Rules of the Tennessee Board of Examiners in Psychology — Introduction

RULES OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 665 Mainstream Drive Nashville, TN 37243 Chapters Title

1180-01 …..General Rules Governing the Practice of Psychologists, Senior Psychological Examiners, Psychological Examiners, Certified Psychological Assistants, and Certified Psychological Testing Technicians

1180-02 ……….………………………………………………………………Rules Governing Psychologists

1180-03 …...….……………………………………Rules Governing Psychological Examiners and Senior Psychological Examiners

1180-04 ……..………………………………………...Rules Governing Certified Psychological Assistants

1180-05 ................General Rules Governing the Practice of Licensed Behavior Analysts and Licensed Assistant Behavior Analysts

1180-06 …………………………………………………………………………..…………………….Reserved

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Original Chapter 1180-01 was filed September 12, 1974, effective October 12, 1974, pursuant to the provisions of T.C.A. Title 4, Chapter 5. The Administrative History following each rule gives the date on which the rule was filed and its effective date. The Administrative History also shows the dates of any amendments or repeals. Chapter 1180-02 filed June 6, 1978; effective July 6, 1978. Repeal of rules 1180-01-.01 through 1180-01-.09 and refiled June 6, 1978; effective September 28, 1978. Original chapter 1180-04 filed November 22, 1978; effective January 8, 1979. Amendment to rules 1180-01-.04, 1180-02-.06, and 1180-02-.11 filed May 27, 1980; effective August 27, 1980. Amendments to rules 1180-02-.11 and 1180-02-.12 by Public Chapter 969; effective July 1, 1984. Amendment to rules 1180-02-.11, 1180-02-.12, 1180-02-.14, 1180-02-.15, 1180-02-.17 and 1180-02-.18 filed July 27, 1987; effective October 28, 1987. New rule 1180-02-.22 and amendments to rule 1180-02-.11 filed December 6, 1988; effective January 20, 1989. New rule 1180-02-.23 filed January 29, 1990; effective March 15, 1990. Amendment to rule 1180-02-.22 filed April 9, 1990; effective May 24, 1990. Amendment to rule 1180-02-.22 filed February 21, 1991; effective April 7, 1991. Repeal of and new chapter 1180-02 filed January 20, 1994; effective April 5, 1994. Amendment to rule 1180-02-.23 filed December 30, 1994; effective March 18, 1995. Repeal of and new chapter 1180-01 filed September 29, 1995; effective December 13, 1995. Original rule 1180-02-.25 filed August 20, 1997; effective November 3, 1997. Amendment to rule 1180-02-.23 filed February 17, 1998; effective May 3, 1998. Amendment to rule 1180-02-.23 filed August 13, 1998; effective October 27, 1998. Original rule 1180-02-.26 and Amendment to rule 1180-02-.23 filed November 18, 1999; effective January 31, 2000. Repeal and new rule 1180-01 filed August 29, 2000; effective November 12, 2000. Amendment to rules 1180-01-.01, 1180-01-.02, 1180-01-.03, 1180-01-.05, 1180-01-.07, 1180-02-.02,

1180-02-.03 and 1180-02-.05 filed August 29, 2000; effective November 12, 2000. Original chapter 1180-03 and new rule 1180-02-.06 filed August 29, 2000; effective November 12, 2000. Amendment to rules 1180-01-.01, 1180-02-.04, 1180-02-.05, 1180-03-.04, and 1180-03-.05 filed December 11, 2000; effective February 24, 2001. Amendment to rules 1180-01-.01 through 1180-01-.05, 1180-01-.07 through 1180-01-.12, 1180-01-.14,

