Section Psyc 302.04 - Internship(a) The first year of clinical supervised experience shall occur as a formal internship in an organized health care setting which may be referred to as a program, an agency, or a consortium.(b) Internships that are accredited by the APA or the CPA shall be recognized without further documentation.(c) An internship program that is not accredited as in (b) above shall meet all of the following criteria:(1) The program shall be organized and designed to provide the intern with a planned, programmed sequence of training experiences that is demonstrated by a written statement, brochure, or contract with the graduate program which:a. Describes the goals and content of the internship;b. States clear expectations for quantity and quality of intern's work;c. Is made available to prospective interns;d. Provides training in a range of assessment and intervention activities conducted directly with patients seeking health services; ande. Provides for a minimum of 1500 hours of training to be completed within a maximum of 24 consecutive months;(2) The program shall designate a staff psychologist, who is currently and actively licensed or certified by the state or provincial board of psychology in the state or province where the program is operated, as the person who shall be responsible for the integrity and quality of the training program;(3) The program shall have 2 or more psychologists on the staff serving as supervisors of interns, at least one of whom is currently and actively licensed as a psychologist by the state or provincial board of psychology in the state or province where the program is operated;(4) The program shall have a minimum of 2 persons enrolled at the internship level of training during the intern's training period;(5) Supervision of interns shall be provided by a staff member of the program who carries clinical responsibility for the cases being supervised. At least one program staff psychologist shall provide half of the internship supervision;(6) At least 375 hours of an intern's program time shall be spent in direct patient contact;(7) The program shall include a minimum of 2 hours per week of regularly scheduled, formal, face-to-face individual supervision with a staff member that directly evaluates the health services rendered directly to patients by the intern;(8) The program shall include a minimum of 2 hours per week of learning activities including: a. Case conferences involving a case in which the intern was actively involved;b. Seminars dealing with clinical issues;c. Co-therapy with a staff person including discussion;d. Group supervision; ande. Additional individual supervision of the intern;(9) Any funds received from patients or their insurers shall contribute to payment of stipends to the interns in the program;(10) Training was post-clerkship, post-practicum, and post-externship level; and(11) The trainee uses a title such as "intern," "resident," "fellow," or other designation of trainee status;(d) The program shall maintain permanent records of the following information to permit interns to complete their application for licensure including the following: (1) The dates of attendance in the program and dates of supervised clinical experience;(2) The hours of face-to-face individual supervision of the intern whether in person or via electronic medium;(3) The total hours of supervised clinical work experience; and(4) The name and title of each supervisor assisting the intern, together with: a. The type of license held, the state of issue, the state license number, and the issue date of the license; andb. The highest degree earned by the supervisor.N.H. Admin. Code § Psyc 302.04
Derived From Volume XXXVI Number 49, Filed December 8, 2016, Proposed by 12035-B, Effective 11/4/2016, Expires 11/4/2026.Amended by Number 6, Filed February 8, 2024, Proposed by #13845, Effective 3/5/2024, Expires 3/5/2034.