Subtitle 36 BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS
10.36.01 Procedures

01 Definitions.
A. (text unchanged)

B. Terms Defined.
(1)—(5) (text unchanged)
[(6)] (proposed for repeal)

(6) “Practice-oriented program” means a clinical, counseling, or school psychology program, or a
combination thereof, or a respecialization program.

(7)—(8) (text unchanged)

.04 Professional Supervised Experience Required for Licensure—General.

A. An applicant shall present evidence of having completed 2 years of supervised professional experience
before taking the examinations required in Regulation .06 of this chapter.

B. The 2 years of supervised professional experience shall consist of a minimum of 3,250 hours.

C. Supervision Generally.

(1) A minimum of 75 percent of the applicant's supervised professional experience shall be supervised by a
psychologist qualified to supervise the activities being performed or the services being rendered.

(2) The supervisor shall be:

(a) Licensed to practice psychology in Maryland;
(b) Exempt from licensure under Health Occupations Article, §§18-102(3) or 18-301(b), Annotated Code of Maryland;
(c) Licensed, certified, or exempt from licensure or certification in the state or country in which the
supervised professional experience is obtained; or
(d) A student, fellow, intern, or resident while pursuing a supervised course of study that the Board
approves as qualifying training or experience as provided in Health Occupations Article, §18-301(b)(3),
Annotated Code of Maryland, provided that the student, fellow, intern, or resident is supervised by an
individual meeting criteria of §C(2)(a), (b) or (c) of this regulation.

(3) The supervisor shall ensure that any additional supervision is by an individual who has the requisite
skills and training to provide supervision.

(4) Psychology associates accruing supervised professional experience toward licensure shall receive the
required amount of supervision specified in COMAR 10.36.07.05A.

(5) The applicant shall ensure that there is adequate documentation of the supervised professional
experience.

(6) The Board may require additional information to be submitted by the applicant or supervisor to assess
the extent and quality of the applicant's supervised professional experience.

.04-1 Supervised Professional Experience—Programs That Are Not Practice-Oriented.

A. For applicants graduating from programs that are not practice-oriented, supervised professional
experience may be accrued in professional work in psychology using the methods, principles, and
procedures of psychology, including, but not limited to:

(1) Teaching;
(2) Research; and
(3) Industrial or organizational consultation.

B. In order for the experience to qualify as full-time supervised professional experience, the applicant shall
receive a minimum of 1 hour of individual supervision per week at a face-to-face meeting with the
supervisor.

C. In exceptional circumstances, the Board may waive the requirement for face-to-face supervision:

(1) For pre-doctoral experience, if the academic program director attests to the nature of the
circumstances and assures the Board that the quality of the supervision was not compromised; or
(2) For post-doctoral experience, if the applicant:
(a) Petitions the Board for a waiver before beginning the supervised experience; and
(b) Offers an alternative modality for supervision, including but not limited to televideo conferencing that
does not substantially diminish the adequacy of the supervision.

.04-2 Supervised Professional Experience—Practice-Oriented Programs.

A. For applicants graduating from practice-oriented programs, supervised professional experience may be
accrued through:

(1) Pre-internship;
(2) Internship;
(3) Pre-doctoral post-internship; or
(4) Post-doctoral experiences.

B. The academic training program director or the post-doctoral training supervisor shall attest to the
hours accrued to meet the requirements of this regulation on a form required by the Board.

C. An applicant may utilize pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experience:

(1) To accrue up to 1,500 hours toward the supervised professional experience required for licensure; and
(2) That occurs following the completion of the first year of the doctoral program.

D. Pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experiences shall:

(1) Consist of an organized sequence of training that is of increasing complexity to prepare the student for
internship;
(2) Follow appropriate academic preparation;
(3) Be overseen by the graduate training program;
(4) Be an extension of the student's academic coursework and within the scope of education received;
(5) Be in service-related activities such as treatment, assessment, interviews, report writing, case
presentations, supervision, and consultation for at least 50 percent of the training experience; and
(6) Be devoted to face-to-face client contact for at least 25 percent of the training experience.

E. Pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experiences shall contain a written training plan that:

(1) Includes the responsibilities of the student, training site, and graduate training program;
(2) Describes how the student's time will be allotted;
(3) Ensures the quality, breadth, and depth of the training experience by specifying the:

(a) Goals and objectives of the training experience;
(b) Methods of evaluation of the student's performance; and
(c) Rules governing the training experience;

(4) Specifies the requirements of supervision to include:

(a) The nature of supervision;
(b) The identities of supervisors; and
(c) The form and frequency of feedback from the agency supervisor to the training faculty;

(5) Provides rationale for the training experience based on previous academic preparation and previous
training to ensure that the overall experience is organized and sequential; and

(6) May be provided to the Board with the application to document the pre-internship or pre-doctoral postinternship
experience.

