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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="18-101" title_number="18" title_name="Psychologists" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Board” means the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Doctoral degree in psychology” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A degree received from a program that at the time the degree was awarded:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Is accredited by the American Psychological Association or the Canadian Psychological Association; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Is listed in the designated doctoral programs in psychology published by the Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A degree received from a doctoral program in psychology from a school or university that, at the time the degree was awarded, had a regional accreditation recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or the Canadian Psychological Association; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A doctoral degree in psychology that the Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology determines meets its criteria for a doctoral degree in psychology, if the degree was received from a doctoral program in psychology that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Is located outside the United States and Canada;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Is currently accredited or designated in accordance with item (i) of this paragraph, but was not accredited or designated at the time the degree was awarded;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Was completed prior to 1981 for United States programs;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Was completed prior to 1988 for Canadian programs; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Is no longer in existence.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A determination by the Council under paragraph (1)(iii) of this subsection that a doctoral degree in psychology meets its criteria shall be considered by the Board as prima facie evidence that the degree meets those criteria.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In determining whether the degree in psychology meets the criteria described in paragraph (1)(iii) of this subsection and subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the Board may consider the completion of postdoctoral course work in psychology, not to exceed 9 semester hours.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“License” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a license issued by the Board to practice psychology as a psychologist.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Licensed psychologist” means an individual who meets the requirements in § 18–302(f) of this title and is licensed by the Board to practice psychology.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Practice psychology” means to provide to any person:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any service for compensation involving the application of psychological principles, psychological methods, or psychological procedures for understanding, predicting, or influencing behavior, including the principles that relate to learning, perception, motivation, emotions, organizational relationships, and interpersonal relationships;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any service for compensation involving the application of psychological methods or psychological procedures for interviewing, counseling, psychotherapy, behavior modification, or hypnosis; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any service for compensation involving the application of psychological methods or psychological procedures for constructing, administering, or interpreting tests of mental abilities, neuropsychological functioning, aptitudes, interests, attitudes, personality characteristics, emotions, or motivations.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Practice psychology” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The application of psychological principles and psychological methods in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and amelioration of psychological problems, emotional conditions, or mental conditions of individuals or groups;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The use of psychological methods to assist an individual in acquiring greater human effectiveness or to modify feelings, conditions, attitudes, or behavior that is emotionally, intellectually, or socially ineffectual or maladjusted; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The use of biofeedback instruments that do not pierce or cut the skin to measure physical and mental functioning.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In this subsection, “psychological methods”, “psychological principles”, and “psychological procedures” include the body of information that can be derived from a graduate program in psychology, and other education or training recognized by the Board as prerequisites for a license under this title, and that does not amount to the practice of medicine.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Registered psychology associate” means an individual who meets the requirements in § 18–302(g) of this title and is registered by the Board to practice psychology.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Registration” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a registration issued by the Board to practice psychology as a psychology associate.</text>
  </level>
</section>
