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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 10.36.01.07" title_num="10" subtitle_num="36" chapter_num="01" heading="Exceptions to Licensure.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A student, intern, or fellow may qualify for an exception to licensure while performing the activities and services of a supervised course of study in psychology with the following requirements:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The identified faculty shall provide the supervision;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The individual shall receive the amount of supervision:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Set by the educational or internship program; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>In accordance with Regulation .04 of this chapter for:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Students or interns who want to obtain the professional supervised experience required for licensure, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Fellows;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The individual providing psychological services under this exception shall use one of the following titles:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Psychology student;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Psychology intern;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Psychology resident; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Psychology fellow; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>This exception to licensure terminates when the requirements of the training program in psychology are completed.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Limited Practice Reciprocity.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A nonresident certified or licensed to practice psychology may be granted a temporary exception to practice psychology in Maryland if the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Board receives from the applicant a completed application and application fee within 90 days of establishing residence in Maryland and on or before the next application due date;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Completed application includes a verification from another state licensing Board or authority that the applicant's license or certification to practice psychology in the other state is in good standing;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Applicant is scheduled to take the next Board-administered examinations required for licensure;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Board approves the application and sends notification of its action not later than 35 days before the scheduled examination; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Applicant pays the required examination fee to the Board at least 30 days before the scheduled examination.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Board shall withdraw the temporary exception to practice psychology if the applicant fails an examination required by the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>In granting an extension for examination set forth in Health Occupations Article, §18-301(c), Annotated Code of Maryland, the Board shall determine whether the applicant has good cause for being unable to take the first scheduled examination for which the applicant is eligible.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>In authorizing an exception set forth in Health Occupations Article, §18-301(d), Annotated Code of Maryland, the Board:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Shall determine whether the circumstances warrant an exception to licensure, taking into account the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Qualifications of the nonresident psychologist,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Psychological services to be provided, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Duration of the exception to licensure; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>May impose any limitations on the psychologist's practice of psychology that the Board considers to be appropriate.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>