(225 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 5352)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Financial
| and Professional Regulation. | |
(2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial |
| and Professional Regulation. | |
(3) "Board" means the Clinical Psychologists |
| Licensing and Disciplinary Board appointed by the Secretary. | |
(4) "Person" means an individual, association, |
| partnership or corporation. | |
(5) "Clinical psychology" means the independent |
| evaluation, classification and treatment of mental, emotional, behavioral or nervous disorders or conditions, developmental disabilities, alcoholism and substance abuse, disorders of habit or conduct, the psychological aspects of physical illness. The practice of clinical psychology includes psychoeducational evaluation, therapy, remediation and consultation, the use of psychological and neuropsychological testing, assessment, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, hypnosis, biofeedback, and behavioral modification when any of these are used for the purpose of preventing or eliminating psychopathology, or for the amelioration of psychological disorders of individuals or groups. "Clinical psychology" does not include the use of hypnosis by unlicensed persons pursuant to Section 3. | |
(6) A person represents himself to be a "clinical |
| psychologist" within the meaning of this Act when he or she holds himself out to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words "psychological", "psychologic", "psychologist", "psychology", or "clinical psychologist" or under such title or description offers to render or renders clinical psychological services as defined in paragraph (7) of this Section to individuals, corporations, or the public for remuneration. | |
(7) "Clinical psychological services" refers to any |
| services under paragraph (5) of this Section if the words "psychological", "psychologic", "psychologist", "psychology" or "clinical psychologist" are used to describe such services by the person or organization offering to render or rendering them. | |
This Act shall not apply to persons lawfully carrying on their particular profession or business under any valid existing regulatory Act of the State.
(Source: P.A. 94‑870, eff. 6‑16‑06.) |
(225 ILCS 15/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 5360)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
Sec. 10. Qualifications of applicants; examination. The Department, except as provided in Section 11 of this Act, shall issue a license as a clinical psychologist to any person who pays an application fee and who:
(1) is at least 21 years of age; and has not engaged
| in conduct or activities which would constitute grounds for discipline under this Act; | |
(2) (blank);
(3) is a graduate of a doctoral program from a |
| college, university or school accredited by the regional accrediting body which is recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and is in the jurisdiction in which it is located for purposes of granting the doctoral degree and either: | |
(a) is a graduate of a doctoral program in |
| clinical, school or counseling psychology either accredited by the American Psychological Association or approved by the Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology or other national board recognized by the Board, and has completed 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience in clinical, school or counseling psychology at least one of which is an internship and one of which is postdoctoral; or | |
(b) holds a doctoral degree from a recognized |
| college, university or school which the Department, through its rules, establishes as being equivalent to a clinical, school or counseling psychology program and has completed at least one course in each of the following 7 content areas, in actual attendance at a recognized university, college or school whose graduates would be eligible for licensure under this Act: scientific and professional ethics, biological basis of behavior, cognitive‑affective basis of behavior, social basis of behavior, individual differences, assessment, and treatment modalities; and has completed 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience in clinical, school or counseling psychology, at least one of which is an internship and one of which is postdoctoral; or | |
(c) holds a doctorate in psychology or in a |
| program whose content is psychological in nature from an accredited college, university or school not meeting the standards of paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection (3) and provides evidence of the completion of at least one course in each of the 7 content areas specified in paragraph (b) in actual attendance at a recognized university, school or college whose graduate would be eligible for licensure under this Act; and has completed an appropriate practicum, an internship or equivalent supervised clinical experience in an organized mental health care setting and 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience in clinical or counseling psychology, at least one of which is postdoctoral; and | |
(4) has passed an examination authorized by the |
| Department to determine his or her fitness to receive a license. | |
Applicants for licensure under subsection (3)(a) and (3)(b) of this Section shall complete 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience, at least one of which shall be an internship and one of which shall be postdoctoral. A year of supervised experience is defined as not less than 1,750 hours obtained in not less than 50 weeks based on 35 hours per week for full‑time work experience. Full‑time supervised experience will be counted only if it is obtained in a single setting for a minimum of 6 months. Part‑time and internship experience will be counted only if it is 18 hours or more a week for a minimum of 9 months and is in a single setting. The internship experience required under subsection (3)(a) and (3)(b) of this Section shall be a minimum of 1,750 hours completed within 24 months.
