Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXIII - Psychologists › Subpart 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 3 - Training and Credentials › Section LXIII-303 - Doctoral Programs in Psychology

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A graduate whose of a doctoral program, at
				  the time of graduation, that is either accredited by the American Psychological
				  Association, or listed by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology
				  Boards (ASPPB) and the National Register of Health Service Providers in
				  Psychology's former yearly joint publication of the Doctoral Psychology
				  Programs Meeting Designation Criteria is recognized as holding a doctoral
				  degree with a major in psychology from a university offering a full-time
				  graduate course of study in psychology.
B. A graduate of a doctoral program that is
				  neither listed in Designate Doctoral Programs in Psychology nor accredited by
				  the American Psychological Association must meet the criteria in Paragraphs
				  B.1-B.11 below.
1. Training in professional
				  psychology is doctoral training offered in a regionally accredited institution
				  of higher education.
2. 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 in an applied area of psychology recognized by the
				  board.
3. The psychology program
				  must stand as a recognizable, coherent organizational entity within the
				  institution.
4. There must be a
				  clear authority and primary responsibility for the core and specialty areas
				  whether or not the program cuts across administrative lines.
5. The program must be an integrated,
				  organized sequence of study.
6.
				  There must be an identifiable psychology faculty and a psychologist responsible
				  for the program.
7. The program
				  must have an identifiable body of students who are matriculated in that program
				  for a degree.
8. The program must
				  include supervised practicum, internship, field or laboratory training
				  appropriate to the practice of psychology, in an applied area of specialization
				  recognized by the board.
9. The
				  program shall be an internal degree program (as opposed to an external degree
				  program unless it is either designated by the Association of State and
				  Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) and the National Register or it is
				  accredited by the American Psychological Association.)
10. The doctoral program shall involve at
				  least one continuous academic year of full-time residency on the campus of the
				  institution at which the degree is granted.
11. For individuals who were trained prior to
				  2015, the curriculum shall encompass a minimum of three academic years of
				  full-time graduate study. The program of study shall typically include graduate
				  coursework with a minimum of three semester hours (five quarter hours) in each
				  of the following three areas: scientific and professional ethics and standards,
				  research design and methodology, and statistics and methodology. In cases where
				  the material from one of these areas was incorporated into other courses, the
				  program director shall submit material to the board indicating the educational
				  equivalence of this requirement. Additionally, the core program shall require
				  each student to demonstrate competence in each of the following substantive
				  areas. This requirement typically will be met by including a minimum of three
				  or more graduate semester hours (five or more graduate quarter hours) in each
				  of the four substantive content areas. Graduates who cannot document competence
				  in all substantive content areas (§303.C 11.a-d below),
				  may demonstrate competence by taking additional course work or examination, not
				  to exceed one substantive content area:
a.
				  biological bases of behavior-physiological psychology, comparative psychology,
				  neuropsychology, sensation and perception, psychopharmacology;
b. cognitive-affective bases of
				  behavior-learning, thinking, motivation, emotion;
c. social bases of behavior-social
				  psychology, group processes, organizational and systems theory;
d. individual difference-personality theory,
				  human development, abnormal psychology. In addition, all professional doctoral
				  programs in psychology will include course requirements in specialty
				  areas.