Authority: IC 25-33-1-3; IC 25-33-1-5.1

Affected: IC 25-33-1-5.1

Sec. 2.1. (a) A psychologist who received a doctoral degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, or other applied health service area in psychology before September 1, 1983, and who has not had a formal internship experience, may satisfy one (1) year of the two (2) year supervised health service setting experience requirement under IC 25-33-1-5.1(c) by successfully completing a preceptorship program. The preceptorship will be accepted as meeting the requirement of one (1) year of experience in an organized health service training program. The preceptorship program must be established as follows:

1. (1) Consist of at least one thousand eight hundred (1,800) hours of clinical, counseling, or school psychology work experience.
2. (2) Consist of at least one hundred (100) hours of face-to-face individual supervision of the individual by a psychologist, at least fifty (50) hours of which must involve the diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders and at least fifty (50) hours of which must involve the treatment of mental and behavioral disorders.
3. (3) Be completed in a health service setting that provides services in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders.
4. (4) Be under the supervision of a psychologist who, if practicing in Indiana, is endorsed as a health service provider in psychology under Indiana law or, if not practicing in Indiana, has credentials substantially equal to those required for endorsement as a health service provider in psychology under Indiana law.
5. (5) Be completed within two (2) years after the date the program is started.

(b) Applicants for completion of a preceptorship program must submit an application to the board in the form and manner prescribed by the board.

(c) In addition to the completion of the preceptorship, the individual must provide evidence of the completion of one thousand eight hundred (1,800) hours within a twenty-four (24) month period of supervised experience as a psychologist in a health service setting as defined in section 1 of this rule [Section 1 of this rule was repealed filed May 8, 1992, 5:00 p.m.: 15 IR 1962.].

(d) The supervisor of any training and experience under this section may not be an employee or spouse of the supervisee or be engaged in any other dual relationship with the supervisee.

(State Psychology Board; 868 IAC 1.1-13-2.1; filed Dec 15, 1989, 5:00 p.m.: 13 IR 897; filed Nov 22, 1993, 5:00 p.m.: 17 IR 764; filed Feb 8, 1995, 2:00 p.m.: 18 IR 1479; readopted filed Apr 23, 2001, 11:30 a.m.: 24 IR 2896; readopted filed Oct 4, 2007, 3:32 p.m.: 20071031-IR-868070065RFA; readopted filed Nov 25, 2013, 9:24 a.m.: 20131225-IR-868130289RFA; readopted filed Nov 25, 2019, 12:24 p.m.: 20191225-IR-868190190RFA)