LRBs0190/1
MED:amn
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 487
January 6, 2020 - Offered by Representative Tittl.
AB487-ASA1,2,2 1An Act to repeal 455.01 (4), 455.01 (7), 455.02 (2m) (h), 455.02 (3m) (title),
2455.045 (2), 455.065 (3), 455.07, 455.08 and 455.10; to renumber and amend
3455.02 (1m) and 455.02 (3m); to amend 15.405 (10m), 48.375 (2) (c), 48.375 (4)
4(b) 1m., 49.45 (30f), 50.06 (4), 50.94 (8), 51.30 (1) (b), 54.01 (27), 155.05 (2),
5440.08 (2) (a) (intro.), 440.88 (3m), 455.01 (3m), 455.02 (1m) (title), 455.02 (2m)
6(d), 455.02 (2m) (m), 455.03, 455.04 (title), 455.04 (1) (intro.), 455.04 (1) (b),
7455.04 (1) (c), 455.04 (1) (e), 455.04 (3), 455.04 (5), 455.045 (1), 455.065 (1),
8455.065 (4), 455.065 (5), 455.09 (3) and 905.04 (1) (e); to repeal and recreate
9455.01 (5), 455.01 (6), 455.02 (2m) (f), 455.02 (2m) (k), 455.04 (1) (d), 455.04 (4),
10455.045 (3), 455.06 and 455.09 (title); and to create 455.02 (2m) (o) to (s),
11455.025, 455.04 (1) (dm), 455.04 (2) and 455.065 (6) and (7) of the statutes;
12relating to: the practice of psychology, extending the time limit for emergency
13rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures,

1granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making
2authority.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This substitute amendment differs from 2019 Assembly Bill 487 in the
following respects:
1. The substitute amendment narrows the definition of the “practice of
psychology” such that certain activities would not, under the substitute amendment,
require a psychologist license. The substitute amendment also broadens an
exception to the prohibition against practicing psychology without a license
concerning persons engaged in educational or vocational counseling or testing.
2. The substitute amendment limits the amount of supervised experience that
the Psychology Examining Board may require in order for an individual to be granted
a psychologist license. The substitute amendment also requires that hours of
supervised experience attained after completion of doctoral level coursework be
counted even if they are completed before the conferral of a doctoral degree.
3. The substitute amendment deletes references to certain organizations
specified in the bill and instead requires the board to determine or approve the
relevant organization.
4. The substitute amendment eliminates a change that would limit a provision
that allows a psychologist licensed in another jurisdiction to temporarily practice in
this state to only individuals licensed in the United States or Canada. Under the
substitute amendment, the provision also applies to individuals licensed in foreign
countries.
5. In addition to allowing an interim psychologist license to be granted to an
individual who has not yet completed his or her required postdoctoral supervised
experience, the substitute amendment allows it to be granted to an individual who
has not yet completed a required written examination on the professional practice
of psychology.