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| Public Act 098-0849 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 15/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 5360)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
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Sec. 10. Qualifications of applicants; examination. The | ||||
Department,
except as provided in Section 11 of this Act,
shall | ||||
issue a license as a clinical psychologist to any person who | ||||
pays an
application fee and who:
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(1) is at least 21 years of age; and has not engaged in | ||||
conduct or
activities which would constitute grounds for | ||||
discipline under this Act;
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(2) (blank);
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(3) is a graduate of a doctoral program from a college,
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university or school accredited by the regional | ||||
accrediting body which is
recognized by
the Council on | ||||
Postsecondary Accreditation and is in the jurisdiction
in | ||||
which it is located for purposes of granting the doctoral | ||||
degree and either:
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(a) is a graduate of a doctoral program in | ||||
clinical, school or
counseling psychology either | ||||
accredited by the American Psychological
Association | ||
or the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation | ||
System or approved by the Council for the National | ||
Register of Health
Service Providers in Psychology or | ||
other national board recognized by the
Board, and has | ||
completed 2 years of satisfactory supervised
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experience
in clinical, school or counseling | ||
psychology at least one of which is an
internship and | ||
one of which is postdoctoral; or
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(b) holds a doctoral degree from a recognized | ||
college, university or
school which the Department, | ||
through its rules, establishes as being
equivalent to a | ||
clinical, school or counseling psychology program and | ||
has
completed at least one course in each of the | ||
following 7 content areas, in
actual attendance at a | ||
recognized university, college or school whose | ||
graduates
would be eligible for licensure under this | ||
Act: scientific and
professional ethics, biological | ||
basis of behavior, cognitive-affective
basis of | ||
behavior, social basis of behavior, individual | ||
differences,
assessment, and treatment modalities; and | ||
has completed 2 years of
satisfactory supervised | ||
experience in clinical, school or counseling
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psychology, at least one of which is an internship and | ||
one of which is
postdoctoral; or
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(c) holds a doctorate in psychology or in a
program
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whose content is psychological in nature from an | ||
accredited college,
university or school not meeting | ||
the standards of paragraph (a) or (b) of
this | ||
subsection (3) and provides
evidence of the completion | ||
of at least one course in each of the 7
content areas | ||
specified in paragraph (b) in actual attendance at a | ||
recognized university,
school or college whose | ||
graduate would be eligible for licensure under this
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Act; and has completed an appropriate practicum, an
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internship or
equivalent supervised clinical | ||
experience in an organized mental health care
setting | ||
and 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience in | ||
clinical
or counseling psychology, at least one of | ||
which is postdoctoral; and
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(4) has passed an examination authorized by the | ||
Department to
determine his or her fitness to receive a | ||
license.
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Applicants for licensure under subsection (3)(a) and
(3)(b) of
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this Section shall complete 2 years of satisfactory supervised
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experience, at
least one of which shall be an internship and | ||
one of which shall be
postdoctoral. A year of supervised | ||
experience is defined as not less than
1,750 hours obtained in | ||
not less than 50 weeks based on 35 hours per week
for full-time | ||
work experience. Full-time supervised experience will be
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counted only if it is obtained in a single setting for a | ||
minimum of 6 months.
Part-time and internship experience will | ||
be counted only if it
is 18 hours or more a week for a minimum | ||
of 9 months and is in a
single setting. The internship | ||
experience required under
subsection
(3)(a) and (3)(b) of this | ||
Section shall be a
minimum of 1,750 hours completed within 24 | ||
months.
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Programs leading to a doctoral degree require minimally the | ||
equivalent
of 3 full-time academic years of graduate study, at | ||
least 2 years of
which are at the institution from which the | ||
degree is granted, and of which
at least one year or its | ||
equivalent is in residence at the institution from
which the | ||
degree is granted. Course work for which credit is given for | ||
life
experience will not be accepted by the Department as | ||
fulfilling the
educational requirements for licensure. | ||
Residence requires interaction
with psychology faculty and | ||
other matriculated psychology students; one
year's residence | ||
or its equivalent is defined as follows:
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(a) 30 semester hours taken on a full-time or part-time | ||
basis at the
institution accumulated within 24 months, or
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(b) a minimum of 350 hours of student-faculty contact | ||
involving
face-to-face individual or group courses or | ||
seminars accumulated within 18
months. Such educational | ||
meetings must include both faculty-student and
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student-student interaction, be conducted by the | ||
psychology faculty of the
institution at least 90% of the | ||
time, be fully documented by the
institution, and relate | ||
substantially to the program and course content.
The | ||
institution must clearly document how the applicant's | ||
performance is
assessed and evaluated.
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To meet the requirement for satisfactory supervised | ||
experience, under
this Act the supervision must be performed | ||
pursuant to the order, control
and full professional | ||
responsibility of a licensed clinical psychologist.
The | ||
clients shall be the clients of the agency or supervisor rather | ||
than
the supervisee. Supervised experience in which the | ||
supervisor receives
monetary payment or other consideration | ||
from the supervisee or in which the
supervisor is hired by or | ||
otherwise employed by the supervisee shall not be
accepted by | ||
the Department as fulfilling the practicum, internship or 2
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years of satisfactory supervised experience requirements for | ||
licensure.
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Examinations for applicants under this Act shall be held at | ||
the direction
of the Department from time to time but not less | ||
than once each year. The
scope and form of the examination | ||
shall be determined by the Department.
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Each applicant for a license who possesses the necessary | ||
qualifications
therefor shall be examined by the Department, | ||
and shall pay to the
Department, or its designated testing | ||
service, the required examination
fee, which fee shall not be | ||
refunded by the Department.
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Applicants have 3 years from the date of application to | ||
complete the
application process. If the process has not been | ||
completed in 3 years, the
application shall be denied, the fee | ||
shall be forfeited, and the applicant must
reapply and meet the | ||
requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
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An applicant has one year from the date of notification of
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successful completion of the examination to apply to the | ||
Department for a
license. If an applicant fails to apply within | ||
one year, the applicant shall
be required to take and pass the | ||
examination again unless licensed in
another jurisdiction of | ||
the United States within one year of passing the
examination.
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(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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