1180-06-.01
Scope Of Practice
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1180-06-.01
(1)
The scope of practice of a Certified Psychological Testing Technician is prescribed and limited
by Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 11 and the rules set forth in this chapter and
Chapter 1180-01.
(2)
A certificate issued by the Board specifies certification as a Certified Psychological Testing
Technician.
(3)
Certified Psychological Testing Technicians shall limit their practices to the use of those
techniques, and to providing services to those populations, for which they have formal
education, formal professional training and supervised experience, and for which they hold
certification. The scope of practice for Certified Psychological Testing Technicians is found at
T.C.A. § 63-11-207(c)(2).
(4)
Certified Psychological Testing Technicians, who have had appropriate education and
educational training, may render to individuals or to the public for remuneration any service
involving the application of recognized principles, methods, and procedures of the science and
profession of psychology as listed in Rule 1180-06-.01(3), and only under the supervision of a
Psychologist or a Senior Psychological Examiner.
(a)
Certified Psychological Testing Technicians must register their supervisor(s) of record
with the Board by submitting a Board-supplied form to the Board’s administrative office.
A separate form shall be signed by each supervisor. The Board-supplied form may be
obtained by contacting the Board’s administrative office, or by downloading it from the
Board’s web page on the Internet.
(b)
The Certified Psychological Testing Technician may only provide services under the
supervision of their supervisor(s) of record with the Board. The Certified Psychological
Testing Technician must provide changes to their supervisor(s) of record to the Board by
submitting a Board-supplied form to the Board’s administrative office within thirty (30)
days of the change. The Board-supplied form may be obtained by contacting the Board’s
administrative office, or by downloading it from the Board’s web page on the Internet.
(c)
The Certified Psychological Testing Technician must be employed by, or contracted with,
the same work setting as the supervising Psychologists or Senior Psychological
Examiner. The supervising Psychologist or Senior Psychological Examiner shall limit
their supervision of Certified Psychological Testing Technicians to psychological
assessment activities. The supervising Psychologist or Senior Psychological Examiner
should not supervise Certified Psychological Testing Technicians for psychotherapy or
other forms of intervention.
(d)
Records of the supervision process must be maintained by the supervisor.
RULES GOVERNING CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING TECHNICIANS
CHAPTER 1180-06
(e)
A supervisor, at the time of supervision, must not be in a dual relationship with the
supervisee, e.g., be a spouse, other close relative, or treating therapist.
(f)
The supervisor has responsibility to require that the Certified Psychological Testing
Technician complete continuing education to maintain continued competence.
(g)
In all cases the specific terms of the supervisory arrangement are the responsibility of
the supervisor, upon whom it is incumbent to assure supervisory time and service
delivery. Likewise, it is the responsibility of the supervisee to obtain supervision. The
supervisor must consider the education, training, experience, ongoing performance, and
level of certification of the supervisee. The arrangements for supervision must be agreed
to by both the supervisor and the supervisee. The supervisor must protect the welfare of
the client and assure compliance with Tennessee law and professional ethics.
(5)
The Board shall consider that an individual, either certified or uncertified, is violating these limits
of practice if the individual’s conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(a)
Claiming expertise or using techniques or procedures of assessment or treatment for
which the practitioner has not completed appropriate academic course work or
supervised training experience;
(b)
Knowingly assigning, permitting or hiring any unqualified person(s) to perform functions
of assessment or treatment or delegating the provisions of psychological services to
unqualified person(s);
(c)
Aiding, abetting, assisting, or hiring any individual to violate or circumvent any law or duly
promulgated rule intended to guide the conduct of psychological services; or
(d)
Providing or claiming to provide the services as listed in Rule 1180-06-.01(4) without
supervision by a Psychologist or a Senior Psychological Examiner.