(a) In this chapter and AS 08.86:
(1) "accredited school" means a school which
is accredited by any regional accrediting agency recognized by the American
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Offices;
(2) "appropriate supervision" means
supervision by a licensed psychologist who is responsible for insuring that the
extent, kind, and quality of the psychological services performed are
consistent with the training and experience of the supervised person and
supervision that is consistent with
(B) the alternate supervision plan accepted
by the board under
12 AAC
60.080(c);
(3) "professional incompetence" means lacking
sufficient knowledge, skills, or professional judgement in a field of practice
in which a psychologist or psychological associate engages, to a degree likely
to endanger the mental health or well-being of patients;
(4) "reasonable cause or excusable neglect"
means
(A) chronic illness;
(B) retirement;
(C) military service; and
(D) hardships as individually determined by
the board;
(5) "technical
meeting" means a professional meeting incorporating formal written or oral
presentations of psychology related research, theory, or applied
topics;
(6) "supervised experience"
includes direct client contact and preparation for direct client contact, staff
meetings, case conferences, report writing, co-therapy, in-service training,
and psychodiagnostic assessment;
(7) "division" means the division assigned
occupational licensing functions within the department;
(8) "EPPP examination" means the Examination
for Professional Practice in Psychology administered by the Professional
Examination Service;
(9) "direct
services" means activities performed by a psychologist or psychological
associate that are directly related to providing psychological services to a
patient, including individual and family psychotherapy, psychological testing,
report writing, studying test results, case consultations, and reviewing
published works relating to the patient's needs;
(10) "learning activities" means professional
development activities approved by the supervisor who signed the applicant's
supervision plan, including individual readings, reading groups, consultation
groups, college or university short courses, mail or internet-based education
activities, facilitated discussion groups, topic-relevant audio and video
presentations, workshops, seminars, and symposia.
(11) "distance professional services" means
the mode of delivering psychological services while physically separate from
the recipient by means of technology-assisted media, including telephone,
video, Internet, smartphone, tablet, desktop system, or other electronic
means.