F. Pre-internship and Pre-doctoral Post-internship Supervision Requirements.

(1) Every 20 hours of pre-internship experience and pre-doctoral post-internship shall include the
following:

(a) At least 2 hours of regularly scheduled, formal, face-to-face individual supervision that addresses the
direct psychological services provided by the student; and
(b) At least 2 hours of other learning activities such as:

(i) Case conferences;
(ii) Seminars on applied issues;
(iii) Conducting co-therapy with a staff person including discussion of the case; or
(iv) Group supervision.

(2) In exceptional circumstances, the Board may waive the requirement for face-to-face supervision if the
academic program director attests to the nature of the circumstances and assures the Board that the
quality of supervision was not compromised.

G. Internship experiences shall:

(1) Consist of a minimum of 1,750 hours of supervised experience; and
(2) Be completed within 24 months.

H. The internship program shall be:

(1) Accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or the Canadian Psychological
Association (CPA);
(2) A member program of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral Internship Centers (APPIC); or
(3) Part of an academic program that:

(a) Is approved or designated by the:

(i) APA;
(ii) CPA; or
(iii) Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)/National Register; and

(b) Includes an internship that is approved by the program's academic training director as meeting its
criteria for an internship.

I. Post-Doctoral Supervised Professional Experience—Practice-Oriented Programs.

(1) A maximum of 1,500 hours of the professional supervised experience may be obtained through postdoctoral
supervised experience.
(2) Post-doctoral supervised experience shall be completed if an applicant does not have 3,250 hours of
pre-doctoral supervised experience.

.04-3 Post-Doctoral Supervised Professional Experience—General.

A. A supervisor is ethically and legally responsible for all supervisee work covered by a written supervision
agreement.

B. Supervisees shall use titles indicating their training status, such as “psychology resident”, “psychology
intern”, or “psychology supervisee”.

C. Supervised experience shall be appropriate to the area or areas of professional activity in which the
supervisee intends to practice.

D. There shall be at least 1 hour of individual supervision for every 20 hours of service related activities.

E. The supervisor and the supervisee shall keep records of experience and supervision hours.

F. At the conclusion of the post-doctoral supervision experience:

(1) The supervisor shall prepare a written evaluation, including:

(a) The hours spent in various service related activities;
(b) The number of successfully completed supervised hours; and
(c) Any hours not successfully completed; and

(2) If any hours were not successfully completed, the Board may require additional hours of supervision.

G. Supervision shall be face-to-face with an on-site supervisor.

H. Under exceptional circumstances, and before beginning a supervised professional experience, an
applicant for licensure may petition the Board to waive the requirement for face-to-face supervision or to
receive supervision from a psychologist not on site.

I. The Board may waive the requirement for face-to-face supervision only when the alternative modality for
supervision, including but not limited to televideo conferencing, does not substantially diminish the
adequacy of the supervision.

J. If a supervisee is accruing post-doctoral supervision as a Psychology Associate, the supervisee shall also
comply with the requirements of Regulation .08 of this chapter.

.04-4 Post-Doctoral Supervised Professional Experience as a Psychology Associate.

A. An applicant accruing post-doctoral supervised experience in an activity that is not exempt under Health
Occupations Article, §§18-301 or 18-102(3), Annotated Code of Maryland, shall apply to the Board for
approval as a psychology associate in accordance with COMAR 10.36.07.

B. Exempted activities under Health Occupations Article, §§18-301 and 18-102(3), Annotated Code of
Maryland, include:

(1) Activities as a student, intern, resident, or fellow while pursuing a supervised course of study in
psychology that the Board approves as qualifying training and experience;
(2) Activities under the supervision of, and in connection with, a psychologist employed by:

(a) Any agency of the federal government;
(b) The Maryland Department of Juvenile Services;
(c) A political subdivision of this State; or
(d) A chartered educational institution; or

(3) Non-profit activities of a bona fide religious organization that is exempt from taxation under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

C. Psychology associates accruing post-doctoral supervised professional experience toward licensure shall
obtain supervision in accordance with the psychology associate requirements of COMAR 10.36.07.