Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 64B19-11.005 - Supervised Experience Requirements
The law requires 2 years or 4,000 hours of supervised experience for licensure by examination. The Board recognizes that the applicant's internship satisfies 1 year or 2,000 of those hours. This rule concerns the remaining 1 year or 2,000 hours.
(1) Definitions. Within the context of this
rule, the following definitions apply:
(a)
"Association" or "in association with": the supervisory relationship between
the supervisor and the psychological resident.
(b) "Psychology Resident or Post-Doctoral
Fellow." A psychology resident or post-doctoral fellow is a person who has met
Florida's educational requirements for licensure and intends from the outset of
the supervised experience to meet that part of the supervised experience
requirement for licensure which is not part of the person's
internship.
(c) "Supervisor." A
supervisor is either a licensed Florida psychologist in good standing with the
Board, a psychologist practicing in Florida under an E-passport pursuant to the
Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact puruant to section
490.0075, F.S., a telehealth
provider registered in Florida pursuant to section
456.47, F.S., or a
doctoral-level psychologist licensed in good standing in another state or
United States territory or Canada providing supervision for licensure in that
state or territory. However, where the psychology resident or post-doctoral
fellow is on active duty with the armed services of the United States, employed
full time by the United States as a civilian psychology resident or
post-doctoral fellow to provide services to the armed services or to a veterans
administration facility, or employed full time with the United States Federal
Bureau of Prisons, the supervisor may be a doctoral-level psychologist licensed
in good standing in any state or territory, regardless of where the supervision
is conducted. A supervisor may provide post-doctoral supervision to a resident
or fellow who is providing services at a location other than the supervising
psychologist's premises. However, the supervisor must be licensed in the State
or territory where the resident or fellow is providing services and the
resident or fellow may not engage in the independent, private practice
rendering of psychological services if there is not a seperate psychologist
actually rendering psychological services on the premises where the resident or
fellow is providing services. If an out-of-state telehealth provider registered
under section 456.47, F.S., or a psychologist
practicing in Florida under an E-passport under section
490.0075, F.S., is serving as a
supervisor via remote supervision to a resident or fellow providing services in
Florida, there must be an additional Florida licensed psychologist immediately
accesible and available to the resident or fellow in case of
emergency.
(d) All applicants for
licensure shall use the title psychology resident or post-doctoral fellow until
licensed as a psychologist.
(e) The
psychology resident or post-doctoral fellow shall inform all service users of
her or his supervised status and provide the name of the supervising
psychologist. Consultation reports, and summaries shall be co-signed by the
supervising psychologist. Progress notes may be co-signed at the discretion of
the supervision psychologist.
(2) Requirements and Prohibitions. All
applicants for licensure must complete at least 1 year or 2,000 hours of post
doctoral experience under a supervisor whose supervision comports with
subsection (3) of this rule.
(a) There may be
no conflict of interest created by the supervisory association and no
relationship may exist between the supervisor and the psychological resident
except the supervisory association.
(b) A psychology resident or post-doctoral
fellow may be supervised by more than one supervisor, at more than one
location. If there is more than one supervisor, each supervisor must provide
supervision in a manner that comports with subsection (3) of this
rule.
(c) The post-doctoral
training must include the following:
1. An
average of at least twenty (20) hours a week for two years, if part-time, or
forty (40) hours per week for one year, if full-time,
2. At least 900 hours in activities related
to direct client contact,
3. An
average of at least two (2) hours of clinical supervision each week,
a. At least one (1) hour of individual
face-to-face supervision, which may be conducted by HIPAA compliant
video.
b. The remaining hour may
include individual supervision, group supervision, or case presentation, which
may be conducted by HIPAA compliant video.
(d) A psychology resident or post-doctoral
fellow may meet the aforementioned experience requirements through the use of
synchronous or asynchronous telecommunications technology so long as they are
doing so under the authority and supervision of a Supervisor pursuant to this
rule. A resident or fellow may not use asynchronous telecommunications
technology while obtaining the 900 hours in activities related to direct client
contact.
(3) Supervisors'
Responsibilities. The Board requires each primary supervisor to perform and to
certify that the supervisor has:
(a) Entered
into an agreement with the applicant for licensure, which details the
applicant's obligations and remuneration as well as the supervisor's
responsibilities to the applicant;
(b) Determined that the psychology resident
or post-doctoral fellow was capable of providing competent and safe
psychological service to that client;
(c) Maintained professional responsibility
for the psychology resident or post-doctoral fellow's work;
(d) Provided two (2) hours of clinical
supervision each week, one (1) hour of which was individual, face-to-face
supervision. The additional hour of clinical supervision may include individual
supervision, group supervision, case presentation as long as the licensed
psychologist supervisor is present in person or via video
teleconferencing;
(e) Prevailed in
all professional disagreements with the psychology resident or post-doctoral
fellow;
(f) Kept informed of all
the services performed by the psychology resident or post-doctoral
fellow;
(g) Advised the Board if
the supervisor has received any complaints about the psychology resident or
post-doctoral fellow or has any reason to suspect that the resident is less
than fully ethical, professional, or qualified for licensure.
(4) Until licensure, an individual
who completes post doctoral training residency may continue to practice under
supervision so long as the individual does so in the manner prescribed by this
rule and so long as the individual has applied for licensure and no final order
of denial has been entered in the application case before the Board.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 490.004(4) FS. Law Implemented 490.005(1) FS.
New 11-18-92, Amended 7-14-93, Formerly 21U-11.007, Amended 6-14-94, Formerly 61F13-11.007, Amended 1-7-96, Formerly 59AA-11.005, Amended 12-4-97, 8-5-01, 7-27-04, 3-4-10, 8-15-11, 9-24-13, 3-1-17, 2-6-19, 6-4-23.
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