1. (a) An applicant who is applying for licensure as a licensed psychology associate under this chapter shall submit evidence, verified by oath and satisfactory to the Board, that the applicant meets all of the following qualifications:

   1. (1) a. Received a master’s degree based on a program of study that is psychological in content and specifically designed to train and prepare individuals for the practice of psychology. The master’s degree must be all of the following:

      1. 1. From a college or university accredited by the United States Department of Education or by an accrediting agency recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, or its successor, and which has a graduate program that states its purpose to be the training and preparation of psychologists.
      2. 2. Based on a program of studies accredited as a professional psychology program by the American Psychological Association (APA), the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) or an equivalent program approved by the Board.
      3. b. Applicants holding degrees from programs outside the United States or its territories must provide evidence of training and a degree equivalent to accredited programs. The applicants are required to have their credentials evaluated by a credential evaluation service, approved by National Association of Credential Services (NACES), to determine equivalency to the accreditation requirements of this subsection.
   2. (2) Successfully completed an internship that complies with the Board’s rules and regulations.
   3. (3) After receiving the master’s degree required under paragraph (a)(1) of this section, has at least 2 years of supervised professional experience in psychological work of a type satisfactory to the Board.
   4. (4) Achieved a passing score on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) developed by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB), or its successor.
   5. (5) Subject to § 8735(x) of Title 29, has not engaged in any acts or offenses that are grounds for disciplinary action under this chapter and has no disciplinary proceedings or unresolved complaints pending against the applicant in any jurisdiction where the applicant has previously been or currently is licensed or certified to engage in the practice of psychology.

2. (b) (1) An applicant who is applying for licensure as a licensed psychology associate must submit, at the applicant’s expense, fingerprints and other necessary information to obtain all of the following:

   1. a. A report of the applicant’s entire criminal history record from the State Bureau of Identification or a statement from the State Bureau of Identification that the State Central Repository contains no criminal history information relating to that applicant.
   2. b. A report of the applicant’s entire federal criminal history record under the Federal Bureau of Investigation appropriation of Title II of Public Law 92-544 (34 U.S.C. § 41101). The State Bureau of Identification is the intermediary for purposes of this subsection, and the Board is the screening point for the receipt of federal criminal history records.
   3. (2) Unless a waiver is granted under § 8735(x)(3) of Title 29, the Board may not grant a license to an applicant whose record shows a prior criminal conviction that is substantially related to the practice of psychology.
   4. (3) The State Bureau of Identification may release any subsequent criminal history to the Board.
3. (c) Whenever the Board finds that an application is intentionally fraudulent, or that false information is intentionally supplied, the Board shall report its findings to the Attorney General for further action.

4. (d) An applicant may appeal to the Superior Court if the applicant’s application has been refused or rejected and the applicant feels that the Board has done any of the following:

   1. (1) Acted without justification.
   2. (2) Imposed higher or different standards for the applicant than for other applicants or licensees.
   3. (3) In some other manner contributed to or caused the failure of the applicant’s application.

5. (e) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e)(2) of this section, a licensed psychology associate may independently engage in the practice of psychology at the master’s-level of education and within the scope of the licensed psychology associate’s training. A licensed psychology associate may use screening instruments, questionnaires, rating scales, measures of intellectual ability, or interview guides that are generally available to all mental health professionals, including all of the following:

   1. a. Brief screening instruments of orientation and current mental status.
   2. b. Repeated measures of symptoms related to psychopathology.
   3. c. General measures of aptitude and interest.

   4. (2) A licensed psychology associate may not engage in the practice of psychology that involves comprehensive specialty and subspecialty testing, assessment, and consultation that requires doctoral-level psychology education and training. Additionally, a licensed psychology associate may not do any of the following:

      1. a. Accept referrals for neuropsychological evaluations or perform neuropsychological evaluations.
      2. b. Accept referrals for forensic evaluations or perform forensic evaluations, including capacity or competency evaluations and evaluations that involve local security, national security, or potential risk to the public.
      3. c. Medical or health capacity evaluations, including pre-surgical evaluations, consultation-liaison assessments in an acute medical care setting, and medical specialty consultations regardless of the setting.
      4. d. Personality, performance, and projective evaluations and assessments if the conclusions from the evaluations or assessments serve as a final determination, including second opinion evaluations.
      5. e. Child custody and parental fitness evaluations.
      6. f. Public safety employment evaluations, including fitness for duty evaluations.
6. (f) A licensed psychology associate may not hold themselves out to the public by any title or description stating or implying that the licensed psychology associate is a licensed psychologist, including a neuropsychologist or a forensic psychologist.

85 Del. Laws, c. 317, § 8