# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 36 — Board of Examiners of Psychologists

### Chapter 01 — Procedures

#### Regulation .04-2 Supervised Professional Experience — Practice-Oriented Programs.

*COMAR 10.36.01.04-2*

A. For applicants for licensure graduating from practice-oriented programs, supervised professional experience may be accrued through:

  (1) Pre-internship;

  (2) Internship;

  (3) Pre-doctoral post-internship; or

  (4) Post-doctoral experiences.

B. The academic training program director or the post-doctoral training supervisor shall attest to the hours accrued to meet the requirements of this regulation on a form required by the Board.

C. An applicant may utilize pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experience:

  (1) To accrue up to 1,500 hours toward the supervised professional experience required for licensure; and

  (2) That occurs following the completion of the first year of the doctoral program.

D. Pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experiences shall:

  (1) Consist of an organized sequence of training that is of increasing complexity to prepare the student for internship;

  (2) Follow appropriate academic preparation;

  (3) Be overseen by the graduate training program;

  (4) Be an extension of the student's academic coursework and within the scope of education received;

  (5) Be in service-related activities such as treatment, assessment, interviews, report writing, case presentations, supervision, and consultation for at least 50 percent of the training experience; and

  (6) Be devoted to face-to-face client contact for at least 25 percent of the training experience.

E. Pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experiences shall contain a written training plan that:

  (1) Includes the responsibilities of the student, training site, and graduate training program;

  (2) Describes how the student's time will be allotted;

  (3) Ensures the quality, breadth, and depth of the training experience by specifying the:

    (a) Goals and objectives of the training experience;

    (b) Methods of evaluation of the student's performance; and

    (c) Rules governing the training experience;

  (4) Specifies the requirements of supervision to include:

    (a) The nature of supervision;

    (b) The identities of supervisors; and

    (c) The form and frequency of feedback from the agency supervisor to the training faculty;

  (5) Provides rationale for the training experience based on previous academic preparation and previous training to ensure that the overall experience is organized and sequential; and

  (6) May be provided to the Board with the application to document the pre-internship or pre-doctoral post-internship experience.

F. Pre-internship and Pre-doctoral Post-internship Supervision Requirements.

  (1) Every 20 hours of pre-internship experience and pre-doctoral post-internship shall include the following:

    (a) At least 2 hours of regularly scheduled, formal, face-to-face individual supervision that addresses the direct psychological services provided by the student; and

    (b) At least 2 hours of other learning activities such as:

      (i) Case conferences;

      (ii) Seminars on applied issues;

      (iii) Conducting co-therapy with a staff person including discussion of the case; or

      (iv) Group supervision.

  (2) In exceptional circumstances, the Board may waive the requirement for face-to-face supervision if the academic program director attests to the nature of the circumstances and assures the Board that the quality of supervision was not compromised.

G. Internship experiences shall:

  (1) Consist of a minimum of 1,750 hours of supervised experience; and

  (2) Be completed within 24 months.

H. The internship program shall be:

  (1) Accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA);

  (2) A member program of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral Internship Centers (APPIC); or

  (3) Part of an academic program that:

    (a) Is approved or designated by the:

      (i) APA;

      (ii) CPA; or

      (iii) Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)/National Register; and

    (b) Includes an internship that is approved by the program's academic training director as meeting its criteria for an internship.

I. Post-Doctoral Supervised Professional Experience—Practice-Oriented Programs.

  (1) A maximum of 1,500 hours of the professional supervised experience may be obtained through post-doctoral supervised experience.

  (2) Post-doctoral supervised experience shall be completed if an applicant does not have 3,250 hours of pre-doctoral supervised experience.