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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04-2" citation="COMAR 10.36.01.04-2" title_num="10" subtitle_num="36" chapter_num="01" heading="Supervised Professional Experience — Practice-Oriented Programs.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>For applicants for licensure graduating from practice-oriented programs, supervised professional experience may be accrued through:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Pre-internship;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Internship;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Pre-doctoral post-internship; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Post-doctoral experiences.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An applicant may utilize pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experience:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>To accrue up to 1,500 hours toward the supervised professional experience required for licensure; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>That occurs following the completion of the first year of the doctoral program.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experiences shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Consist of an organized sequence of training that is of increasing complexity to prepare the student for internship;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Follow appropriate academic preparation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be overseen by the graduate training program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Be an extension of the student's academic coursework and within the scope of education received;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>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</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Be devoted to face-to-face client contact for at least 25 percent of the training experience.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experiences shall contain a written training plan that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Includes the responsibilities of the student, training site, and graduate training program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Describes how the student's time will be allotted;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Ensures the quality, breadth, and depth of the training experience by specifying the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Goals and objectives of the training experience;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Methods of evaluation of the student's performance; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Rules governing the training experience;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Specifies the requirements of supervision to include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The nature of supervision;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The identities of supervisors; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The form and frequency of feedback from the agency supervisor to the training faculty;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>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</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>May be provided to the Board with the application to document the pre-internship or pre-doctoral post-internship experience.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Pre-internship and Pre-doctoral Post-internship Supervision Requirements.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Every 20 hours of pre-internship experience and pre-doctoral post-internship shall include the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>At least 2 hours of regularly scheduled, formal, face-to-face individual supervision that addresses the direct psychological services provided by the student; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>At least 2 hours of other learning activities such as:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Case conferences;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Seminars on applied issues;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Conducting co-therapy with a staff person including discussion of the case; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Group supervision.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Internship experiences shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Consist of a minimum of 1,750 hours of supervised experience; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be completed within 24 months.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>The internship program shall be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A member program of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral Internship Centers (APPIC); or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Part of an academic program that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is approved or designated by the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>APA;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>CPA; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)/National Register; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Includes an internship that is approved by the program's academic training director as meeting its criteria for an internship.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Post-Doctoral Supervised Professional Experience—Practice-Oriented Programs.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A maximum of 1,500 hours of the professional supervised experience may be obtained through post-doctoral supervised experience.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Post-doctoral supervised experience shall be completed if an applicant does not have 3,250 hours of pre-doctoral supervised experience.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>