Md. Code Regs. 10.36.01.04-2

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 12, June 14, 2024

Section 10.36.01.04-2 - Supervised Professional Experience - Practice-Oriented Programs

A. For applicants for licensure graduating from practice-oriented programs, supervised professional experience may be accrued through:

(1) Pre-internship;

(2) Internship;

(3) Pre-doctoral post-internship; or

(4) Post-doctoral experiences.

B. The academic training program director or the post-doctoral training supervisor shall attest to the hours accrued to meet the requirements of this regulation on a form required by the Board.

C. An applicant may utilize pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experience:

(1) To accrue up to 1,500 hours toward the supervised professional experience required for licensure; and

(2) That occurs following the completion of the first year of the doctoral program.

D. Pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experiences shall:

(1) Consist of an organized sequence of training that is of increasing complexity to prepare the student for internship;

(2) Follow appropriate academic preparation;

(3) Be overseen by the graduate training program;

(4) Be an extension of the student's academic coursework and within the scope of education received;

(5) Be in service-related activities such as treatment, assessment, interviews, report writing, case presentations, supervision, and consultation for at least 50 percent of the training experience; and

(6) Be devoted to face-to-face client contact for at least 25 percent of the training experience.

E. Pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experiences shall contain a written training plan that:

(1) Includes the responsibilities of the student, training site, and graduate training program;

(2) Describes how the student's time will be allotted;

(3) Ensures the quality, breadth, and depth of the training experience by specifying the:

(a) Goals and objectives of the training experience;

(b) Methods of evaluation of the student's performance; and

(c) Rules governing the training experience;

(4) Specifies the requirements of supervision to include:

(a) The nature of supervision;

(b) The identities of supervisors; and

(c) The form and frequency of feedback from the agency supervisor to the training faculty;

(5) Provides rationale for the training experience based on previous academic preparation and previous training to ensure that the overall experience is organized and sequential; and

(6) May be provided to the Board with the application to document the pre-internship or pre-doctoral post-internship experience.

F. Pre-internship and Pre-doctoral Post-internship Supervision Requirements.

(1) Every 20 hours of pre-internship experience and pre-doctoral post-internship shall include the following:

(a) At least 2 hours of regularly scheduled, formal, face-to-face individual supervision that addresses the direct psychological services provided by the student; and

(b) At least 2 hours of other learning activities such as:

(i) Case conferences;

(ii) Seminars on applied issues;

(iii) Conducting co-therapy with a staff person including discussion of the case; or

(iv) Group supervision.

(2) In exceptional circumstances, the Board may waive the requirement for face-to-face supervision if the academic program director attests to the nature of the circumstances and assures the Board that the quality of supervision was not compromised.

G. Internship experiences shall:

(1) Consist of a minimum of 1,750 hours of supervised experience; and

(2) Be completed within 24 months.

H. The internship program shall be:

(1) Accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA);

(2) A member program of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral Internship Centers (APPIC); or

(3) Part of an academic program that:

(a) Is approved or designated by the:

(i) APA;

(ii) CPA; or

(iii) Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)/National Register; and

(b) Includes an internship that is approved by the program's academic training director as meeting its criteria for an internship.

I. Post-Doctoral Supervised Professional Experience-Practice-Oriented Programs.

(1) A maximum of 1,500 hours of the professional supervised experience may be obtained through post-doctoral supervised experience.

(2) Post-doctoral supervised experience shall be completed if an applicant does not have 3,250 hours of pre-doctoral supervised experience.

Md. Code Regs. 10.36.01.04-2

Regulations .04-2 adopted effective December 20, 1982 (9:25 Md. R. 2484)
Regulations .04-2 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 1, 2000 (27:3 Md. R. 325); adopted permanently effective May 1, 2000 (27:8 Md. R. 798)
Regulations .04-2 adopted effective September 1, 2010 (37:14 Md. R. 938)
Regulation .04-2 amended effective 42:10 Md. R. 684, eff.5/25/2015