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24.189.601    APPLICATION PROCEDURES

(1) Applications for licensure when properly filled out by the applicant must provide the board with that information necessary to ascertain whether or not the applicant meets the requirements of the law as to education and experience. Application forms must reflect satisfactorily the requirements of Montana law.

(a) Persons seeking licensure must apply on the board's official forms which may be obtained through the department.

(b) Completed applications shall be delivered to the department, accompanied by the application fee, at least 90 days in advance of the examination dates.

(c) Applicants will be notified in writing of any deficiencies in their applications. If the requested information is not received by the board to remedy such deficiencies within six months of the date of the written notice, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

(2) A completed application file consists of the following:

(a) a completed and notarized application form;

(b) transcripts of all graduate work completed;

(c) program and course descriptions from the official college catalog(s);

(d) three work samples;

(e) a copy of a self-query of the National Practitioner Data Bank; and

(f) completed reference forms from a minimum of five references attesting to the applicant's good moral character.

(3) Work samples must be written examples of recent work (within two years of application date), at least two of which must be psychological evaluations. The purpose of the evaluations is to demonstrate competence in history taking, administration and interpretation of formal tests of intelligence, and administration and interpretation of objective and projective tests of personality. Tests utilized must be those widely recognized and respected in the practice of psychology. Projective testing will include projective techniques, at least one of which is a Rorschach or an apperception test. Each of the two evaluations must include the integration and interpretation of history taking, intelligence testing, and personality testing leading to an appropriate diagnosis and recommendations. Evaluations must also demonstrate competence in formulating appropriate diagnoses using the five axes specified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) as well as making appropriate recommendations. Work samples do not include newspaper or other similar articles or publications. All identifying information must be removed from work samples submitted to the board. Questions regarding the work samples may be included in the oral examination and candidates may be requested to present the raw data upon which their work samples were based.

(4) Reference forms must be from people familiar with the quality of the applicant's education and work experience. At least three of the references must be licensed psychologists and may be members of the American Psychological Association.

(5) The board shall examine the transcript of every applicant to determine whether degrees were awarded by an accredited institution of higher learning with adequate course study in psychology as defined in ARM 24.189.604.

(6) The board will consider the acceptability of the professional experience presented by the applicant for consideration in keeping with ARM 24.189.607.

(7) When the application file is complete and acceptable, the applicant will be notified in writing as to the time and place of the examination. It shall be the duty of the applicant to inform the department when it is not feasible to appear at the time and place stated for the examination.

(a) If a candidate is scheduled for the examination a second time and does not appear, without legitimate excused reasons, he may lose his eligibility for the examination.

(b) When the application file is complete and acceptable, the board shall notify an applicant who is licensed in another state or province and who is now a resident of Montana that the applicant is allowed to practice as a psychologist pursuant to 37-17-104 (5), MCA, pending satisfactory completion of the next board oral exam for which the applicant is eligible.

History: 37-1-131, 37-17-202, MCA; IMP, 37-17-302, MCA; Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, Eff. 5/6/76; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic. , Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1988 MAR p. 570, Eff. 3/25/88; AMD, 1993 MAR p. 2232, Eff. 10/1/93; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 927, Eff. 4/17/98; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 1742, Eff. 9/7/01; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 307, Eff. 2/28/03; TRANS, from Commerce, 2004 MAR p. 2282; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 1294, Eff. 7/15/05.

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