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COGNITIVE PROCESSES, APTITUDES, INTERESTS, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT,
ADJUSTMENT, PERSONALITY FACTORS AND MOTIVATIONS, OR ANY OTHER ATTRI-
BUTES, IN INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS, THAT RELATE TO LEARNING, EDUCATION OR
ADJUSTMENT NEEDS;
2. THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATIONALLY-RELATED
PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC AND BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO INCREASE SCHOOL ADJUST-
MENT AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS, COUNSELING AND INTERPRETIVE SERVICES TO
REDUCE EDUCATION-RELATED PROBLEMS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VERBAL
INTERACTION, INTERVIEWING, BEHAVIOR TECHNIQUES, DEVELOPMENTAL AND VOCA-
TIONAL INTERVENTION, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND GROUP PROCESSES;
3. CONSULTATION WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF SCHOOLS, AGENCIES AND ORGAN-
IZATIONS, FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL, DEVEL-
OPMENTAL AND VOCATIONAL ASSISTANCE OR DIRECT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES,
RELATED TO LEARNING PROBLEMS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE PROBLEMS; AND
4. THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING
OR EVALUATING EDUCATIONALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY SOUND LEARNING ENVIRON-
MENTS AND THE FACILITATION OF PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVID-
UALS, FAMILIES OR GROUPS.
S 8723. REQUIREMENTS FOR A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE. TO QUALIFY FOR A
LICENSE AS A LICENSED SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, AN APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL
THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
1. APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT;
2. EDUCATION: COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF SIXTY GRADUATE CREDITS AND FULFILL
THE REQUIREMENTS OF A MASTER'S OR DOCTORAL DEGREE IN SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY
FROM A PROGRAM REGISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT, OR DETERMINED BY THE
DEPARTMENT TO BE THE SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS. THE GRADUATE COURSEWORK SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
(I) BIOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL BASES OF DEVELOPMENT;
(II) PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND EXCEPTIONALITY IN LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR;
(III) ASSESSMENT AND APPRAISAL OF LEARNERS IN HOME AND SCHOOL
CONTEXTS;
(IV) CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION IN FAMILY, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
SYSTEMS;
(V) EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE AND ACADEMIC
SKILLS;
(VI) PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS
AND DEFICITS;
(VII) SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, CURRICULUM, POLICY AND LAW;
(VIII) RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EVALUATION;
(IX) PROFESSION AND ETHICAL PRACTICE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN SCHOOLS; AND
(X) COMPLETION OF A TWELVE HUNDRED HOUR SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP IN
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, WITH NO LESS THAN SIX HUNDRED HOURS COMPLETED WITHIN
A SCHOOL SETTING.
3. EXPERIENCE: COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED HOURS
OF POST-MASTER'S SUPERVISED EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO THE PRACTICE OF
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS, SUCH SUPERVISED EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY INCLUDE
ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED HOURS COMPLETED AS PART OF A PROGRAM IN SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGY;
4. EXAMINATION: PASS AN EXAMINATION SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
5. AGE: BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE;
6. CHARACTER: BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPART-
MENT; AND
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7. FEES: PAY A FEE OF TWO HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR
ADMISSION TO A DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED EXAMINATION AND FOR AN INITIAL
LICENSE; A FEE OF EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR EACH REEXAMINATION; A FEE OF
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR AN INITIAL LICENSE FOR PERSONS NOT
REQUIRING ADMISSION TO A DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED EXAMINATION AND A FEE OF
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS FOR EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION PERIOD.
S 8724. BOUNDARIES OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY. 1. IT SHALL BE DEEMED
PRACTICING OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF HIS OR HER PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
FOR A PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, IN THE CASE OF TREATMENT
OF ANY SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, TO PROVIDE ANY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
FOR SUCH ILLNESS ON A CONTINUOUS AND SUSTAINED BASIS WITHOUT A MEDICAL
EVALUATION OF THE ILLNESS BY, AND CONSULTATION WITH, A PHYSICIAN REGARD-
ING SUCH ILLNESS. SUCH MEDICAL EVALUATION AND CONSULTATION SHALL BE TO
DETERMINE AND ADVISE WHETHER ANY MEDICAL CARE IS INDICATED FOR SUCH
ILLNESS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS" MEANS
SCHIZOPHRENIA, SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER, BIPOLAR DISORDER, MAJOR
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, PANIC DISORDER AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER.
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PREVENT, LIMIT OR IMPAIR
CONSULTATION WITH ANY OTHER HEALTH OR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. NOTH-
ING HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL LIMIT, MODIFY, RESTRICT OR OTHERWISE AFFECT
THE DEFINITION OF THE PRACTICE OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY AS PROVIDED IN
SECTION EIGHTY-SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.
2. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHOSE LICENSE OR AUTHORITY TO PRACTICE DERIVES FROM
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM:
(A) PRESCRIBING OR ADMINISTERING DRUGS AS DEFINED IN THIS CHAPTER AS A
TREATMENT, THERAPY, OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE IN THE PRACTICE OF HIS OR
HER PROFESSION; OR
(B) USING INVASIVE PROCEDURES AS A TREATMENT, THERAPY, OR PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE IN THE PRACTICE OF HIS OR HER PROFESSION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SUBDIVISION, "INVASIVE PROCEDURE" MEANS ANY PROCEDURE IN WHICH HUMAN
TISSUE IS CUT, ALTERED, OR OTHERWISE INFILTRATED BY MECHANICAL OR OTHER
MEANS. INVASIVE PROCEDURE INCLUDES SURGERY, LASERS, IONIZING RADIATION,
THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND, OR ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY.
3. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO AUTHORIZE, GRANT OR
EXTEND HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES TO INDIVIDUALS LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
S 8725. LIMITED PERMITS. 1. THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A LIMITED PERMIT
TO AN APPLICANT WHOSE QUALIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR ADMISSION TO
THE EXAMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREFOR.
2. LIMITED PERMITS SHALL BE FOR ONE YEAR AND BE RENEWED, AT THE
DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT, FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR.
3. THE FEE FOR EACH LIMITED PERMIT AND FOR EACH RENEWAL SHALL BE
SEVENTY DOLLARS.
S 8726. EXEMPTIONS. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE
CONSTRUED TO:
1. APPLY TO THE PRACTICE, CONDUCT, ACTIVITIES, SERVICES OR USE OF ANY
TITLE BY ANY PERSON LICENSED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE MEDI-
CINE WITHIN THE STATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THIS
TITLE OR BY ANY PERSON REGISTERED TO PERFORM SERVICES AS A PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT WITHIN THE STATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-B
OF THIS TITLE OR BY ANY PERSON LICENSED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO PRAC-
TICE PSYCHOLOGY WITHIN THIS STATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE OR BY ANY PERSON LICENSED OR OTHERWISE AUTHOR-
IZED TO PRACTICE AS A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER WITHIN THIS STATE
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE, OR BY ANY
PERSON LICENSED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE NURSING AS A REGIS-
TERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE WITHIN THIS STATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE
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HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF THIS TITLE, OR BY ANY PERSON LICENSED OR OTHER-
WISE AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, MARRIAGE AND FAMI-
LY THERAPY, CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY, OR PSYCHOANALYSIS WITHIN THE STATE
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT NO PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT, REGISTERED PROFES-
SIONAL NURSE, PSYCHOLOGIST, LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER, LICENSED
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST,
LICENSED CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST OR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYST MAY USE THE
TITLE UNLESS LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE;
2. PROHIBIT OR LIMIT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CREDENTIALED UNDER ANY LAW,
INCLUDING ATTORNEYS, RAPE CRISIS COUNSELORS, CERTIFIED ALCOHOLISM COUN-
SELORS AND CERTIFIED SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS FROM PROVIDING MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE ESTABLISHED AUTHORITIES;
3. PROHIBIT OR LIMIT THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION LICENSED PURSUANT
TO THIS ARTICLE BY A STUDENT, INTERN OR RESIDENT IN, AND AS A PART OF, A
SUPERVISED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN AN INSTITUTION APPROVED BY THE DEPART-
MENT;
4. PROHIBIT OR LIMIT THE PROVISION OF PASTORAL COUNSELING SERVICES BY
ANY MEMBER OF THE CLERGY OR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRACTITIONER, WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF HIS OR HER MINISTERIAL CHARGE OR OBLIGATION;
5. PROHIBIT OR LIMIT INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, ORGAN-
IZATIONS, OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES, FROM PROVIDING INSTRUCTION,
ADVICE, SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT, OR INFORMATION TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES,
AND RELATIONAL GROUPS; OR
6. PROHIBIT OR LIMIT AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST FROM PERFORMING WORK
CONSISTENT WITH ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THIS TITLE.
S 8727. SPECIAL PROVISIONS. 1. ANY NONEXEMPT PERSON PRACTICING THE
PROFESSION OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY SHALL APPLY FOR A LICENSE OF SUCH
PROFESSION WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
(A) IF SUCH PERSON DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LICENSE ESTAB-
LISHED WITHIN THIS ARTICLE, SUCH PERSON MAY MEET ALTERNATIVE CRITERIA
DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE THE SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT OF SUCH
CRITERIA.
(B) IF SUCH PERSON MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LICENSE ESTABLISHED
WITHIN THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT FOR EXAMINATION, AND HAS BEEN CERTIFIED OR
REGISTERED BY A NATIONAL CERTIFYING OR REGISTERING BODY HAVING CERTIF-
ICATION OR REGISTRATION STANDARDS ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMISSIONER, THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL LICENSE WITHOUT EXAMINATION.
