Section 337.100 - Citation of law - findings - purpose1. Sections 337.100 to 337.165 shall be known as the "Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact". The party states find that: (1) States license psychologists, in order to protect the public through verification of education, training, and experience and ensure accountability for professional practice;(2) This compact is intended to regulate the day-to-day practice of telepsychology, the provision of psychological services using telecommunication technologies, by psychologists across state boundaries in the performance of their psychological practice as assigned by an appropriate authority;(3) This compact is intended to regulate the temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology by psychologists across state boundaries for thirty days within a calendar year in the performance of their psychological practice as assigned by an appropriate authority;(4) This compact is intended to authorize state psychology regulatory authorities to afford legal recognition, in a manner consistent with the terms of the compact, to psychologists licensed in another state;(5) This compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in protecting the public's health and safety through their licensing and regulation of psychologists and that such state regulation will best protect public health and safety;(6) This compact does not apply when a psychologist is licensed in both the home and receiving states; and(7) This compact does not apply to permanent in-person, face-to-face practice, it does allow for authorization of temporary psychological practice.2. The general purposes of this compact are to:(1) Increase public access to professional psychological services by allowing for telepsychological practice across state lines as well as temporary in-person, face-to-face services into a state which the psychologist is not licensed to practice psychology;(2) Enhance the states' ability to protect the public's health and safety, especially client/patient safety;(3) Encourage the cooperation of compact states in the areas of psychology licensure and regulation;(4) Facilitate the exchange of information between compact states regarding psychologist licensure, adverse actions, and disciplinary history;(5) Promote compliance with the laws governing psychological practice in each compact state; and(6) Invest all compact states with the authority to hold licensed psychologists accountable through the mutual recognition of compact state licenses.Added by 2018 Mo. Laws, HB 1719,s A, eff. 8/28/2018.Added by 2018 Mo. Laws, SB 660,s A, eff. upon notification by the commission to the revisor of statutes that seven states have adopted the psychology interjurisdictional compact..