Current through Register Vol. XLII, No. 1, January 3, 2025
Section 17-7-2 - Definitions2.1. "Board" means the Board of Examiners of Psychologists established pursuant to W. Va. Code § 30-21-1et seq.2.2. "Initial license" means obtaining a license in West Virginia for the practice of psychology or school psychology for the first time.2.3. "License" or "licensure" means the official authorization by the board to engage in the practice of psychology or school psychology.2.4. "Unreversed", as that term refers to a criminal conviction, means that a conviction has not been set aside, vacated, pardoned, or expunged.2.5. "Initial" means obtaining a license in West Virginia for the practice of psychology or school psychology for the first time.2.6. "Local labor market" means every county in West Virginia, and any county outside of West Virginia if any portion of that county is within fifty miles of the border of West Virginia, pursuant to W.Va. Code § 21-1C-2.2.7. "Low-income individual" means an individual in the local labor market as defined in W. Va. Code § 21-1C-2, whose household adjusted gross income is below 130 percent of the federal poverty line. This term also includes any person enrolled in a state or federal public assistance program including, but not limited to, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF), Medicaid, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).2.8. "Military families" means any person who serves as an active member of the armed forces of the United States, the National Guard, or a reserve component as described in 38 U. S. C. § 101, honorably discharged veterans of those forces, and their spouses. This term also includes surviving spouses of deceased service members who have not remarried.2.9. "Initial licensing fees" includes the application fee and/or the annual supervision fee, which the candidate must pay when they are applying to obtain a license to practice psychology in WV for the first time.