AB487,11,17 455.02 (2m) (m) A person providing psychological services as an employee of a federal, state or local governmental agency, if the person is providing the psychological services as a part of the duties for which he or she is employed, is providing the psychological services solely within the confines of or under the jurisdiction of the agency by which he or she is employed, and does not provide or offer to provide psychological services to the public for a fee over and above the salary that he or she receives for the performance of the official duties with the agency by which he or she is employed.

AB487,24 Section 24 . 455.02 (2m) (o) to (s) of the statutes are created to read:

AB487,12,7 455.02 (2m) (o) A person providing psychological services as an employee of a state or local governmental agency, if the person is providing the psychological services as a part of the duties for which he or she is employed, is providing the psychological services solely within the confines of or under the jurisdiction of the agency by which he or she is employed, does not provide or offer to provide psychological services to the public for a fee over and above the salary that he or she receives for the performance of the official duties with the agency by which he or she is employed, and has received a master's degree in psychology from a regionally accredited higher educational institution or has fulfilled requirements commensurate with a master's degree, as determined by the examining board. The examining board may promulgate rules to further establish requirements for exemptions under this paragraph for persons who do not hold a master's degree in psychology. A person providing services under this paragraph may use the title “psychological associate.”

AB487,12,12 (p) A person providing psychological services under the supervision of a psychologist licensed under this chapter as part of a formal psychology fellowship program that meets the program standards of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers or its successor organization. A person providing services under this paragraph may use the title “psychology fellow.”

AB487,12,14 (q) A person whose activities are limited to testifying in a court in this state regarding services rendered in another state.

AB487,12,18 (r) A person engaging in the private practice of school psychology who holds a valid private practice school psychologist license issued under s. 455.04 (4), 2017 stats. A person acting under this paragraph may use the title “private practice school psychologist.”

AB487,12,21 (s) A person who holds a doctoral degree in psychology but does not engage in the practice of psychology. A person described in this paragraph may use the title “psychologist” or “doctor of psychology.”

AB487,25 Section 25 . 455.02 (3m) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB487,26 Section 26 . 455.02 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 455.02 (1m) (b) and amended to read:

AB487,13,9 455.02 (1m) (b) Except as provided in s. sub. (2m) and ss. 257.03 and 455.03, only an individual licensed under s. 455.04 (1) or (2) may use the title “psychologist" or any similar title or state or imply that he or she is licensed to practice psychology, and only an individual licensed under s. 455.04 (4) may use the title “private practice school psychologist" or any similar title or state or imply that he or she is licensed to engage in the private practice of school psychology. Except as provided in s. sub. (2m) and ss. 257.03 and 455.03, only an individual licensed under s. 455.04 (1) or (4) or (2) may represent himself or herself to the public by any description of services incorporating the word “psychological" or “psychology "..”

AB487,27 Section 27 . 455.025 of the statutes is created to read:

AB487,13,13 455.025 Practice of medicine and surgery. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize a psychologist to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery.

AB487,28 Section 28. 455.03 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB487,14,3 455.03 Temporary practice. A psychologist who is licensed or certified by a similar examining board of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or a Canadian province whose standards, in the opinion of the examining board, are equivalent to or higher than the requirements for licensure as a psychologist in s. 455.04 (1) may offer provide psychological services as a psychologist in this state for on not more than 60 working days in any year without holding a license issued under s. 455.04 (1). The psychologist shall report to the examining board the nature and extent of his or her practice in this state if it exceeds 20 working days within a year. A psychologist provides psychological services in this state for purposes of this section whenever the patient or client is located in this state, regardless of whether the psychologist is temporarily located in this state or is providing services by electronic or telephonic means from the state or province where the psychologist is licensed. In this section, “day” means any part of a day during which psychological services are rendered.

AB487,29 Section 29 . 455.04 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB487,14,6 455.04 (title) Licensure of psychologists and private practice school psychologists.

AB487,30 Section 30 . 455.04 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB487,14,13 455.04 (1) (intro.) The department Subject to s. 455.09, the examining board shall issue grant a psychologist license to an individual who submits an application for the license to the department on a form provided by the department, pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) or, if sub. (3) applies, the fee specified in s. 440.05 (2) determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9), and is found by the examining board to meet satisfies all of the following requirements:

AB487,31 Section 31 . 455.04 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB487,14,16 455.04 (1) (b) Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322 , and 111.335, not have an arrest or a conviction record.

AB487,32 Section 32 . 455.04 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB487,15,2 455.04 (1) (c) Hold a doctoral degree in psychology from a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency approved by the state board of education in the state in which the college or university is located program accredited by the American Psychological Association or the Canadian Psychological Association, or have had other academic training or specialized experience, which in the opinion of that the examining board is determines to be substantially equivalent thereto based upon standards established by rule. The examining board may require examinations to determine the equivalence of such training and experience and may also require examinations for individuals holding doctoral degrees in psychology from non-American universities.

AB487,33 Section 33 . 455.04 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB487,15,5 455.04 (1) (d) Complete any predoctoral supervised experience requirements established by the examining board by rule.

AB487,34 Section 34 . 455.04 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB487,15,8 455.04 (1) (dm) Complete any postdoctoral supervised experience requirements established by the examining board by rule.

AB487,35 Section 35 . 455.04 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB487,15,14 455.04 (1) (e) Pass the examination under s. 455.045 (1) (a). This paragraph does not apply to an applicant who is licensed as a psychologist in another state if the applicant submits proof of completion of continuing educational programs or courses approved under s. 455.065 (4) for the minimum number of hours required in the rules promulgated under s. 455.065 (3).

AB487,36 Section 36 . 455.04 (2) of the statutes is created to read: