Existing law: (1) requires a person who wishes to obtain certain postdoctoral experience in psychology to register with the Board of Psychological Examiners as a psychological assistant; and (2) authorizes a person who is in a doctoral training program or certain doctorate-level training and who wishes to engage in a predoctoral internship or to perform professional activities under the supervision of a psychologist outside of a formal internship to register with the Board as a psychological intern or psychological trainee, respectively. (NRS 641.226) Section 13 of this bill provides for such persons to instead obtain a provisional license as a psychological assistant, psychological intern or psychological trainee, as applicable. Section 13 provides that: (1) a person seeking a provisional license as a psychological intern or psychological trainee must have completed any courses required for his or her doctoral training program or doctorate-level training; and (2) a provisional license as a psychological intern or psychological trainee expires 1 year after issuance, rather than 2 years after issuance, unless the provisional license is renewed. Section 13 further provides that the holder of a provisional license as a psychological assistant, psychological intern or psychological trainee may take the national exam and any other examination authorized by the Board for full licensure as a psychologist.
Existing law authorizes the Board to charge and collect a fee of not more than $250 for the initial registration of a psychological assistant, psychological intern or psychological trainee and a fee of not more than $150 for the renewal of such a registration. (NRS 641.228) Section 14 of this bill reduces the fee that the Board is authorized to charge and collect for an initial provisional license as a psychological intern or psychological trainee and the fee for the renewal of such a provisional license to not more than $25.
Sections 1-12 and 15-28 of this bill make conforming changes to replace references to registration as a psychological assistant, psychological intern and psychological trainee with references to a provisional license.