Section 12 AAC 60.990 - Definitions(a) In this chapter and AS 08.86: (1) "accredited school" means a school which is accredited by any regional accrediting agency recognized by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Offices;(2) "appropriate supervision" means supervision by a licensed psychologist who is responsible for insuring that the extent, kind, and quality of the psychological services performed are consistent with the training and experience of the supervised person and supervision that is consistent with (A) the standards established in 12 AAC 60.185; or(B) the alternate supervision plan accepted by the board under 12 AAC 60.080(c);(3) "professional incompetence" means lacking sufficient knowledge, skills, or professional judgement in a field of practice in which a psychologist or psychological associate engages, to a degree likely to endanger the mental health or well-being of patients;(4) "reasonable cause or excusable neglect" means(C) military service; and(D) hardships as individually determined by the board;(5) "technical meeting" means a professional meeting incorporating formal written or oral presentations of psychology related research, theory, or applied topics;(6) "supervised experience" includes direct client contact and preparation for direct client contact, staff meetings, case conferences, report writing, co-therapy, in-service training, and psychodiagnostic assessment;(7) "division" means the division assigned occupational licensing functions within the department;(8) "EPPP examination" means the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology administered by the Professional Examination Service;(9) "direct services" means activities performed by a psychologist or psychological associate that are directly related to providing psychological services to a patient, including individual and family psychotherapy, psychological testing, report writing, studying test results, case consultations, and reviewing published works relating to the patient's needs;(10) "learning activities" means professional development activities approved by the supervisor who signed the applicant's supervision plan, including individual readings, reading groups, consultation groups, college or university short courses, mail or internet-based education activities, facilitated discussion groups, topic-relevant audio and video presentations, workshops, seminars, and symposia.(11) "distance professional services" means the mode of delivering psychological services while physically separate from the recipient by means of technology-assisted media, including telephone, video, Internet, smartphone, tablet, desktop system, or other electronic means.Eff. 4/22/83, Register 86; am 6/29/87, Register 102; am 3/17/91, Register 117; am 3/27/98, Register 145; am 11/21/2001, Register 160; am 12/8/2005, Register 176; am 7/29/2009, Register 191; am 10/18/2023, Register 248, January 2024With Register 180, January 2007 and under the authority of AS 44.62.125, the regulations attorney changed obsolete terminology concerning the division of occupational licensing and the division of banking and securities in conformity with ch. 14, SLA 2005 and to reflect the transfer of certain corporations functions within the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
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