Regulation .09 School Psychologist.
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A.
Definition. “School psychologist” means an individual who is licensed to provide psychological services to children in a public or State-approved nonpublic school setting and supervises interns and psychometrists.
B.
Education. An applicant for licensure as a school psychologist shall:
(1)
Complete 3 semester hours or State-approved CPD credits in special education coursework; and
(2)
Complete one of the following pathways to licensure:
(a)
Option I:
(i)
Submit a master’s degree or higher in school psychology from a Maryland-approved program; and
(ii)
Qualifying scores on the Maryland-approved test for school psychologist.
(b)
Option II:
(i)
Submit a master’s degree or higher and complete an out-of-State-approved program in school psychology, culminating a minimum of a 1,200-hour internship in school psychology; and
(ii)
Submit qualifying scores on the Maryland-approved test for school psychologist.
(c)
Option III: Submit a valid Nationally Certified School Psychologist certificate issued by the National School Psychology Certification Board.
(d)
Option IV:
(i)
Submit a master’s degree or higher from an institution of higher education; and
(ii)
Submit a valid professional license in school psychology from another state and verification of at least 27 months of effective performance as a school psychologist during the past 7 years, on the basis of which application is being made for a comparable Maryland license.