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§ 18-302. License qualifications

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth OccupationsEffective: October 1, 2023

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health Occupations (Refs & Annos)
Title 18. Psychologists (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Licensing (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2023
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 18-302
§ 18-302. License qualifications
Currentness
In general
(a) To qualify for a license or registration, an applicant shall be an individual who meets the requirements of this section.
Moral character
(b) The applicant shall be of good moral character.
Age
(c) The applicant shall be at least 18 years old.
Residency
(d)(1) Except as provided in this subsection, an applicant shall reside or practice, or intend to reside or practice, in this State.
(2) The Board may issue a license or registration to an applicant who is neither a resident of this State nor practicing in this State if the applicant shows that issuing the license or registration would be in the interest of the citizens or government of this State.
Criminal history records check
(e) The applicant shall submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 18-302.1 of this subtitle.
Education and experience requirements for licensed psychologists
(f) In addition to the other requirements of this section, to qualify to be a licensed psychologist, an applicant must have:
(1)(i) A doctoral degree in psychology as defined in § 18-101(c)(1)(i) or (iii) of this title; and
(ii) At least 2 years of professional, supervised experience in psychology that is approved by the Board in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board; or
(2)(i) A doctoral degree in psychology as defined in § 18-101(c)(1)(ii) of this title;
(ii) Received a postdoctoral respecialization certificate from a department of psychology that, at the time the certificate was issued, had a degree program that was accredited by the American Psychological Association or the Canadian Psychological Association and that included a minimum of 1,750 hours in a supervised internship in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board; and
(iii) Completed a minimum of 1,500 hours of postcertification advanced training hours or precertification hours of service as a registered psychology associate in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board.
Education and experience requirements for registered psychology associates
(g) Except as provided in subsection (i) of this section and in addition to the other requirements of this section, to qualify to be a registered psychology associate, an applicant shall:
(1) Have a master's degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, or school psychology from a program accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation;
(2) Have a master's degree in education with a field of specialization in psychology or counseling psychology from a program accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation;
(3) Be admitted to candidacy for a doctoral degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, or education with a field of specialization in psychology or counseling psychology in a program accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, after having satisfactorily:
(i) Completed at least 3 years of postgraduate education in psychology; and
(ii) Passed preliminary doctoral examinations;
(4) Have completed a doctoral degree in psychology or in education with a field of specialization in psychology or counseling psychology from a program accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; or
(5) Have at least a master's level degree from a program outside the United States that has been determined by the Board to be equivalent to a degree listed in item (1), (2), or (4) of this subsection.
Passing examinations
(h)(1) An applicant for a psychologist license shall successfully pass:
(i) A national examination in the practice of psychology; and
(ii) The State jurisprudence examination.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (i) of this section, an applicant for a psychology associate registration shall successfully pass the State jurisprudence examination.
Waiver of requirements
(i) The Board shall grant a waiver of the requirements of subsections (g) and (h)(2) of this section to an applicant for a psychology associate registration if the applicant was approved by the Board before October 1, 2014, to practice psychology as a psychology associate under the supervision of a licensed psychologist.

Credits

Added as Health Occupations § 16-302 by Acts 1981, c. 8, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, c. 236, § 1, eff. July 1, 1981; Acts 1984, c. 397, § 1, eff. July 1, 1984 . Renumbered as Health Occupations § 18-302 by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990. Amended by Acts 1994, c. 713, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 2009, c. 329, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, c. 330, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, c. 647, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 648, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2014, c. 147, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2023, c. 55, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
Formerly Art. 43, §§ 629, 642.
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 18-302, MD HEALTH OCCUP § 18-302
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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