Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 383 · 19 active provisions
(a) The Board of Examiners of Psychologists shall consist of five members appointed by the Governor, three of whom shall be practicing psychologists in good professional standing and licensed according to the provisions of this chapter and two of whom shall be public members. Each such member shall be a resident of thi…
The Board of Examiners of Psychologists shall (1) hear and decide matters concerning suspension or revocation of licensure, (2) adjudicate complaints filed against practitioners licensed under this chapter and (3) impose sanctions where appropriate.
Section 20-187 is repealed.
No person shall practice psychology unless he has obtained a license as provided in section 20-188. The practice of psychology means the rendering of professional services under any title or description of services incorporating the words psychologist, psychological or psychology, to the public or to any public or priv…
The Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the state of Connecticut with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms. The compact is substantially as follows: PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT ARTICLE I PURPOSE Whereas, states license psych…
The Commissioner of Public Health shall require each person applying for licensure as a psychologist to submit to a state and national fingerprint-based criminal history records check pursuant to section 29-17a. For the purposes of this section, “psychologist” means an individual licensed for the independent practice o…
Before granting a license to a psychologist, the department shall, except as provided in section 20-190, require any applicant therefor to pass an examination in psychology prescribed by the department with the advice and consent of the board. Each applicant shall pay a fee of five hundred sixty-five dollars, and shall…
Applicants shall graduate from an education program approved by the board with the consent of the Commissioner of Public Health.
An applicant for licensure by endorsement shall present evidence satisfactory to the Department of Public Health that the applicant is a currently practicing, competent practitioner and who at the time of application is licensed or certified by a similar board of another state whose standards, in the opinion of the dep…
Section 20-191 is repealed.
Each license issued under this chapter shall be renewed annually in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88. Thirty days prior to the expiration date of each license under section 19a-88, the department shall mail to the last-known address of each licensed psychologist an application for renewal in such form a…
Section 20-191b is repealed, effective June 7, 1995.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, for registration periods beginning on and after October 1, 2014, each psychologist licensed in accordance with this chapter shall complete a minimum of ten hours of continuing education during each registration period. For purposes of this section, “registration…
On and after February 1, 2024, the Department of Public Health may issue a temporary permit to an applicant for licensure as a doctoral-level psychology provider who holds a doctoral degree in psychology or the equivalent from an education program, as described in section 20-189, but who has not yet completed such appl…
The board may take any action set forth in section 19a-17, if the license holder: Has been convicted of a felony; has been found by the board to have employed fraud or deceit in obtaining his license or in the course of any professional activity, to have violated any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted…
Any person not licensed as provided in this chapter who, except as provided in section 20-195, represents himself as a psychologist or, having had his license suspended or revoked continues to represent himself as a psychologist, or carries on the practice of psychology as defined in sections 20-187a and 20-188, shall…
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant to licensed psychologists the right to practice medicine as defined in section 20-9.
Any hospital or health care facility may allow a psychologist, licensed pursuant to this chapter, full staff privileges in accordance with the standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations if the criteria that has been set forth by the hospital or health care facility is met.
(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 a…