Section 216-RICR-40-05-28.3 - DefinitionsA. Wherever used in this Part, the following terms shall be construed as follows: 1. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-86 entitled "Licensing of Applied Behavior Analysts".2. "Applied behavior analyst" means an individual licensed to practice applied behavior analysis pursuant to provisions of the Act and this Part.3. "Applied behavior analyst aide" means an individual, not licensed pursuant to the Act and this Part, who works under the supervision of a licensed applied behavior analyst, who assists in the practice of applied behavior analysis and whose activities require an understanding of applied behavior analysis, but do not require professional or advanced training in the basic anatomical, psychological, and social sciences involved in the practice of applied behavior analysis.4. "Applied behavior assistant analyst" means an individual licensed who practices applied behavior analysis pursuant to the provisions of the Act and this Part.5. "Board" means the Rhode Island Applied Behavior Analyst Licensing Board established pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-86-4.6. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Health.7. "Director" means the means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health.8. "Education" means the academic program pursued by the person in obtaining the bachelors, masters or doctorate degree, that the programs to include formal course work, seminars and practica.9. "Practice of applied behavior analysis" means the design, implementation and evaluation of environmental modifications by a behavior analyst to produce socially significant improvements in human behavior.a. It includes the empirical identification of functional relations between environment and behavior, known as functional assessment and analysis.b. Applied behavior analysis interventions are based on scientific research and the direct observation and measurement of behavior and environment. They utilize contextual factors, establishing operations, antecedent stimuli, positive reinforcement and other consequences to help people develop new behaviors, increase or decrease existing behaviors, and emit behaviors under specific environmental conditions.c. The practice of applied behavior analysis expressly excludes psychological testing, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, sex therapy, psychoanalysis, hypnotherapy, and long-term counseling as treatment modalities. Such services are provided by an individual licensed pursuant to Act and this Part only when applied behavior analysis services are prescribed by a child psychiatrist, a behavioral developmental pediatrician, a child neurologist or a licensed psychologist with training in child psychology pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws 27-20.11-4.10. "Psychologist with equivalent experience" means an individual deemed to hold equivalent licensure as an applied behavior analyst upon satisfying equivalency requirements through submission and satisfaction of written evidence of education and relevant experience to the Department pursuant to §28.5.3 of this Part.11. "Supervised experience" means the practical application of principles, methods and procedures of the science of applied behavioral analysis in accordance with the requirements of §§28.5.1(A)(2) of this Part (applied behavior analyst) or 28.5.2(A)(2) of this Part (applied behavior assistant analyst).12. "Supervision" means that a licensed applied behavior analyst is at all times responsible for supportive personnel and clients. Supervision is further defined in §28.4.3 of this Part.13. "Training" means the pre-professional or professional supervised experience received by the person at the pre or post-doctoral level that experience to have been obtained in an internship, clinic, or other similar professional setting.216 R.I. Code R. § 216-RICR-40-05-28.3