SB251
AN ACT relating to psychologists; providing for the issuance of a provisional license instead of a registration to psychological assistants and psychological interns; revising provisions governing the registration of psychological trainees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to psychologists; providing for the issuance of a provisional license instead of a registration to psychological assistants and psychological interns; revising provisions governing the registration of psychological trainees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
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AN ACT relating to psychologists; providing for the issuance of a provisional license instead of a registration to psych
Existing law: (1) requires a person who wishes to obtain certain postdoctoral experience in psychology to register with the Board of Psychological Examiners as a psychological assistant; and (2) authorizes a person who is in a doctoral training program or certain doctorate-level training and who wishes to engage in a predoctoral internship or to perform professional activities under the supervision of a psychologist outside of a formal internship to register with the Board as a psychological intern or psychological trainee, respectively. (NRS 641.226) Section 13 of this bill: (1) provides for psychological assistants and psychological interns to instead obtain a provisional license; and (2) revises the provisions governing the registration of psychological trainees. Section 13 provides that a person seeking a provisional license as a psychological intern must have completed any courses required for his or her doctoral training program or doctorate-level training. Sections 1-12 and 14-28 of this bill make conforming changes to include, in addition to references to registration as a psychological trainee, references to the issuance of a provisional license as a psychological assistant or psychological intern. Close digest Existing law: (1) requires a person who wishes to obtain certain postdoctoral experience in psychology to register with the Board of Psychological Examiners as a psychological assistant; and (2) authorizes a person who is in a doctoral training program or cert
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