0001|                           SENATE BILL 806
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           MANNY M. ARAGON
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL LICENSES; AMENDING THE MINIMUM PASSING
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0012|     SCORE ON EXAMINATIONS FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHOLOGIST
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0013|     ASSOCIATES; ALLOWING LICENSURE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 61-9-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
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0017|     Chapter 92, Section 10, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|          "61-9-11.  LICENSURE--EXAMINATION.--
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0019|               A.  The board shall issue a license as a
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0020|     psychologist to each applicant who files an application upon a
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0021|     form and in such manner as the board prescribes, accompanied by
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0022|     the fee required by the Professional Psychologist Act, and who
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0023|     furnishes evidence satisfactory to the board that he:
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0024|                    (1)  has reached the age of majority;
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0025|                    (2)  is of good moral character;
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0001|                    (3)  is not in violation of any of the
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0002|     provisions of the Professional Psychologist Act and the rules
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0003|     and regulations adopted pursuant to that act;
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0004|                    (4)  holds a doctoral degree based in part on a
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0005|     psychological dissertation from a school or college;
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0006|                    (5)  has had an internship approved by the
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0007|     American psychological association and one year of experience
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0008|     after receiving the doctoral degree or has had, after receiving
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0009|     the doctoral degree, at least two years of supervised
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0010|     experience in psychological work of a type satisfactory to the
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0011|     board; and
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0012|                    (6)  demonstrates professional competence by
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0013|     passing:
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0014|                         (a)  the examination for professional
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0015|     practice in psychology promulgated by the association of state
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0016|     and provincial psychology boards with a minimum score
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0017|     equivalent to or greater than <s>[the statistical mean]</s> <u>seventy
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<u></u>0018| <u>    percent</u> as reported by the association of state and provincial
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0019|     psychology boards for all doctoral-level candidates taking the
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0020|     examination on that occasion; and
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0021|                         (b)  an oral examination administered and
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0022|     graded by the board, investigating the applicant's training,
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0023|     experience and knowledge.  The oral examination shall be
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0024|     evaluated on a pass-fail basis.
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0025|               B.  Upon investigation of the application and other
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0001|     evidence submitted, the board shall, not less than thirty days
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0002|     prior to the examination, notify each applicant that the
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0003|     application and evidence submitted for licensure are
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0004|     satisfactory and accepted or unsatisfactory and rejected.  If
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0005|     rejected, the notice shall state the reasons for rejection.
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0006|               C.  The place of examination shall be designated in
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0007|     advance by the board, and examinations shall be given at such
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0008|     time and place and under such supervision as the board may
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0009|     determine.
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0010|               D.  In the event an applicant fails to receive a
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0011|     passing grade, he may apply for <s>[re-examinations]</s>
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0012|     <u>reexamination</u>  and shall be allowed to take a subsequent
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0013|     examination upon payment of the fee required by the
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0014|     Professional Psychologist Act.
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0015|               E.  The board shall keep a record of all
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0016|     examinations, and the grade assigned to each, as part of its
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0017|     records for at least two years subsequent to the date of
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0018|     examination."
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0019|          Section 2.  Section 61-9-11.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
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0020|     Chapter 334, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0021|          "61-9-11.1.  PSYCHOLOGIST ASSOCIATES--LICENSURE--
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0022|     EXAMINATION.--
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0023|               A.  The board shall issue a license as a
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0024|     psychologist associate to each applicant who files an
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0025|     application upon a form and in such manner as the board
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0001|     prescribes, accompanied by the fee required by the Professional
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0002|     Psychologist Act, and who furnishes evidence satisfactory to
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0003|     the board that he:
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0004|                    (1)  has reached the age of majority, is of
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0005|     good moral character and is not in violation of any of the
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0006|     provisions of the Professional Psychologist Act and the rules
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0007|     and regulations adopted pursuant to that act;
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0008|                    (2)  holds a master's degree in psychology from
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0009|     a department of psychology of a school or college;
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0010|                    (3)  has had, after receiving the master's
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0011|     degree, at least five years of experience, one of which shall
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0012|     be supervised, in psychological work of a type satisfactory to
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0013|     the board; and
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0014|                    (4)  demonstrates professional competence by
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0015|     passing:
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0016|                         (a)  the examination for professional
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0017|     practice in psychology promulgated by the association of state
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0018|     and provincial psychology boards with a score equivalent to or
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0019|     greater than <s>[the statistical mean]</s> <u>sixty-five percent</u> as
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0020|     reported by the association of state and provincial psychology
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0021|     boards for all master's-level candidates taking the examination
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0022|     on that occasion; and
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0023|                         (b)  an oral examination administered and
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0024|     graded by the board, investigating the applicant's training,
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0025|     experience and knowledge of his area of practice. The oral
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0001|     examination shall be evaluated on a pass-fail basis.
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0002|               B.  Upon investigation of the application and other
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0003|     evidence submitted, the board shall, not less than thirty days
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0004|     prior to the examination, notify each applicant that the
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0005|     application and evidence submitted for licensure is
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0006|     satisfactory and accepted or unsatisfactory and rejected.  If
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0007|     rejected, the notice shall state the reasons for rejection.
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0008|               C.  The place of examination shall be designated in
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0009|     advance by the board, and examinations shall be given at such
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0010|     time and place and under such supervision as the board may
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0011|     determine.
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0012|               D.  In the event an applicant fails to receive a
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0013|     passing grade, he may apply for <s>[re-examinations]</s>
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0014|     <u>reexamination</u> and shall be allowed to take a subsequent
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0015|     examination upon payment of the fee required by the
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0016|     Professional Psychologist Act.
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0017|               E.  The board shall keep a record of all
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0018|     examinations, and the grade assigned to each, as part of its
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0019|     records for at least two years subsequent to the date of
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0020|     examination.
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0021|               F.  The board may adopt reasonable rules and
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0022|     regulations classifying areas and conditions of practice
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0023|     permissible for psychologist associates."
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0024|         Section 3.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--LICENSURE UNDER CERTAIN
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0025|     CONDITIONS.--For the purposes of licensing psychologists
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0001|     pursuant to the Professional Psychologist Act, an applicant who
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0002|     has a doctoral degree; has five years' post-doctoral experience
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0003|     within the ten years prior to July 31, 1997; has scored at
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0004|     least seventy percent on the examination for professional
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0005|     practice in psychology promulgated by the association of state
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0006|     and provincial psychology boards; and meets all the other
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0007|     requirements set forth in the Professional Psychologist Act
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0008|     shall be deemed to have met all the qualifications for
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0009|     licensure.
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