1. (1) Applicants must successfully complete an organized internship as part of the degree program required in OAR 858-010-0010.
2. (2) The internship must include at least 1,500 hours of supervised experience and be completed within twenty-four months.

3. (3) The internship program must meet the following requirements:

   1. (a) The internship must have a written statement or brochure describing the goals and content of the internship, stating clear expectations and quality of student work, and made available to prospective interns.
   2. (b) A psychologist licensed by the appropriate state or provincial licensing authority must be clearly designated as responsible for the integrity and quality of the internship program.
   3. (c) Interns must use titles indicating their training status.
   4. (d) The internship must be designed to provide a planned sequence of training experiences focusing on breadth and quality of training. Supervision and training related to ethics must be ongoing.
   5. (e) At least twenty-five percent of the internship experience must be in direct client contact providing assessment and intervention services.

   6. (f) For every 40 hours of internship experience, the student must receive:

      1. (A) At least 2 hours of regularly scheduled, formal, one-on-one individual supervision that addresses the direct psychological services provided by the intern; and
      2. (B) At least 2 hours of other learning activities such as case conferences, seminars on applied issues, conducting co-therapy with a staff person including discussion of the case, and group supervision.

4. (4) Supervision of the internship experience.

   1. (a) The internship setting must have two or more psychologists available as supervisors, at least one of whom is licensed as a psychologist.
   2. (b) The internship experience must be supervised by the person(s) responsible for the assigned casework.
   3. (c) At least seventy-five percent of the supervision must be by a licensed psychologist with two years post-license experience.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 675.010 - 675.150

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 675.030 & 675.110

History

OBP 3-2023, amend filed 09/11/2023, effective 09/11/2023
OBP 1-2022, amend filed 01/19/2022, effective 01/19/2022
OBP 5-2021, amend filed 09/22/2021, effective 01/01/2022
BPE 3-2013, f. & cert. ef. 9-30-13
BPE 2-2012, f. & cert. ef. 6-8-12
BPE 1-2012(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 2-15-12 thru 8-12-12
BPE 3-2011, f. & cert. ef. 9-27-11