Section 67.1-02-05-04.1 - Scope of practice - School psychologist1. School psychologists are licensed practitioners of the healing arts which is defined as the application of psychological principles, methods, and procedures from educational psychology, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, community psychology, and behavior analysis to meet the learning, mental and behavioral health needs of children ages birth through twenty-one.2. The "practice of licensed school psychology" may only be practiced in a public or nonpublic school and is defined as:a. The diagnostic assessment, including psychoeducational, developmental and vocational assessment, evaluation and interpretation of intelligence, cognitive processes, aptitudes, vocational, academic achievement, behavioral, and affective adjustment, personality factors and motivations, or any other attributes, to individual students or groups of students that relate to developmental status, attention and executive functioning skills, learning, education, and social, emotional, and behavioral functioning;b. The development and implementation of educationally related mental and behavioral health approaches to increase adjustment and academic success including the provision of psychotherapeutic, counseling and interpretive services to reduce education-related problems, including verbal interaction, interviewing, behavior techniques, developmental and vocational intervention, environmental management and group processes with students, parents of students, teachers, school administrators and school staff;c. Consultation with representatives of schools, agencies and organizations, families or individuals, including psychoeducational, developmental and vocational assistance and direct educational services in the form of in-service or continuing professional development services related to learning problems and adjustment to those problems to the benefit of an individual student or group of students including the screening of social, affective, and behavioral functioning of the students;d. The development of programming, including participating in or conducting research, designing, implementing and/or evaluating educationally and psychologically sound learning environments and the facilitation of psychoeducational development of individuals, families or groups; ande. The provision of supervision of school psychology services, inclusive of those preprofessionals completing an internship as part of the students' accredited university requirement.N.D. Admin Code 67.1-02-05-04.1
Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 2023-391, January 2024, effective 1/1/2024.General Authority: NDCC 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-13-08, 15.1-13-10