1180-01-.15, 1180-02-.01, 1180-02-.03 through 1180-02-.06, and 1180-03-.01 through 118-3-.05, repeal of chapter 1180-04, and new rules 1180-04-.01 through 1180-04-.03 filed June 18, 2002; effective November 1, 2002. Amendment to rules 1180-01-.05 and 1180-02-.03 filed May 15, 2003; effective July 29, 2003. Amendment to rule 1180-01-.09 filed May 29, 2003; effective August 12, 2003. Amendment to rule 1180-03-.01 filed January 5, 2004; effective March 20, 2004. Amendment to rule 1180-01-.10 filed August 9, 2004; effective October 23, 2004. Amendments to rules 1180-01-.04, 1180-02-.03, 1180-03-.03, and 1180-04-.03 filed October 18, 2004; effective January 1, 2005. Amendment to rule 1180-01-.08 and repeal and new rule 1180-01-.06 filed March 21, 2005; effective June 4, 2005. Repeal and new rule 1180-02-.07; and amendments to rules 1180-01-.01, 1180-01-.03, 1180-01-.05,

1180-01-.07, 1180-01-.08, 1180-02-.03, 1180-02-.04, 1180-02-.05, 1180-02-.06, 1180-03-.03, 1180-03- .04, and 1180-03-.05 filed November 9, 2005; effective January 23, 2006. However, Notice of Stay of Effective Date of Rules 1180-01-.01, 1180-01-.03, 1180-01-.05, 1180-01-.07, 1180-02-.03, 1180-02-.04,

1180-02-.05, 1180-02-.06, 1180-03-.03, 1180-03-.04, and 1180-03-.05 filed by the Board of Examiners in Psychology on January 20, 2006. The new effective date for these rules is March 23, 2006. Amendment to rule 1180-02-.02 filed December 16, 2005; effective March 1, 2006. Amendments to rules 1180-02-.03, 1180-02-.05, 1180-02-.06, 1180-03-.03, 1180-03-.05, and 1180-04- .03 filed March 17, 2006; effective May 31, 2006. Amendments to rules 1180-01-.02, 1180-02-.02, 1180-02-.03, 1180-04-.03 filed July 27, 2006; effective October 10, 2006. Repeal of rules 1180-03-.04 and 1180-03-.05 and amendments to rules 1180-01-.03, 1180-01-.14, 1180- 02-.04, 1180-03-.02, and 1180-03-.03 filed March 23, 2007; effective June 6, 2007. Amendments to rules 1180-01-.06, 1180-01-.08, and 1180-01-.13 filed April 4, 2014; effective July 3, 2014. Amendment to rule 1180-02-.01 filed April 4, 2014; effective July 3, 2014. Amendments to rule 1180-03-.01 filed April 4, 2014; effective July 3, 2014. Amendment to rules 1180-04-.01 and .03 filed April 4, 2014; effective July 3, 2014. Amendment to rules 1180-01-.03 and 1180-01-.08 filed November 18, 2015; effective February 16, 2016. New rules 1180-05-.01 through 1180-05-.18 filed March 23, 2017; effective June 21, 2017. Amendments to rule 1180-01-.09 filed November 27, 2019; effective February 25, 2020. Amendments to rule 1180-01-.08 filed April 7, 2021; effective July 6, 2021. Amendments to rules 1180-05-.08 and 1180-05-.12 filed March 5, 2021; to have become effective June 3, 2021. However, the Government Operations Committee filed a 75-day stay of the effective date of the rules; new effective date August 17, 2021. New rule 1180-02-.27 filed August 1, 2022; effective October 30, 2022. Amendments to rule 1180-05-.06 filed February 6, 2025; effective May 7, 2025. Emergency rules 1180-01-.01, 1180-01-.02, 1180-01-.05, 1180-01-.07, 1180-01-.08, 1180-01-.10, 1180- 02-.01, 1180-02-.03, 1180-03-.01, 1180-04-.01, and 1180-04-.03 and new rules 1180-06-.01 through

1180-06-.03 filed October 3, 2025; effective through April 1, 2026. Emergency rules expired effective April 2, 2026, and the rules reverted to their previous statuses.