Sec. 5.1. (a) Except as provided in section 5.3 of this chapter, the board shall issue a license to an individual who meets the following requirements:

(1) Applies to the board in the form and manner prescribed by the board under section 3 of this chapter.

(2) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(3) Has not been convicted of a crime that has a direct bearing upon the applicant's ability to practice competently.

(4) Possesses a doctoral degree in psychology:

(A) granted from a recognized postsecondary educational institution; and

(B) from a degree program approved by the board as a psychology program at the time the degree was conferred.

(5) Is not in violation of this chapter or rules adopted by the board under section 3 of this chapter.

(6) Has paid the fee set by the board under section 3 of this chapter.

(7) Has passed the examination required and administered by the board.

(b) If an applicant has been disciplined by a licensing agency in another state or jurisdiction on the ground that the applicant was unable to competently practice psychology, the applicant must submit proof, satisfactory to the board, that the reasons for disciplinary sanction by the other licensing agency are no longer valid.

(c) The board shall endorse as a health service provider in psychology an individual who:

(1) has a doctoral degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, or another applied health service area of psychology;

(2) is licensed under this section, section 5.3, or section 9 of this chapter;

(3) has at least two (2) years of experience in a health service setting that includes:

(A) one (1) year of experience that was obtained in an organized health service training program and at least one (1) year of experience that was obtained after the individual received the individual's doctoral degree in psychology; or

(B) upon the adoption by the board of a rule defining "sequential and organized", sequential and organized supervised professional experience in a health service setting in which one (1) year of experience was obtained in an organized health service training program; and

(4) complies with the continuing education requirements under IC 25-33-2.

(d) An individual who received a doctoral degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, or other applied health service area in psychology before September 1, 1983, may satisfy one (1) year of the two (2) year supervised health setting experience requirement under subsection (c) by successfully completing a preceptorship program. The individual must apply in writing to the board and the board must approve the program. The preceptorship program must:

(1) consist of at least one thousand eight hundred (1,800) hours of clinical, counseling, or school psychology work experience;

(2) consist of at least one hundred (100) hours of direct supervision of the individual by a psychologist, at least fifty (50) hours of which must involve the diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders and at least fifty (50) hours of which must involve the treatment of mental and behavioral disorders;

(3) be completed in a health service setting that provides services in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders;

(4) be under the supervision of a psychologist who meets the requirements for endorsement under this section; and

(5) be completed within two (2) years after the date the program is started.

(e) If an individual applies to the board under subsection (d), the board shall apply each hour of work experience the individual completes after applying to the board and before the board approves the preceptorship program to the one thousand eight hundred (1,800) hour work experience requirement under subsection (d)(1).

As added by P.L.249-1985, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.149-1987, SEC.97; P.L.152-1988, SEC.27; P.L.96-1990, SEC.16; P.L.33-1993, SEC.68; P.L.140-1993, SEC.11; P.L.1-1994, SEC.128; P.L.2-2007, SEC.345; P.L.177-2009, SEC.57.