Bill Text: OR HB2081 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to psychologist licensure.
Sponsorship: Unknown
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-09 - Chapter 59, (2013 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2014. [HB2081 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB2081-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2081
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
filed (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber, M.D., for
State Board of Psychologist Examiners)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to psychologist licensure; amending ORS 675.090.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 675.090 is amended to read:
675.090. (1) ORS 675.010 to 675.150 do not apply to:
(a) A person who teaches psychology, conducts psychological
research or provides consulting services to an organization or
institution { + , + } provided that the { - teaching, research
or consulting services do not involve the delivery or supervision
of direct psychological services to individuals who are
themselves, rather than a third party, the beneficiaries of the
services, regardless of the source or extent of payment for the
services rendered. - } { + person does not supervise direct
psychological services and does not treat any behavioral,
emotional or mental disorder of an individual. + }
(b) The provision of expert testimony by a person described in
paragraph (a) of this subsection.
{ - (c) A person who is either: - }
{ - (A) A matriculated graduate student pursuing a graduate
degree in professional psychology at an approved doctoral program
in psychology; - }
{ - (B) A student pursuing post-doctoral training or
experience in professional psychology, including a person seeking
to fulfill the licensure requirements established in ORS 675.010
to 675.150; or - }
{ - (C) A person pursuing certification or licensure or a
graduate degree in any of the certified or licensed professions
otherwise exempted from ORS 675.010 to 675.150. - }
{ + (c) A graduate student enrolled in an approved psychology
program who is pursuing a graduate degree in psychology, provided
that the graduate student renders services only for academic
credit as part of an organized and supervised training program.
(d) A person pursuing certification, licensure or a graduate
degree in any of the certified or licensed professions exempted
from ORS 675.010 to 675.150. + }
{ - (d) - } { + (e) + } A person who is { - licensed or
certified - } { + licensed, certified or otherwise
authorized + } by the State of Oregon to provide mental health
services, provided that the services are rendered within the
person's lawful scope of practice and that the person does not
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use the title 'psychologist' in connection with the activities
{ - authorized - } { + described + } in this paragraph.
{ - (e) A person who is licensed, certified or otherwise
authorized by the State of Oregon to render professional
services, provided that the services are rendered within the
person's lawful scope of practice and that the person does not
use the title ' psychologist' in connection with the activities
authorized under this paragraph. - }
(f) A person who is employed by a local, state or federal
government agency, or employed by a community mental health
program or drug and alcohol treatment program licensed or
certified by the State of Oregon { + , + } to the extent that the
person's activities and services are rendered within the person's
scope of employment and are performed within the confines of the
employing agency and provided that the person does not use the
title ' psychologist' in connection with the activities
authorized under this paragraph.
(g) A person who is a recognized member of the clergy, provided
that the person is acting in the person's ministerial capacity
and does not use the title 'psychologist. '
(h) A person who has credentials as a school psychologist
{ - if - } { + , provided that + } the person is an employee
of an educational institution and { - restricts the person's
practice to activities - } { + practices only + } within a
school setting. A person acting under this paragraph may use the
title 'school psychologist. '
(2)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(f) of this section, a
person with a doctoral degree in psychology who is employed by
and practicing psychology at a local, state or federal government
agency or a community mental health program or drug and alcohol
treatment program licensed or certified by the State of Oregon
may practice psychology without a license under ORS 675.010 to
675.150 for no more than 24 months after the person begins
practicing psychology at the agency or program.
(b) Before the person obtains a license under ORS 675.010 to
675.150:
(A) The person may practice psychology only within the scope of
the person's employment and within the confines of the employing
agency or program; and
(B) The person may not use the title 'psychologist. '
(3) A person performing the functions described in subsection
(1)(a) and (b) of this section may use the title 'psychologist '
only if the person holds a doctoral degree in psychology from an
approved doctoral program in psychology.
(4) A person described in subsection (1)(c) of this section may
use the title { - ' psychological trainee,' 'psychological
intern,' 'psychologist resident' or 'psychologist associate
resident' if the person is pursuing the education or training - }
{ + ' psychological intern' or 'psychological trainee,'
provided that the training program + } described in subsection
(1)(c) of this section { + is + } under the supervision and
responsibility of a licensed psychologist in accordance with
{ - the - } rules adopted by the State Board of Psychologist
Examiners.
(5) Nothing in this section exempts from ORS 675.010 to 675.150
a person whose license to practice psychology is revoked or
suspended because the person engaged in sexual activity with a
client.
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Passed by House February 28, 2013
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Ramona J. Line, Chief Clerk of House
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate April 30, 2013
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2013
Approved:
......M.,............., 2013
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2013
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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