Programs leading to a doctoral degree require minimally the equivalent of 3 full‑time academic years of graduate study, at least 2 years of which are at the institution from which the degree is granted, and of which at least one year or its equivalent is in residence at the institution from which the degree is granted. Course work for which credit is given for life experience will not be accepted by the Department as fulfilling the educational requirements for licensure. Residence requires interaction with psychology faculty and other matriculated psychology students; one year's residence or its equivalent is defined as follows:
(a) 30 semester hours taken on a full‑time or |
| part‑time basis at the institution accumulated within 24 months, or | |
(b) a minimum of 350 hours of student‑faculty |
| contact involving face‑to‑face individual or group courses or seminars accumulated within 18 months. Such educational meetings must include both faculty‑student and student‑student interaction, be conducted by the psychology faculty of the institution at least 90% of the time, be fully documented by the institution, and relate substantially to the program and course content. The institution must clearly document how the applicant's performance is assessed and evaluated. | |
To meet the requirement for satisfactory supervised experience, under this Act the supervision must be performed pursuant to the order, control and full professional responsibility of a licensed clinical psychologist. The clients shall be the clients of the agency or supervisor rather than the supervisee. Supervised experience in which the supervisor receives monetary payment or other consideration from the supervisee or in which the supervisor is hired by or otherwise employed by the supervisee shall not be accepted by the Department as fulfilling the practicum, internship or 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience requirements for licensure.
Examinations for applicants under this Act shall be held at the direction of the Department from time to time but not less than once each year. The scope and form of the examination shall be determined by the Department.
Each applicant for a license who possesses the necessary qualifications therefor shall be examined by the Department, and shall pay to the Department, or its designated testing service, the required examination fee, which fee shall not be refunded by the Department.
Applicants have 3 years from the date of application to complete the application process. If the process has not been completed in 3 years, the application shall be denied, the fee shall be forfeited, and the applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
An applicant has one year from the date of notification of successful completion of the examination to apply to the Department for a license. If an applicant fails to apply within one year, the applicant shall be required to take and pass the examination again unless licensed in another jurisdiction of the United States within one year of passing the examination.
(Source: P.A. 91‑357, eff. 7‑29‑99.) |
(225 ILCS 15/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 5361)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
Sec. 11. Persons licensed in other jurisdictions.
(a) The Department may, in its discretion, grant a license on payment of the required fee to any person who, at the time of application, is licensed by a similar board of another state or the United States or of a foreign country or province whose standards, in the opinion of the Department, were substantially equivalent, at the date of his or her licensure in the other jurisdiction, to the requirements of this Act or to any person who, at the time of his or her licensure, possessed individual qualifications that were substantially equivalent to the requirements then in force in this State.
(b) The Department may issue a license, upon recommendation of the Board, to an individual applicant who:
(1) has been licensed based on a doctorate degree to
| practice psychology in one or more other states or Canada for at least 20 years; | |
(2) has had no disciplinary action taken against his |
| or her license in any other jurisdiction during the entire period of licensure; | |
(3) submits the appropriate fee and application;
(4) has not violated any provision of this Act or |
| the rules adopted under this Act; and | |
(5) complies with all additional rules promulgated |
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The Department may promulgate rules to further define these licensing criteria.
(c) Applicants have 3 years from the date of application to complete the application process. If the process has not been completed in 3 years, the application shall be denied, the fee shall be forfeited, and the applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
(Source: P.A. 89‑387, eff. 8‑20‑95; 89‑626, eff. 8‑9‑96; 89‑702, eff. 7‑1‑97.) |