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17-97-302. Psychologists — Application — Qualifications.
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17-97-302. Psychologists — Application — Qualifications.
(a) Any person wishing to obtain the right to practice as a psychologist in this state who has not heretofore been licensed to do so shall make application to the Arkansas Psychology Board through the Chair of the Arkansas Psychology Board in a form and in a manner as shall be adopted and prescribed by the board and obtain from the board a license to do so.
(b)(1) A candidate for a license shall furnish the board with satisfactory evidence that he or she:
(A) Has received a doctoral degree in psychology from an accredited institution recognized by the board as maintaining satisfactory standards at the time the degree was granted or, in lieu of a degree, a doctoral degree in a closely allied field if it is the opinion of the board that the training required therefor is substantially similar;
(B) Has had at least two (2) years of experience in psychology of a type considered by the board to be qualifying in nature with at least one (1) of those years being postdoctoral work;
(C) Is competent in psychology, as shown by passing examinations, written or oral, or both, as the board deems necessary;
(D) Is not considered by the board to be engaged in unethical practice;
(E) Has applied for a criminal background check and has not been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any of the offenses listed in § 17-3-102; and
(F) Has not failed an examination given by the board within the preceding six (6) months.
(2) At its discretion, the board may accept satisfactory substitute training and experience in lieu of that prescribed in subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(c) Notwithstanding requirements for licensure as outlined in this chapter, the board shall issue a senior psychologist licens
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-97-302
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17-97-302. Psychologists — Application — Qualifications.
(a) Any person wishing to obtain the right to practice as a psychologist in this state who has not heretofore been licensed to do so shall make application to the Arkansas Psychology Board through the Chair of the Arkansas Psychology Board in a form and in a manner as shall be adopted and prescribed by the board and obtain from the board a license to do so.
(b)(1) A candidate for a license shall furnish the board with satisfactory evidence that he or she:
(A) Has received a doctoral degree in psychology from an accredited institution recognized by the board as maintaining satisfactory standards at the time the degree was granted or, in lieu of a degree, a doctoral degree in a closely allied field if it is the opinion of the board that the training required therefor is substantially similar;
(B) Has had at least two (2) years of experience in psychology of a type considered by the board to be qualifying in nature with at least one (1) of those years being postdoctoral work;
(C) Is competent in psychology, as shown by passing examinations, written or oral, or both, as the board deems necessary;
(D) Is not considered by the board to be engaged in unethical practice;
(E) Has applied for a criminal background check and has not been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any of the offenses listed in § 17-3-102; and
(F) Has not failed an examination given by the board within the preceding six (6) months.
(2) At its discretion, the board may accept satisfactory substitute training and experience in lieu of that prescribed in subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(c) Notwithstanding requirements for licensure as outlined in this chapter, the board shall issue a senior psychologist license to an applicant who has:
(1) At least twenty (20) years of licensure to practice psychology in a state of the United States or in Canada if that license was based on a doctoral degree;
(2) Received no disciplinary sanction during the entire period of licensure;
(3) Passed the Arkansas complementary examination; and
(4) Tendered the appropriate application and fees as required under this chapter or the rules of the board.
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17-3-102. Licensing restrictions based on criminal records.
(a) An individual is not eligible to receive or hold a license issued by a licensing entity if that individual has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or been found guilty of any of the following offenses by any court in the State of Arkansas or of any similar offense by a court in another state or of any similar offense by a federal court, unless the conviction was lawfully sealed under the Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013, § 16-90-1401 et seq., or otherwise previously sealed, pardoned or expunged under prior law:
(1) Capital murder as prohibited in § 5-10-101;
(2) Murder in the first degree and second degree as prohibited in §§ 5-10-102 and 5-10-103;
(3) Manslaughter as prohibited in § 5-10-104;
(4) Negligent homicide as prohibited in § 5-10-105;
(5) Kidnapping as prohibited in § 5-11-102;
(6) False imprisonment in the first degree as prohibited in § 5-11-103;
(7) Permanent detention or restraint as prohibited in § 5-11-106;
(8) Robbery as prohibited in § 5-12-102;
(9) Aggravated robbery as prohibited in § 5-12-103;
(10) Battery in the first degree as prohibited in § 5-13-201;
(11) Aggravated assault as prohibited in § 5-13-204;
(12) Introduction of a controlled substance into the body of another person as prohibited in § 5-13-210;
(13) Aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer or an employee of a correctional facility as prohibited in § 5-13-211, if a Class Y felony;
(14) Terroristic threatening in the first degree as prohibited in § 5-13-301;
(15) Rape as prohibited in § 5-14-103;
(16) Sexual indecency with a child as prohibited in § 5-14-110;
(17) Sexual extortion as prohibited in § 5-14-113;
(18) Sexual assault in the first degree, second deg
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-3-102
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-3-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.