Sec. 20-195. Exempted activities and employment.
Sec. 20-195. Exempted activities and employment. (a) Nothing in this chapter
shall be construed to limit the activities and services of a graduate student, intern or
resident in psychology, pursuing a course of study in an educational institution under
the provisions of section 20-189, if such activities constitute a part of a supervised course
of study. No license as a psychologist shall be required of a person holding a doctoral
degree based on a program of studies whose content was primarily psychological from
an educational institution approved under the provisions of section 20-189, provided
such activities and services are necessary to satisfy the work experience as required by
section 20-188. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person in the salaried
employ of any person, firm, corporation, educational institution or governmental agency
when acting within the person's own organization. Nothing in this chapter shall be
construed to prevent the giving of accurate information concerning education and experience by any person in any application for employment. Nothing in this chapter shall
be construed to prevent physicians, optometrists, chiropractors, members of the clergy,
attorneys-at-law or social workers from doing work of a psychological nature consistent
with accepted standards in their respective professions.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any person holding a certificate as school
psychologist or school psychological examiner, granted by the State Board of Education,
from using such title to describe his activities within an elementary or secondary school.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any person who holds a standard or professional
educator certificate, granted by said board, as school psychologist or school psychological examiner from using such title to describe his activities within the private sector.
Such activities within the private sector shall be limited to: (1) Evaluation, diagnosis,
or test interpretation limited to assessment of intellectual ability, learning patterns,
achievement, motivation, or personality factors directly related to learning problems in
an educational setting; (2) short-term professional advisement and interpretive services
with children or adults for amelioration or prevention of educationally-related problems;
(3) educational or vocational consultation or direct educational services to schools, agencies, organizations or individuals, said consultation being directly related to learning
problems; and (4) development of educational programs such as designing more efficient and psychologically sound classroom situations and acting as a catalyst for teacher
involvement in adaptations and innovations. Section 10-145b and regulations adopted
by the State Board of Education concerning revocation of a standard or professional
educator certificate shall apply to a school psychologist or school psychological examiner who uses such title to describe activities within the private sector.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any person employed by the state prior to
July 1, 1985, with a title in the psychology series of the classified service from using a
title in such series to describe his or her duties in the course of his or her employment
with the state. The provisions of section 20-187a shall not apply to any person employed
in such psychology series prior to July 1, 1985.
(1957, P.A. 269, S. 1, 9; 624, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 597, S. 12; P.A. 81-198; P.A. 85-613, S. 138, 154; P.A. 98-252, S. 36,
80; P.A. 99-102, S. 30; P.A. 04-221, S. 11; P.A. 08-184, S. 42.)
History: 1969 act deleted exemption to chapter's provisions previously allowed to nonresident psychologists temporarily employed in state under certain conditions, extended exemption to include persons employed by educational institutions,
referred to "elementary or secondary" schools rather than "public" schools, deleted provision protecting firm's or corporation's right to use titles in Sec. 20-193 if certified by nationally recognized board or agency approved by board of examiners
and added provision protecting right of physicians, osteopaths, etc. from "doing work of a psychological nature" consistent
with accepted standards in their respective professions; P.A. 81-198 placed provisions re use of titles by school psychologists
and school psychological examiners in new Subsec. (b) and added provisions re use of titles in connection with activities
in the private sector; P.A. 85-613 added Subsec. (c) re employment by state prior to July 1, 1985, of persons in psychology
series of classified service and nonapplicability of Sec. 20-187a to such persons; P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (b) to add
references to professional educator certificates and to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-102 amended
Subsec. (a) by deleting obsolete reference to osteopaths and making technical changes; P.A. 04-221 amended Subsec. (a)
by allowing postdoctoral candidate to perform certain activities without a license; P.A. 08-184 amended Subsec. (a) by
deleting "registered" re educational institutions and by eliminating "postdoctoral" re required work experience.