N.M. Admin. Code § 16.22.12.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 17, September 10, 2024

Section 16.22.12.9 - EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

A. An applicant who received a master's degree prior to July 1, 1985, shall hold a master's degree from a department of psychology in a school or college as defined in the Professional Psychologist Act or a master's degree which is primarily psychological in nature from a school or college whose program had substantially equivalent requirements as those set forth in this rule.

B. An applicant who received a master's degree after July 1, 1985, shall hold a master's degree from a department of psychology, counseling psychology, or school psychology in a school or college as defined in the Professional Psychologist Act.

C. The applicant shall show that his program of graduate studies included a minimum of three (3) graduate semester hours (six (6) graduate quarter hours) directly related to psychological theory in three of the nine following content areas (no course may be counted for more than two areas):

(1) biological aspects of behavior: physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology, sensation and perception, psychopharmacology, biological bases of development;

(2) cognitive and affective aspects of behavior: learning, thinking, motivation, emotion, and cognitive development;

(3) social aspects of behavior: social psychology, group processes, community psychology, social development, organizational and systems theory;

(4) human development: developmental psychology, human development, lifespan development, and developmental psychopathology;

(5) individual differences: personality theory, human development, and abnormal psychology;

(6) professional and scientific ethics and standards: professional and ethical problems in clinical, counseling, or school psychology, legal, ethical, and professional issues in psychotherapy or counseling;

(7) research design, methodology, statistics, and data analysis: research methods in clinical, counseling, or school psychology; research design in psychology; statistical analysis in psychology; multivariate statistical methods;

(8) cultural competence, as deemed satisfactory to the board, multicultural counseling, counseling the culturally different, feminist psychology, counseling gay and lesbian populations, treating persons with disabilities;

(9) methods of assessment and diagnosis: psychological assessment, clinical diagnosis, and intellectual and personality assessment.

D. The applicant shall have completed at least two (2) semesters (or four (4) quarter hours) of clinical, counseling, or school psychology practicum.

N.M. Admin. Code § 16.22.12.9

16.22.12.9 NMAC - Rp, 16.22.12.9 NMAC, 11/15/06