1. A. Any licensed psychologist who independently provides or offers to provide health services to the public shall be certified as a Health Service Psychologist by the Board. The Board shall certify as a Health Service Psychologist an applicant who demonstrates that the applicant has at least two (2) years of full-time supervised health service experience as defined by the rules and regulations of the Board.

2. B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1362 of this title, if application is made before January 1, 1992, to the Board of Examiners of Psychologists, by an applicant who is licensed as a psychologist in this state and who can demonstrate that the applicant has been engaged for the equivalent of at least two (2) years full-time in the provision of health services, the applicant shall be certified by the Board as a Health Service Psychologist. An applicant has been engaged for the equivalent of at least two (2) years full-time in the provision of health services if the applicant meets any one of the following conditions:

   1. 1. The psychologist is listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology;
   2. 2. The psychologist is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology; or
   3. 3. The psychologist has the equivalent of two (2) years of full-time experience satisfactory to the Board, one year of which was a doctoral internship, and one year of which was postdoctoral, at a site where health services are provided.

Added by Laws 1991, c. 144, § 9, eff. July 1, 1991.