00                            SENATE BILL NO. 177                                                                         
01 "An Act eliminating the requirement that persons using titles or descriptions of services                               
02 that incorporate the terms 'psychotherapy,' 'psychotherapeutic,' or 'psychotherapist' be                                
03 licensed by the Board of Psychologist and Psychological Associate Examiners."                                           
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 08.86.180(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
06            (a)  Unless licensed under this chapter, a person may not practice psychology                                
07       or hold out publicly as a psychologist or as practicing psychology. A person holds out                            
08       as a psychologist by using a title or description of services incorporating the words                             
09       "psychology,"  "psychological," "psychologist," "psychometry,"                                                    
10       ["PSYCHOTHERAPY," "PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC," "PSYCHOTHERAPIST,"]                                                        
11       "psychoanalysis," or "psychoanalyst" or when holding out publicly to be trained,                                  
12       experienced, or qualified to render services in the field of psychology.                                          
13    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.86.180(b) is amended to read:                                                                     
14            (b)  This section does not apply to                                                                          

01                 (1)  a person employed by a governmental unit, educational institution                                  
02       or private agency who may be required to engage in some phase of work of a                                        
03       psychological nature in the course of the person's employment, if the employer                                    
04       maintains appropriate supervision of psychological activities and professional conduct,                           
05       and if the person is performing the psychological activities as part of the duties for                            
06       which the person was employed, is performing the activities solely within the facilities                          
07       of the organization in which the person is employed or under the supervision of the                               
08       organization in which the person is employed, and does not render or offer to render                              
09       psychological services to the public for compensation in addition to the salary the                               
10       person receives from the organization;                                                                            
11                 (2)  a student, intern, or resident in psychology pursuing a course of                                  
12       study approved by the board as qualifying training and experience for a psychologist,                             
13       if that person's activities constitute a part of that person's supervised course of study                         
14       and that person is designated by titles such as "psychology intern" or "psychology                                
15       trainee";                                                                                                         
16                 (3)  a qualified member of another profession, in doing work of a                                       
17       psychological nature consistent with that person's training and consistent with the code                          
18       of ethics of that person's profession, if the person does not hold out to the public by a                         
19       title or description of services incorporating the words "psychology," "psychological,"                           
20       "psychologist,"      "psychometry,"       ["PSYCHOTHERAPY,"                                                       
21       "PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC," "PSYCHOTHERAPIST,"] "psychoanalysis," or                                                     
22       "psychoanalyst" or represent to be trained, experienced, or qualified to render services                          
23       in the field of psychology; [.]                                                                               
24                 (4)  [REPEALED.                                                                                         
25                 (5)]  a physician engaged in the normal practice of medicine for which                                  
26       the physician is licensed under AS 08.64.                                                                         
27    * Sec. 3.  AS 08.86.180(d) is repealed.