Current through Register Vol. XLII, No. 1, January 3, 2025
Section 17-6-3 - Definitions - Psychologist, School Psychologist, Client, Court Order, Licensed, Professional Relationship, Professional Service and Supervisees3.1. The term "Psychologist" means licensed psychologist, licensed school psychologist, supervised psychologist, and supervised school psychologist.3.2. The term "Client," also known as patient is: (a) A direct recipient of psychological services within the context of a professional relationship including a child, adolescent, adult, couple, family, group, organization, community, or other populations, or other entities receiving psychological services;(b) The individual or entity requesting the psychological services and not necessarily the recipient of those services (e.g., an evaluation that is court-ordered, requested by an attorney, an agency, other administrative body or organization or business);(c) An organization, such as a business, corporate entity, community or government that receives services directed primarily to the organization, rather than to the individuals associated with the organization; or(d) An individual with a legal guardian, including minors and legally incompetent adults; the legal guardian shall be the client for decision making purposes, except that the individual receiving services shall be the client for issues directly affecting the physical or emotional safety of the individual, such as sexual or other exploitative dual relationships, or issues specifically reserved to the individual, and agreed to by the guardian prior to rendering of services, such as confidential communication in a therapy relationship.3.2.a. In the case of individuals with legal guardians, including minors and legally incompetent adults, the legal guardian shall be the client for decision making purposes, except that the individual receiving services shall be the client for (a) issues directly affecting the physical or emotional safety of the individual, such as sexual or other exploitive multiple relationships, and (b) issues specifically reserved to the individual, and agreed to by the guardian prior to rendering of services, such as confidential communication in a therapy relationship.3.3. "Confidential information" means information revealed by a client or clients or otherwise obtained by a psychologist, where there is reasonable expectation that because of the relationship between the client(s) and the psychologist, or the circumstances under which the information was revealed or obtained, the information shall not be disclosed by the psychologist without the informed written consent of the client(s).3.4. "Court order" means the written or oral communication of a member of the judiciary, or other court magistrate or administrator, if such authority has been lawfully delegated to such magistrate or administrator. A subpoena is not a court order.3.5. "Licensed" means licensed, certified, registered, or any other term when such term identifies a person whose professional behavior is subject to regulation by the Board.3.6. "Professional relationship" means a mutually agreed upon relationship between a psychologist and a client(s) for the purpose of the client(s) obtaining the psychologist's professional expertise.3.7. "Professional service" means all actions of the psychologist in the context of a professional relationship with a client.3.8. "Supervisee" means any person who functions under the extended authority of the psychologist to provide, or while in training to provide, psychological services. Supervisees include but are not limited to supervised psychologists or supervised school psychologists.