Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.2561 - Application for licensure; limited licensed psychologist; requirements
Rule 61.
(1)
Except as provided under
R 338.2567, an applicant for limited
licensure under section 18223(2) of the code, MCL
333.18223, shall satisfy the
requirements of the code and the rules promulgated under the code, as well as
all the following requirements:
(a) Provide
the required fee and a completed application on a form provided by the
department.
(b) Provide proof, as
directed by the department, verifying completion of a master's degree in
psychology from an accredited educational institution that satisfies the
standards under R 338.2529(1) or
(2). The degree required under this
subdivision must satisfy all the following requirements:
(i) Be an integrated, organized sequence of
study that includes not less than 1 course in assessment, 1 course in
treatment, and 1 course in scientific and professional ethics and standards.
Effective June 30, 2009, the course in scientific and professional ethics and
standards must be not less than 3 semester hours or 15 hours of classroom
instruction per semester hour. If an applicant graduated before June 30, 2009,
and the master's degree included a graduate course in scientific and
professional ethics of not less than 1 credit hour, the applicant has complied
with this paragraph.
(ii)
Seventy-five percent of the hours of the required course work must be primarily
psychological in content. The thesis and practicum are excluded from what is
considered course work. The board may require the applicant to provide material
it determines is necessary to demonstrate the psychological content of a
course. To be determined psychological in content, a course must satisfy at
least 1 of the following requirements:
(A) The
subject of the material taught is psychological.
(B) The course is taught in a psychology
department.
(c)
Provide proof, as directed by the department, verifying the completion of a
practicum that satisfies all the following requirements:
(i) Was an integrated part of a master's
degree program that satisfies the requirements under subdivision (b) of this
subrule, or a substantially equivalent post master's degree practicum as
determined by the board. A post-degree practicum may be approved by the board
if the practicum is through an accredited institution that satisfies the
standards adopted under
R 338.2529(1) or
(2) and completed for academic graduate
credit. The post-degree practicum must not be implemented before the board has
approved it. A written, narrative request to the board for approval of a post
master's degree practicum must include, at a minimum, the following
information:
(A) An explanation of the reason
the practicum was not an integrated part of a master's degree
program.
(B) Why a practicum is
being pursued post-degree instead of as an integrated part of the master's
degree program.
(C) The name and
address of the accredited institution offering the proposed
practicum.
(D) The responsibilities
the practicum requires.
(E) When
the practicum is to take place and the hourly time commitment.
(F) How the practicum is to be supervised and
by whom.
(G) The demographic makeup
of the geographic area where the practicum is to take place.
(H) Whether others have utilized the
practicum provider.
(ii)
Required not less than 500 clock hours of psychological work.
(iii) The applicant was supervised by a
psychologist that was licensed in this state, eligible for licensure in this
state, or licensed or certified at the independent practice level in the state
where the practicum took place.
(iv) The applicant met in-person or via 2-way
real-time audiovisual technology that allowed direct, contemporaneous
interaction by sight and sound between the supervisor and the supervisee for a
minimum of 2 hours a week during the practicum.
(d) Provide proof, as directed by the
department, verifying the completion of 1 year of post master's degree
experience in the practice of psychology that satisfies the requirements under
R
338.2569(4).
(e) Provide proof, as directed by the
department, verifying a passing score on the examination adopted under
R 338.2563.
(2) An applicant satisfies the requirements
of subrule (1) of this rule if certified as a psychological examiner or
eligible for certification as a psychological examiner under former 1959 PA 257
on or before September 30, 1978.
(3)
An applicant that satisfies the requirements under
R 338.2567 satisfies the
requirements under subrule (1)(b) and (c) of this rule.
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