2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION EIGHTY-SEVEN HUNDRED
TWENTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, AND FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOT TO EXCEED TWO
YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, AN INDIVIDUAL MAY BE
LICENSED AS A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST PROVIDED SUCH PERSON HAS EITHER:
(A) MET THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTY-SEV-
EN HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE AND PERFORMED THE DUTIES OF A
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST FOR TWO OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THE EFFEC-
TIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE; OR
(B) PERFORMED THE DUTIES OF A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST FOR AT LEAST FIVE
YEARS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
3. ANY PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE MAY USE ACCEPTED CLAS-
SIFICATIONS OF SIGNS, SYMPTOMS, DYSFUNCTIONS AND DISORDERS, AS APPROVED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN THE
PRACTICE OF SUCH LICENSED PROFESSION.
S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6507 of the education
law, as amended by chapter 356 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read
as follows:
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a. Establish standards for preprofessional and professional education,
experience and licensing examinations as required to implement the arti-
cle for each profession. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
commissioner shall establish standards requiring that all persons apply-
ing, on or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, initially,
or for the renewal of, a license, registration or limited permit to be a
physician, chiropractor, dentist, registered nurse, podiatrist, optome-
trist, psychiatrist, psychologist, LICENSED SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST,
licensed master social worker, licensed clinical social worker, licensed
creative arts therapist, licensed marriage and family therapist,
licensed mental health counselor, licensed psychoanalyst, or dental
hygienist shall, in addition to all the other licensure, certification
or permit requirements, have completed two hours of coursework or train-
ing regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and
maltreatment. The coursework or training shall be obtained from an
institution or provider which has been approved by the department to
provide such coursework or training. The coursework or training shall
include information regarding the physical and behavioral indicators of
child abuse and maltreatment and the statutory reporting requirements
set out in sections four hundred thirteen through four hundred twenty of
the social services law, including but not limited to, when and how a
report must be made, what other actions the reporter is mandated or
authorized to take, the legal protections afforded reporters, and the
consequences for failing to report. Such coursework or training may also
include information regarding the physical and behavioral indicators of
the abuse of individuals with mental retardation and other developmental
disabilities and voluntary reporting of abused or neglected adults to
the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities or the
local adult protective services unit. Each applicant shall provide the
department with documentation showing that he or she has completed the
required training. The department shall provide an exemption from the
child abuse and maltreatment training requirements to any applicant who
requests such an exemption and who shows, to the department's satisfac-
tion, that there would be no need because of the nature of his or her
practice for him or her to complete such training;
S 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the social
services law, as separately amended by chapters 323 and 366 of the laws
of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The following persons and officials are required to report or
cause a report to be made in accordance with this title when they have
reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their
professional or official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or
when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused or
maltreated child where the parent, guardian, custodian or other person
legally responsible for such child comes before them in their profes-
sional or official capacity and states from personal knowledge facts,
conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an
abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician assist-
ant; surgeon; medical examiner; coroner; dentist; dental hygienist;
osteopath; optometrist; chiropractor; podiatrist; resident; intern;
psychologist; SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST; registered nurse; social worker;
emergency medical technician; licensed creative arts therapist; licensed
marriage and family therapist; licensed mental health counselor;
licensed psychoanalyst; hospital personnel engaged in the admission,
examination, care or treatment of persons; a Christian Science practi-
tioner; school official, which includes but is not limited to school
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teacher, school guidance counselor, school psychologist, school social
worker, school nurse, school administrator or other school personnel
required to hold a teaching or administrative license or certificate;
social services worker; day care center worker; school-age child care
worker; provider of family or group family day care; employee or volun-
teer in a residential care facility defined in subdivision four of
section four hundred twelve-a of this title or any other child care or
foster care worker; mental health professional; substance abuse counse-
lor; alcoholism counselor; all persons credentialed by the office of
alcoholism and substance abuse services; peace officer; police officer;
district attorney or assistant district attorney; investigator employed
in the office of a district attorney; or other law enforcement official.
S 4. Section 7602 of the education law, as added by chapter 987 of the
laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
S 7602. State board for psychology. A state board for psychology
shall be appointed by the board of regents on recommendation of the
commissioner for the purpose of assisting the board of regents and the
department on matters of professional licensing and professional conduct
in accordance with section sixty-five hundred eight of this title. The
board shall be composed of not less than eleven [psychologists licensed
in this state] MEMBERS, A NUMBER OF WHOM SHALL BE LICENSED SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGISTS SUFFICIENT TO ASSURE MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION IN BOARD
ACTIVITIES. An executive secretary to the board shall be appointed by
the board of regents upon the recommendation of the commissioner and
shall be a psychologist, licensed in this state.
S 5. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part
of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the
remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the
controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
S 6. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012; provided that the
department of education is authorized to promulgate any and all rules
and regulations and take any other measure necessary to implement this
act on or before its effective date, including, but not limited to, the
appointment of the state board for psychology, the acceptance and proc-
essing of applications for licensure and the issuance of licenses;
provided further that the provisions of article 167 of the education
law, as added by section one of this act, requiring a license or limited
permit to practice under such article shall not be enforced until Janu-
ary 1, 2013.
