Section R. 338.2561 - Application for licensure; limited licensed psychologist; requirementsRule 61.
(1) Except as provided under R 338.2567, an applicant for limited licensure under section 18223(2) of the code, MCL 333.18223, shall satisfy the requirements of the code and the rules promulgated under the code, as well as all the following requirements:(a) Provide the required fee and a completed application on a form provided by the department.(b) Provide proof, as directed by the department, verifying completion of a master's degree in psychology from an accredited educational institution that satisfies the standards under R 338.2529(1) or (2). The degree required under this subdivision must satisfy all the following requirements: (i) Be an integrated, organized sequence of study that includes not less than 1 course in assessment, 1 course in treatment, and 1 course in scientific and professional ethics and standards. Effective June 30, 2009, the course in scientific and professional ethics and standards must be not less than 3 semester hours or 15 hours of classroom instruction per semester hour. If an applicant graduated before June 30, 2009, and the master's degree included a graduate course in scientific and professional ethics of not less than 1 credit hour, the applicant has complied with this paragraph.(ii) Seventy-five percent of the hours of the required course work must be primarily psychological in content. The thesis and practicum are excluded from what is considered course work. The board may require the applicant to provide material it determines is necessary to demonstrate the psychological content of a course. To be determined psychological in content, a course must satisfy at least 1 of the following requirements:(A) The subject of the material taught is psychological.(B) The course is taught in a psychology department.(c) Provide proof, as directed by the department, verifying the completion of a practicum that satisfies all the following requirements: (i) Was an integrated part of a master's degree program that satisfies the requirements under subdivision (b) of this subrule, or a substantially equivalent post master's degree practicum as determined by the board. A post-degree practicum may be approved by the board if the practicum is through an accredited institution that satisfies the standards adopted under R 338.2529(1) or (2) and completed for academic graduate credit. The post-degree practicum must not be implemented before the board has approved it. A written, narrative request to the board for approval of a post master's degree practicum must include, at a minimum, the following information: (A) An explanation of the reason the practicum was not an integrated part of a master's degree program.(B) Why a practicum is being pursued post-degree instead of as an integrated part of the master's degree program.(C) The name and address of the accredited institution offering the proposed practicum.(D) The responsibilities the practicum requires.(E) When the practicum is to take place and the hourly time commitment.(F) How the practicum is to be supervised and by whom.(G) The demographic makeup of the geographic area where the practicum is to take place.(H) Whether others have utilized the practicum provider.(ii) Required not less than 500 clock hours of psychological work.(iii) The applicant was supervised by a psychologist that was licensed in this state, eligible for licensure in this state, or licensed or certified at the independent practice level in the state where the practicum took place.(iv) The applicant met in-person or via 2-way real-time audiovisual technology that allowed direct, contemporaneous interaction by sight and sound between the supervisor and the supervisee for a minimum of 2 hours a week during the practicum.(d) Provide proof, as directed by the department, verifying the completion of 1 year of post master's degree experience in the practice of psychology that satisfies the requirements under R 338.2569(4).(e) Provide proof, as directed by the department, verifying a passing score on the examination adopted under R 338.2563.(2) An applicant satisfies the requirements of subrule (1) of this rule if certified as a psychological examiner or eligible for certification as a psychological examiner under former 1959 PA 257 on or before September 30, 1978.(3) An applicant that satisfies the requirements under R 338.2567 satisfies the requirements under subrule (1)(b) and (c) of this rule.Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.2561
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