LAC 46:LXIII.6703. Non-Accredited Health Service Programs

A. A non-accredited health service program shall meet all of the following: 1. Offer training in health service psychology at the master’s level at a regionally accredited institution of higher education. 2. The program, wherever it may be administratively housed, must be clearly identified and labeled as such. The program must specify in pertinent institutional catalogs and brochures its intent to educate and train in an applied health service area of psychology recognized by the board. 3. The program must stand as a recognizable, coherent organizational entity within the institution. 4. There must be a clear authority and primary responsibility for the core and specialty areas whether or not the program cuts across administrative lines. 5. The program must be an integrated, organized sequence of study. 6. There must be an identifiable psychology faculty with at least one core faculty member holding professional licensure to practice in the jurisdiction in which the program is located. 7. The program must have an identifiable body of students who are matriculated in that program for a degree. 8. The program must include supervised practicum, internship or field training appropriate to the practice of psychology. 9. The program shall be an internal degree program (as opposed to external program) unless it is either designated by ASPPB or it is accredited by the American Psychological Association. 10. The program shall involve at least one continuous academic year of full-time residency on the campus of the institution at which the degree is granted. A one-year residency requires completion of either 20 semester hours or 30 quarter hours. 11. The curriculum shall encompass a minimum of two academic years of full-time graduate study. 12. The specific requirements for each competency are articulated in APA Commission on Accreditation Implementing Regulations. Because science is at the core of health service psychology, programs must demonstrate that they rely on the current evidence-base when training students in the following competency areas. At a minimum, students must demonstrate competence in the following: a. Research. For example, individuals demonstrate knowledge, skills, and competence sufficient to produce new knowledge; to critically evaluate and use existing knowledge to solve problems; substantial knowledge of scientific methods, procedures, and practices; and ability to disseminate research. b. Ethical and legal standards. c. Individual and cultural diversity. d. Professional values, attitudes, and behaviors. e. Communication and interpersonal skills. f. Intervention. g. Supervision. h. Consultation and interprofessional/interdisciplinary skills. B. Exemption. An applicant graduating prior to July 31, 2027, may provide documentation of the following in lieu of internship requirements: 1. completion of at least one semester or two quarter hours of clinical, counseling, or school psychology practicum; and 2. include a minimum of three graduate semester hours or six graduate quarter hours directly related to psychological theory in five of the seven following content areas. a. biological aspects of behavior: physiological psychology, neuropsychology, sensation and perception, biological bases of development; b. cognitive and social aspects of behavior: cognitive development, social psychology, group processes, community psychology, learning, organizational psychology; c. human development and/or individual differences: developmental psychology, lifespan development, and developmental psychopathology, personality theory; d. professional and scientific ethics and standards: professional and ethical problems psychology, legal, ethical, and professional issues in psychotherapy; e. research design, methodology, statistics, and data analysis: research methods or research design in psychology; statistical analysis in psychology; f. cultural competence, as deemed satisfactory to the board, multicultural counseling, counseling the culturally different, treating persons with disabilities; or g. methods of assessment and diagnosis: abnormal psychology, psychological assessment, clinical diagnosis, and intellectual and personality assessment. 3. A single course or class shall be applied to one content area only.