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17-97-303. Psychological examiners — Application — Qualifications.
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17-97-303. Psychological examiners — Application — Qualifications.
(a) Any person wishing to obtain the right to practice as a psychological examiner 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 upon a form and in the manner as shall be adopted and prescribed by the board and shall 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 a master's degree in psychology or a closely related field from an accredited educational institution recognized by the board as maintaining satisfactory standards;
(B) Is competent as a psychological examiner as shown by passing examinations, written or oral, or both, as the board deems necessary;
(C) Is not considered by the board to be engaged in unethical practice;
(D) 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
(E) 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) The board shall apply through its rules the qualifications of supervising psychologists and the restrictions and reporting requirements of supervision so as to implement the intent of this chapter without restricting the professional integrity of the psychological examiner and psychologist or the ultimate responsibility of the supervising psychologist.
(d)(1)(A) A psychological examiner licensed before December 31, 1997, shall be granted indepe
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-97-303
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17-97-303. Psychological examiners — Application — Qualifications.
(a) Any person wishing to obtain the right to practice as a psychological examiner 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 upon a form and in the manner as shall be adopted and prescribed by the board and shall 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 a master's degree in psychology or a closely related field from an accredited educational institution recognized by the board as maintaining satisfactory standards;
(B) Is competent as a psychological examiner as shown by passing examinations, written or oral, or both, as the board deems necessary;
(C) Is not considered by the board to be engaged in unethical practice;
(D) 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
(E) 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) The board shall apply through its rules the qualifications of supervising psychologists and the restrictions and reporting requirements of supervision so as to implement the intent of this chapter without restricting the professional integrity of the psychological examiner and psychologist or the ultimate responsibility of the supervising psychologist.
(d)(1)(A) A psychological examiner licensed before December 31, 1997, shall be granted independent practice except in neuropsychological assessment and projective personality assessment upon the board's receiving a letter requesting independent practice and a revised statement of intent.
(B) No additional hours of clinical supervision shall be required for a license granted under subdivision (d)(1)(A) of this section.
(2) A psychological examiner licensed after December 31, 1997, shall be privileged to practice independently except in neuropsychological assessment and projective personality assessment, if the person:
(A) Has completed a master's degree program in psychology;
(B) Has completed three thousand (3,000) hours of approved clinical supervised training after making application for independent practice; and
(C) Has filed a revised statement of intent with the board and has provided documentation of having received appropriate training and experience in those areas requested for independent practice.
(3) After December 31, 2013, no new psychological examiner license shall be issued.
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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.