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1Section 24. 455.02 (2m) (o) to (s) of the statutes are created to read:
SB378-SSA1,11,152 455.02 (2m) (o) A person providing psychological services as an employee of a
3state or local governmental agency, if the person is providing the psychological
4services as a part of the duties for which he or she is employed, is providing the
5psychological services solely within the confines of or under the jurisdiction of the
6agency by which he or she is employed, does not provide or offer to provide
7psychological services to the public for a fee over and above the salary that he or she
8receives for the performance of the official duties with the agency by which he or she
9is employed, and has received a master's degree in psychology from a regionally
10accredited higher educational institution or has fulfilled requirements
11commensurate with a master's degree, as determined by the examining board. The
12examining board may promulgate rules to further establish requirements for
13exemptions under this paragraph for persons who do not hold a master's degree in
14psychology. A person providing services under this paragraph may use the title
15“psychological associate.”
SB378-SSA1,11,2016 (p) A person providing psychological services under the supervision of a
17psychologist licensed under this chapter as part of a formal psychology fellowship
18program that meets the program standards of an organization as determined by the
19examining board. A person providing services under this paragraph may use the
20title “psychology fellow.”
SB378-SSA1,11,2221 (q) A person whose activities are limited to testifying in a court in this state
22regarding services rendered in another state.
SB378-SSA1,12,223 (r) A person engaging in the private practice of school psychology who holds a
24valid private practice school psychologist license issued under s. 455.04 (4), 2017

1stats. A person acting under this paragraph may use the title “private practice school
2psychologist.”
SB378-SSA1,12,53 (s) A person who holds a doctoral degree in psychology but does not engage in
4the practice of psychology. A person described in this paragraph may use the title
5“psychologist” or “doctor of psychology.”
SB378-SSA1,25 6Section 25 . 455.02 (3m) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB378-SSA1,26 7Section 26 . 455.02 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 455.02 (1m) (b) and
8amended to read:
SB378-SSA1,12,179 455.02 (1m) (b) Except as provided in s. sub. (2m) and ss. 257.03 and 455.03,
10only an individual licensed under s. 455.04 (1) or (2) may use the title “psychologist"
11or any similar title or state or imply that he or she is licensed to practice psychology,
12and only an individual licensed under s. 455.04 (4) may use the title “private practice
13school psychologist" or any similar title or state or imply that he or she is licensed
14to engage in the private practice of school psychology
. Except as provided in s. sub.
15(2m) and ss.
257.03 and 455.03, only an individual licensed under s. 455.04 (1) or (4)
16or (2) may represent himself or herself to the public by any description of services
17incorporating the word “psychological" or “psychology "..”
SB378-SSA1,27 18Section 27 . 455.025 of the statutes is created to read:
SB378-SSA1,12,21 19455.025 Practice of medicine and surgery. Nothing in this chapter shall
20be construed to authorize a psychologist to engage in the practice of medicine and
21surgery.
SB378-SSA1,28 22Section 28. 455.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB378-SSA1,13,7 23455.03 Temporary practice. A psychologist who is licensed or certified by
24a similar examining board of another state or territory of the United States or of a
25foreign country or province whose standards, in the opinion of the examining board,

1are equivalent to or higher than the requirements for licensure as a psychologist in
2s. 455.04 (1) may offer provide psychological services as a psychologist in this state
3for on not more than 60 working days in any year without holding a license issued
4under s. 455.04 (1). The psychologist shall report to the examining board the nature
5and extent of his or her practice in this state if it exceeds 20 working days within a
6year. In this section, “day” means any part of a day during which psychological
7services are rendered.
SB378-SSA1,29 8Section 29 . 455.04 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB378-SSA1,13,10 9455.04 (title) Licensure of psychologists and private practice school
10psychologists
.
SB378-SSA1,30 11Section 30 . 455.04 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB378-SSA1,13,1712 455.04 (1) (intro.) The department Subject to s. 455.09, the examining board
13shall issue grant a psychologist license to an individual who submits an application
14for the license to the department on a form provided by the department, pays the fee
15specified in s. 440.05 (1) or, if sub. (3) applies, the fee specified in s. 440.05 (2)
16determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9), and is found by the examining
17board to meet
satisfies all of the following requirements:
SB378-SSA1,31 18Section 31 . 455.04 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB378-SSA1,13,2019 455.04 (1) (b) Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322 , and 111.335, not have an arrest
20or
a conviction record.
SB378-SSA1,32 21Section 32 . 455.04 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB378-SSA1,14,522 455.04 (1) (c) Hold a doctoral degree in psychology from a college or university
23accredited by a regional accrediting agency approved by the state board of education
24in the state in which the college or university is located
program accredited by an
25organization approved by the examining board
, or have had other academic training

1or specialized experience, which in the opinion of that the examining board is
2determines to be substantially equivalent thereto based upon standards established
3by rule
. The examining board may require examinations to determine the
4equivalence of such training and experience and may also require examinations for
5individuals holding doctoral degrees in psychology from non-American universities.
SB378-SSA1,33 6Section 33 . 455.04 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB378-SSA1,14,107 455.04 (1) (d) Complete at least 3,000 hours of supervised graduate-level
8experience in the practice of psychology under conditions satisfactory to the
9examining board and established by rule. Supervised hours shall consist of all of the
10following:
SB378-SSA1,14,1211 1. At least 1,500 hours of experience in a successfully completed internship,
12which shall be accrued after the completion of all doctoral level coursework.
SB378-SSA1,14,1413 2. At least 1,500 hours of experience consisting of any combination of the
14following, as established by the examining board by rule:
SB378-SSA1,14,1815 a. Pre-internship hours that occur after the completion of the first year of the
16doctoral program or at any time while in a doctoral program after the completion of
17a master's degree in psychology or equivalent as defined by the examining board by
18rule.
SB378-SSA1,14,2019 b. Hours accrued in the internship described in subd. 1. that are in excess of
20the 1,500 hours required under subd. 1.
SB378-SSA1,14,2221 c. Post-internship hours accrued after the completion of the internship under
22subd. 1., but before the conferral of the doctoral degree.
SB378-SSA1,14,2323 d. Postdoctoral hours obtained after the conferral of the doctoral degree.