) or
					 (2). The degree required under this
					 subdivision must satisfy all the following requirements:
(i) Be an integrated, organized sequence of
					 study that includes not less than 1 course in assessment, 1 course in
					 treatment, and 1 course in scientific and professional ethics and standards.
					 Effective June 30, 2009, the course in scientific and professional ethics and
					 standards must be not less than 3 semester hours or 15 hours of classroom
					 instruction per semester hour. If an applicant graduated before June 30, 2009,
					 and the master's degree included a graduate course in scientific and
					 professional ethics of not less than 1 credit hour, the applicant has complied
					 with this paragraph.
(ii)
					 Seventy-five percent of the hours of the required course work must be primarily
					 psychological in content. The thesis and practicum are excluded from what is
					 considered course work. The board may require the applicant to provide material
					 it determines is necessary to demonstrate the psychological content of a
					 course. To be determined psychological in content, a course must satisfy at
					 least 1 of the following requirements:
(A) The
					 subject of the material taught is psychological.
(B) The course is taught in a psychology
					 department.
(c)
					 Provide proof, as directed by the department, verifying the completion of a
					 practicum that satisfies all the following requirements:
(i) Was an integrated part of a master's
					 degree program that satisfies the requirements under subdivision (b) of this
					 subrule, or a substantially equivalent post master's degree practicum as
					 determined by the board. A post-degree practicum may be approved by the board
					 if the practicum is through an accredited institution that satisfies the
					 standards adopted under
					 R 338.2529(1) or
					 (2) and completed for academic graduate
					 credit. The post-degree practicum must not be implemented before the board has
					 approved it. A written, narrative request to the board for approval of a post
					 master's degree practicum must include, at a minimum, the following
					 information:
(A) An explanation of the reason
					 the practicum was not an integrated part of a master's degree
					 program.
(B) Why a practicum is
					 being pursued post-degree instead of as an integrated part of the master's
					 degree program.
(C) The name and
					 address of the accredited institution offering the proposed
					 practicum.
(D) The responsibilities
					 the practicum requires.
(E) When
					 the practicum is to take place and the hourly time commitment.
(F) How the practicum is to be supervised and
					 by whom.
(G) The demographic makeup
					 of the geographic area where the practicum is to take place.
(H) Whether others have utilized the
					 practicum provider.
(ii)
					 Required not less than 500 clock hours of psychological work.
(iii) The applicant was supervised by a
					 psychologist that was licensed in this state, eligible for licensure in this
					 state, or licensed or certified at the independent practice level in the state
					 where the practicum took place.
(iv) The applicant met in-person or via 2-way
					 real-time audiovisual technology that allowed direct, contemporaneous
					 interaction by sight and sound between the supervisor and the supervisee for a
					 minimum of 2 hours a week during the practicum.
(d) Provide proof, as directed by the
					 department, verifying the completion of 1 year of post master's degree
					 experience in the practice of psychology that satisfies the requirements under
					 R
					 338.2569(4).
(e) Provide proof, as directed by the
					 department, verifying a passing score on the examination adopted under
					 R 338.2563.