Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 858 - MENTAL HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY, OREGON BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY › Division 10 - PROCEDURAL RULES › Section 858-010-0010 - Education Requirements - Psychologist

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
To meet the education requirement of ORS
				675.030(1),
				applicants for licensure must possess a doctoral degree in psychology from an
				approved doctoral program in psychology, as set forth below:
(1) A program accredited by the American
			 Psychological Association (APA) or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
			 as of the date the degree was conferred; or
(2) A program at an institution of higher
			 learning that was accredited by a regional accrediting agency as of the date
			 the degree was conferred, if the program submitted an application to the APA or
			 CPA for accreditation prior to the date the degree was conferred and has been
			 granted a site visit by the APA or CPA. The program must not have withdrawn its
			 APA or CPA accreditation application or have been denied accreditation as of
			 the date the licensure applicant enrolled in the program; or
(3) A foreign program where APA or CPA
			 accreditation is not available. The applicant must have their program evaluated
			 by a credentialing body recognized by the Board. Submission of foreign degree
			 evaluation and cost of the foreign degree qualification determination are the
			 responsibility of the applicant. The applicant must show that their graduate
			 program in psychology meets all of the following requirements:
(a) A minimum of three academic years of
			 full-time graduate study.
(b) A
			 minimum of one continuous year in-residence at the institution from which the
			 degree is granted.
(A) One continuous year
			 means two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters.
(B) In-residence means physical presence, in
			 person, at an educational institution or training facility in a manner that
			 facilitates acculturation into the profession, the full participation and
			 integration of the individual in the educational and training experience, and
			 includes faculty and student interaction.
(C) The doctoral program may include distance
			 education, but a minimum of one continuous year of the program shall be
			 in-residence. Programs that use physical presence, including face-to-face
			 contact for durations of less than one continuous year, (e.g., multiple long
			 weekends and/or summer intensive sessions) or that use video teleconferencing
			 or other electronic means as a substitute for physical presence at the
			 institution do not meet the in-residence requirement.
(c) The program, wherever it may be
			 administratively housed, must be clearly identified and labeled as a program in
			 psychology. Such a program must specify in pertinent institutional catalogues
			 and brochures its intent to educate and train professional
			 psychologists.
(d) The psychology
			 program must stand as a recognizable, coherent organizational entity within the
			 institution.
(e) There must be a
			 clear authority and primary responsibility for the core and specialty areas,
			 whether or not the program cuts across administrative lines.
(f) The program must be an integrated,
			 organized sequence of study.
(g)
			 There must be an identifiable psychology faculty sufficient in size and breadth
			 to carry out its responsibilities and a psychologist responsible for the
			 program.
(h) The program must have
			 an identifiable body of students who are matriculated in that program for a
			 degree.
(i) The program must
			 include a coordinated, sequential and supervised practicum appropriate to the
			 practice of psychology as described in OAR 858-010-0012.
(j) The program must include a coordinated,
			 sequential and supervised internship, field or laboratory training appropriate
			 to the practice of psychology as described in OAR 858-010-0013.
(k) The curriculum of the program must:
(A) Encompass a minimum of three academic
			 years of full time graduate study, including a minimum of one continuous year
			 in residence at the educational institution granting the doctoral
			 degree;
(B) Require an original
			 dissertation or equivalent that was psychological in nature that meets the
			 requirement for an approved doctoral program; and
(C) Include at least 30 semester hours or 45
			 quarter hours of credit in graded (not "pass-no pass") courses.
(l) The core program shall include
			 a minimum of three graduate semester hours or 4.5 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)
			 in each of the following substantive content areas:
(A) Scientific and professional ethics and
			 standards;
(B) Research design and
			 methodology;
(C)
			 Statistics;
(D) Psychometric
			 theory;
(E) Biological bases of
			 behavior such as physiological psychology, comparative psychology,
			 neuropsychology, sensation and perception, physical ergonomics, or
			 psychopharmacology;
(F)
			 Cognitive-affective bases of behavior such as learning, thinking, motivation,
			 emotion, memory, cognitive information processing, or social
			 cognition;
(G) Social bases of
			 behavior such as social psychology, group processes, organizational and systems
			 theory; and
(H) Individual
			 differences in behavior such as personality theory, human development,
			 personnel psychology or abnormal psychology.
(m) All professional education programs in
			 psychology must include course requirements in developed practice
			 areas/specialties.
(n) The program
			 must demonstrate that it provides training relevant to the development of
			 competence to practice in a diverse and multicultural society.
(o) Demonstration of competence in clinical
			 psychology shall be met by a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours or 27
			 graduate quarter hours in the following areas: personality and intellectual
			 assessment, diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and evaluating the efficacy of
			 intervention.
(p) If the program
			 does not meet the core and/or clinical coursework requirements of (l) and (o),
			 the applicant for licensure may remedy a deficiency of up to 6 semester hours
			 or 9 quarter hours by completing graduate level coursework in the deficient
			 content area(s) at a regionally accredited institution.