54.1-3600 - Definitions.
§ 54.1-3600. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Applied psychologist" means an individual licensed to practice appliedpsychology.
"Board" means the Board of Psychology.
"Certified sex offender treatment provider" means a person who is certifiedto provide treatment to sex offenders and who provides such services inaccordance with the provisions of §§ 54.1-2924.1, 54.1-3005, 54.1-3505,54.1-3611, and 54.1-3705 and the regulations promulgated pursuant to theseprovisions.
"Clinical psychologist" means an individual licensed to practice clinicalpsychology.
"Practice of applied psychology" means application of the principles andmethods of psychology to improvement of organizational function, personnelselection and evaluation, program planning and implementation, individualmotivation, development and behavioral adjustment, as well as consultation onteaching and research.
"Practice of clinical psychology" includes, but is not limited to:
1. "Testing and measuring" which consists of the psychological evaluationor assessment of personal characteristics such as intelligence, abilities,interests, aptitudes, achievements, motives, personality dynamics,psychoeducational processes, neuropsychological functioning, or otherpsychological attributes of individuals or groups.
2. "Diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders" whichconsists of the appropriate diagnosis of mental disorders according tostandards of the profession and the ordering or providing of treatmentsaccording to need. Treatment includes providing counseling, psychotherapy,marital/family therapy, group therapy, behavior therapy, psychoanalysis,hypnosis, biofeedback, and other psychological interventions with theobjective of modification of perception, adjustment, attitudes, feelings,values, self-concept, personality or personal goals, the treatment ofalcoholism and substance abuse, disorders of habit or conduct, as well as ofthe psychological aspects of physical illness, pain, injury or disability.
3. "Psychological consulting" which consists of interpreting or reportingon scientific theory or research in psychology, rendering expertpsychological or clinical psychological opinion, evaluation, or engaging inapplied psychological research, program or organizational development,administration, supervision or evaluation of psychological services.
"Practice of psychology" means the practice of applied psychology, clinicalpsychology or school psychology.
The "practice of school psychology" means:
1. "Testing and measuring" which consists of psychological assessment,evaluation and diagnosis relative to the assessment of intellectual ability,aptitudes, achievement, adjustment, motivation, personality or any otherpsychological attribute of persons as individuals or in groups that directlyrelates to learning or behavioral problems that impact education.
2. "Counseling" which consists of professional advisement and interpretiveservices with children or adults for amelioration or prevention of problemsthat impact education.
Counseling services relative to the practice of school psychology include butare not limited to the procedures of verbal interaction, interviewing,behavior modification, environmental manipulation and group processes.
3. "Consultation" which consists of educational or vocational consultationor direct educational services to schools, agencies, organizations orindividuals. Psychological consulting as herein defined is directly relatedto learning problems and related adjustments.
4. Development of programs such as designing more efficient andpsychologically sound classroom situations and acting as a catalyst forteacher involvement in adaptations and innovations.
"Psychologist" means a person licensed to practice school, applied orclinical psychology.
"School psychologist" means a person licensed by the Board of Psychology topractice school psychology.
(1976, c. 608, § 54-936; 1987, cc. 522, 543; 1988, c. 765; 1994, c. 778;1996, cc. 937, 980; 2004, c. 11.)