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Registration Procedure A request form must be submitted by each supervisor for each technician to receive a registration packet. Please fill out the registration form and mail the original to the Board. Only originals will be accepted. Please copy everything you send to the office for your file and keep your own file. During the application period you may call the office to check that all of your paperwork is received. Transcripts must be sent to our office directly from the registrar's office. You will also want to keep all of your course syllabi and the correspondence from the Board in your file. If a problem arises you may petition the Board in writing 10 days before the next Board meeting.
Credential Review Credential Review is held at each regularly scheduled Board meeting. The Board meets once each month, excluding June, typically on the 3rd Friday. All packet information must be received by the Wednesday before the meeting to be considered for credential review. Click here for Board Meeting Dates.
Registration When the applicant’s file is approved, the applicant will be registered as a technician. A confirmation letter will be will be mailed the week following the Board meeting to each supervisor with the registrant’s name, confirmation number, the effective date and the expiration date.
Technician Registration Renewal Technician registration
will expire on June 30 of each year. Renewal is held from
Rules & Regulations § 7.7
7.7.A
General Terms and Definitions 7.7 Employment of Technicians 7.7.
A. General Terms and Definitions. A “Qualified Psychologist for the
purpose of the registration of Technicians” shall be a doctoral level
Psychologist licensed by the Board to practice in the area of
neuropsychology having supervision privileges also approved by the
Board. 7.7.
A. (1) The 7.7.
A. (2) The supervising Psychologist is legally responsible for all work
performed by the Technician. A Psychologist, who is not authorized to
supervise and perform neuropsychological testing, as determined by the
Arkansas Psychology Board, shall not be considered qualified or
permitted to register or supervise Technicians. 7.7.
A. (3) A person shall be identified to the public as a “Technician”
only when he or she is duly registered and supervised by a licensed
Psychologist who has been authorized by the Board to provide
Neuropsychological services. The registered status of the Technician is
the responsibility of a qualified Psychologist, and is not the privilege
of the individual identified as a Technician 7.7.
A. (4) If a Psychologist supervises a Technician who previously was
registered by another Psychologist, the current Psychologist must submit
the appropriate registration with the Board to reflect the change in
supervisors. 7.7.
A. (5) In cases where a Technician is supervised by more than one
qualified Psychologist then each Psychologist shall comply with all
Registration and Supervision requirements. 7.7. A. (6) Technicians may be employed only by qualified supervising Psychologists in the practice of or by entities that have employed licensed Psychologists to provide neuropsychological services. Technicians may not be supervised by anyone other than a qualified supervising Psychologist. 7.7.
A. (7) Individuals employed as Technicians may only be employed for
neuropsychological testing and shall be restricted to the administration
and scoring of standardized objective tests they have been trained to
conduct. 7.7.
A. (8) Individuals employed as Technicians may not administer or score
projective tests. 7.7. B.
Educational Requirements. College level educational coursework required
of Technicians should be from an accredited institution with a
recognized and organized program in psychology. All Technicians and
supervising Psychologists shall meet the formal educational standards as
required by A.C.A. §17-97-101, et. seq., including those requirements
related to Technicians as contained in §17-97-401 which include:
7.7.
B. (1) A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution,
preferably with a major in psychology. 7.7.
B. (2) Passing grades in college courses in abnormal psychology,
personality, psychological statistics, and psychological testing/tests
and measurement. For purposes of this section of the Rules and
Regulations, the term “Psychological Testing” means, at a minimum, a
course in Psychological Test and Measurement. A course in Individual
Tests of Intelligence taught in an accredited undergraduate program is
also acceptable. 7.7.
B. (2) (a) For the purposes of these Rules and Regulations a “passing
grade” means a “C” in a letter grading system; a “Pass” in a pass/fail
system; or “Satisfactory” in a satisfactory/unsatisfactory grading
system. 7.7.
B. (3) Technicians who have completed degrees with non-psychology majors
shall have completed passing grades in the coursework specified in 7.7.B
(2). 7.7.
B. (4) Individuals employed as Technicians as of 7.7.
B. (5) Technicians employed after 7.7.
B. (6) Individuals may not function as Technicians while completing
required college courses. 7.7.
C. (1) The qualified Psychologist(s) under whose license the Technician
functions shall register the Technician. 7.7.
C. (2) Psychologists attempting to register Technicians employed after
August 12, 2005 who are judged by the Board to lack required coursework
will be notified by the Board that the individual is not qualified and
will not be registered until the individual meets the requirements
contained in Act 1262 of 2005. 7.7.
D. (1) The supervising Psychologist shall document the dates and setting
in which additional and specific training of the Technician was
provided. 7.7.
D. (2) The supervising Psychologist shall list all procedures and tests
on which the Technician has been trained, and include the date(s) the
Technician was judged to be competent to administer and score those
procedures and tests. 7.7.
D. (3) The supervising Psychologist is responsible for providing the
Board annual documentation that the Technician has completed at least
one hour (1) of continuing education in professional/psychological
ethics. 7.7. F.
Confidentiality and Professional Obligations to the Public. 7.7.
F. (1) The supervising Psychologist is responsible for maintaining
confidentiality of all records consistent with A.C.A. §§ 17-97-101 et
seq, the Rules and Regulations of the Arkansas Psychology Board, Federal
HIPPA requirements and the APA Code of Ethics. 7.7. G.
Registration Procedures 7.7.
G. (1). Technicians must be registered with the Board on the
appropriate form(s) supplied by the Board. Registration of Technicians
employed on or before 7.7.
G. (1) (a) The use of non-registered Technicians is considered a
violation of this law and the violating Psychologist shall be held
accountable. 7.7.
G. (1) (b) Failure to submit proper registration forms for any
Technician before that Technician is allowed to work with the public
shall constitute a violation of law and shall subject the supervising
Psychologist to fines or other penalties imposed by the Board. 7.7.
G. (2) First-time registration of each Technician will include
submission of all documentation required by Act 1262 of 2005. 7.7.
G. (3) Renewal of Registered Technicians shall occur annually
simultaneous with the renewal of their qualified supervising
Psychologist. 7.7.
G. (4) Psychologists shall notify the Board in writing whenever he or
she no longer supervises a Technician. 7.7.
G. (5) Psychologists who are supervising Technicians at the time Act
1262 of 2005 becomes effective shall indicate on the registration form(s)
whether the Technician(s) is (are) being duly registered under
provisions of the grandfathering clauses of the Act. Currently
supervised Technicians(s) shall be eligible to be considered duly
registered under the grandfathering clause of the Act only if they were
trained and supervised by a qualified Psychologist prior to 7.7.
G. (6) Licensed Psychologists who are not licensed to provide
neuropsychological services shall not be permitted to register or
supervise Technicians. Psychologists with supervisory credentials, but
who are not |
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