6902 EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

6902.1 Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, an applicant for a license shall furnish proof satisfactory to the Board, in accordance with §504(o) of the Act, D.C. Code §2-3305.4(o) (1987 Supp.) of the following:

(a) That the applicant has received a doctoral degree from an institution which was accredited, at the time the degree was conferred, by an accrediting body recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education or the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation; and

(b) That the applicant meets one of the following requirements:

(1) That the applicant's doctoral degree or doctoral program transcript specifies on its face that the degree is in psychology;

(2) That the Office of the Registrar of the applicant's educational institution certifies directly to the Board that the applicant's doctoral degree is in psychology;

(3) That the applicant's doctoral degree program is listed in the edition of "Designated Doctoral Programs in Psychology," published annually by the American Association of State Psychology Boards or the Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (the National Register), applicable for the year in which the degree was conferred; or

(4) That the applicant is recognized by the National Register as having completed a doctoral degree program in psychology under the National Register's transition policy.

6902.2 An applicant shall submit a certified transcript of the applicant's educational record(s) from the educational institution to the Board with the completed application.

6902.3 An applicant for a license shall furnish the following proof satisfactory to the Board Pursuant to § 6902.9 that the applicant has obtained a minimum of four thousand (4,000) hours of psychological practice.

6902.4 Pursuant to § 6902.9, the four thousand hours may have been acquired after conferral of the doctoral degree or, two thousand (2,000) hours may have been acquired during a pre-doctoral internship with the remaining two thousand (2,000) hours acquired after conferral of the doctoral degree.

6902.5 Pursuant to § 6902.9, the four thousand (4,000) hours shall be performed under the supervision of a psychologist, psychiatrist, or independent clinical social worker licensed in a jurisdiction of the United States unless otherwise permitted.

6902.6 If an applicant chooses to acquire the four thousand (4,000) hours of psychological practice after he or she has obtained the doctoral degree, the hours shall be obtained over a period of not less than two (2) years and not more than three (3) years commencing the day after conferral of the applicant's doctoral degree but before the date the application is submitted. The Board may extend the three (3) year limit for good cause shown.

6902.7 If an applicant chooses to acquire two thousand (2,000) hours during a pre-doctoral internship and the remaining two thousand (2,000) hours after conferral of the doctoral degree, the hours

obtained after conferral of the degree shall be obtained over a period of not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years commencing the day after conferral of the degree but before the date the application is submitted. The Board may extend the two (2) year limit for good cause shown.

6902.8 An applicant for a license shall furnish proof satisfactory to the Board pursuant to § 6902.9 that the applicant obtained experience that meets the following requirements:

(a) Two hundred (200) of the required hours shall have been completed as follows:

(1) One hundred (100) of the required hours shall have been completed under the immediate supervision of a psychologist licensed in a jurisdiction of the United States; and

(2) The remaining one hundred (100) required hours shall have been completed under the immediate supervision of a psychologist, psychiatrist, or independent clinical social worker licensed in a jurisdiction of the United States. No more than fifty (50) of these hours shall be in group supervision. For the purposes of this subsection "group supervision" means the supervision of three (3) to five (5) people by a psychologist, psychiatrist, or independent clinical social worker.

(b) The applicant's performance shall have been rated as at least satisfactory by each supervisor.

6902.9 An applicant for a license shall demonstrate qualifications required by §§ 6902.3, 6902.4, 6902.5, and 6902.6 by submitting with the application a signed statement from each supervisor who supervised the applicant during the required period of experience, on a form approved by the Board, which sets forth as follows:

(a) The location at which and period of time during which the supervision took place;

(b) The number of hours of general supervision of the applicant;

(c) The number of hours of immediate supervision of the applicant;

(d) The specific nature of and responsibilities included in the applicant's practice;

(e) A rating of the applicant's performance; and

(f) The jurisdiction in which the supervisor was licensed during the supervisory period and the supervisor's license number.

6902.10 A postdoctoral internship shall be acceptable experience if it meets the requirements of §§ 6902.3, 6902.4, 6902.5, and 6902.6.

6902.11 An applicant for a license who has been licensed in another jurisdiction in the United States but who does not qualify for licensure by reciprocity pursuant to the Act and § 4014 of this title may rely upon licensed, unsupervised practice to fulfill the experience requirements of this section. The applicant shall submit a certificate of licensure in good standing with the application and a statement which sets forth the location, duration, total hours, and specific nature of the applicant's practice.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 2921 (April 22, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 2747, 2754 (May 4, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 5250 (May 2, 2008).