West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 17 - Psychologists › Title 17 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WV BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Series 17-03 - Requirements for Licensure as a Psychologist and/or a School Psychologist › Section 17-3-4 - Doctoral Level Training Requirements

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
4.1. W. Va. Code §
									30-21-7
				requires that doctoral level applicants possess a doctor of philosophy degree
				(Ph.D.), or the equivalent. The Psy.D. is determined to be equivalent to the
				Ph.D. The Board or its Committee shall evaluate all equivalency applications.
				It is the responsibility of equivalency applicants to prove equivalency. The
				Board may not automatically grant equivalency status. Applications based on an
				equivalent degree may require more time to process because of the need to
				obtain more information.
4.2. At
				least half of the doctoral courses completed for credit beyond the masters
				degree, for those with an equivalency application, shall be clearly identified
				by title and course content as being psychological in nature, and must have
				been taught by an individual with a graduate degree in psychology. The Board
				may interpret a specific course to be psychological in nature even though it is
				not labeled as a psychology course. The Board shall render this opinion if it
				believes that the course is psychological in content and has been taught by an
				individual with a graduate degree in psychology.
4.3. The doctoral degree course study in
				psychology shall include a pre-doctoral or post-doctoral internship approved by
				the American Psychological Association or its equivalent. The Board shall
				require an applicant who has not completed such an internship to have an
				additional year of Board-approved supervision beyond the required one
				year.
4.4. An acceptable formal
				one-year internship or its equivalent shall meet all the following criteria:
4.4.a. The internship shall be an organized
				training program, in contrast to supervised experience or on-the-job training,
				designed to provide the intern with a planned, programmed sequence of training
				experiences;
4.4.b. Its primary
				purpose shall be to assure breadth and quality of training;
4.4.c. There shall be a clearly designated
				licensed psychologist responsible for the integrity and quality of the
				internship program;
4.4.d.
				Internship supervision shall be provided by a staff member of the internship
				agency; the staff member is clinically responsible for the cases being
				supervised;
4.4.e. At least three
				quarters (75%) of the internship supervision shall be provided by two (2)_or
				more psychologists;
4.4.f. The
				internship shall provide training in a range of assessment, consultation and
				treatment activities conducted directly with patients, agencies, or
				organizations seeking psychological services;
4.4.g. At least fifty percent (50%) of the
				intern's time shall involve direct contact with clients, agencies, or
				organizations seeking psychological services (minimum 500 hours);
4.4.h. The internship shall include a minimum
				of two (2) hours per week (40-hour work week) of regularly scheduled, formal,
				face-to-face, individual supervision with the specific intent of dealing with
				psychological services rendered directly by the intern;
4.4.i. The intern shall participate at least
				two (2) additional hours per week in learning activities such as case
				conferences, seminars, co-therapy, group supervision, and additional individual
				supervision;
4.4.j. The internship
				experience, shall be full time based on APA standards, and shall be completed
				within twenty-four (24) months, although the Board may waive this requirement
				under exceptional circumstances.