"APA" means the American Psychological
Association.
"Clinical records" means records created by
a licensee regarding the observation and treatment of patients, such as
progress notes, but does not include psychotherapy notes.
"Examinee" means a person who is the subject
of a forensic examination for the purpose of informing a decision maker or
attorney about the psychological functioning of that examinee.
"HIPAA" means the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and related regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"Licensee" or "licensed"
means an individual with an active license to practice psychology, including a
provisional license, or a certificate of exemption issued by the board.
"Patient" means an individual under the care
of a licensee in a clinical role and is synonymous with the term client.
"Personal representative" means a person
authorized to act on behalf of the patient in making health care-related
decisions such as a parent or legal guardian, an individual with a health care
power of attorney, an individual with a general power of attorney or durable
power of attorney that includes the power to make health care decisions, or a
court-appointed legal guardian.
"Psychotherapy notes" means notes recorded
by a licensee documenting or analyzing the contents of a conversation during a
private therapy session with a patient, or a group, joint, or family therapy
session, that are maintained separately from the patient's clinical records.
"Psychotherapy notes" excludes medication prescription monitoring, counseling
session start and stop times, the modalities and frequencies of treatment
furnished, results of any clinical tests, and any summary of the following
items: diagnosis, functional status, treatment plan, symptoms, prognosis, and
progress to date.
"Telepsychology" means the provision of
psychological services using telecommunication technologies.
"Test data" means raw and scaled scores,
patient responses to test questions or stimuli, and notes and recordings
concerning patient statements and behavior during an examination.
"Test materials" means the test questions,
scoring keys, protocols, and manuals that do not include personally identifying
information about the subject of the test.
