Act No. 121

Public Acts of 2010

Approved by the Governor

July 13, 2010

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 13, 2010

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 13, 2010

STATE OF MICHIGAN

95TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

Introduced by Senators Jacobs, Pappageorge, Switalski, Sanborn and Cassis

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1315

AN ACT to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “An act to protect and promote the public health; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the laws relating to public health; to provide for the prevention and control of diseases and disabilities; to provide for the classification, administration, regulation, financing, and maintenance of personal, environmental, and other health services and activities; to create or continue, and prescribe the powers and duties of, departments, boards, commissions, councils, committees, task forces, and other agencies; to prescribe the powers and duties of governmental entities and officials; to regulate occupations, facilities, and agencies affecting the public health; to regulate health maintenance organizations and certain third party administrators and insurers; to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to provide for the levy of taxes against certain health facilities or agencies; to promote the efficient and economical delivery of health care services, to provide for the appropriate utilization of health care facilities and services, and to provide for the closure of hospitals or consolidation of hospitals or services; to provide for the collection and use of data and information; to provide for the transfer of property; to provide certain immunity from liability; to regulate and prohibit the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; to provide for the implementation of federal law; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for sanctions for violations of this act and local ordinances; to provide for an appropriation and supplements; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; to repeal certain parts of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” 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 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 accredited or other college, university, or institution approved by the board, which included education and training appropriate to the practice of psychology. Additionally, beginning August 1, 2011, the doctoral degree in psychology, or the doctoral degree in a closely related field, shall be from a program that has obtained the association of state and provincial psychology boards’ national register designation or has been accredited by the American psychological association or the Canadian psychological association, or has obtained a similar designation from or been accredited by an entity approved by the board. For purposes of the requirement added by the amendatory act that added this sentence, a program that is in the process of obtaining this designation or becoming accredited as required in this subdivision before August 1, 2011, and that obtains the designation or becomes accredited on or before August 31, 2015, meets the requirements of this subdivision.

(b) Have not less than 1 year of 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.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor