SENATE BILL No. 1315

 

 

May 4, 2010, Introduced by Senators JACOBS, PAPPAGEORGE, SWITALSKI, SANBORN and CASSIS and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 18223 (MCL 333.18223), as amended by 1986 PA

 

174.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 18223. (1) The board shall promulgate rules requiring

 

that an individual granted a license under this part, except as

 

provided in subsection (2), shall have been meet both of the

 

following requirements:

 

     (a) Been granted a doctoral degree in psychology, or a

 

doctoral degree in a closely related field, from a regionally or

 

nationally accredited or other college, university, or institution

 

approved by the board, which included education and training


 

appropriate to the practice of psychology. , and shall have

 

     (b) Have not less than 2 years years' postdoctoral experience

 

in the practice of psychology in an organized health care setting

 

or other arrangement, as established by the board.

 

     (2) In addition to section 16182, the board shall grant a

 

limited license to an individual granted a master's degree in

 

psychology from a regionally accredited college, or university, or

 

institution approved by the board, if the individual has education,

 

training, and experience appropriate to the practice of psychology,

 

as established by the board. Except for duties performed as an

 

employee of a governmental entity or of a nonprofit organization

 

serving benevolent and charitable purposes, 2 limitations shall be

 

placed on a license granted to an individual under this subsection.

 

The limitations shall require supervision by a psychologist who has

 

a license other than a limited license and shall prohibit

 

advertising or other representation to the public which will lead

 

the public to believe the individual is engaging in the practice of

 

psychology. A limited license granted under this subsection shall

 

be renewed pursuant to part 161. An individual applying for a

 

limited license pursuant to this subsection shall have 1 year of

 

supervised postgraduate experience in an organized health care

 

setting or other arrangement, as established by the board. The

 

individual shall be supervised by a psychologist who has a license

 

other than a limited license, or if a psychologist who has a

 

license other than a limited license is not available, by a

 

psychologist who has at least a master's degree in psychology and

 

at least 3 years of experience in the practice of psychology or by


 

any other individual approved by the board. The board shall issue a

 

temporary license to the individual for the purpose of obtaining

 

the 1 year of postgraduate experience.