Legislature(2009 - 2010)BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
04/08/2010 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE
| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| HB110 | |
| HB314 | |
| HB245 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| + | HB 314 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 245 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 110 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED |
HB 110-PSYCHOLOGISTS' LICENSING & PRACTICE
2:09:08 PM
CHAIR PASKVAN announced HB 110 to be up for consideration [CSHB
110(HSS) was before the committee].
2:09:21 PM
LIZ CLEMENT, staff to Representative Bob Herron, sponsor of HB
110, said this bill does two things; it creates a more efficient
licensure system without sacrificing professional standards or
quality and it also clarifies who is regulated by the board.
When current law was written, Ms. Clement explained, the Alaska
Board of Psychologists and Psychological Associate Examiners
offered a qualifying exam to be licensed by the board every six
months. However, they now offer it every three months. Statute
still states that if you take and do not pass the qualifying
exam the first time, you need to wait six months before taking
it again. The board feels there is no reason to force people to
wait that long if they are ready to take it again sooner.
MS. CLEMENT said that existing exemptions would remain for
supervised psychology students, interns and residents, and a
board approved program of study for qualified members of other
professions such as licensed professional counselors, clinical
social workers and marital and family therapists who do work
that professions train and qualify them to do and also for
physicians who are engaged in the normal practice and scope of
work for which they are licensed.
Two other groups that are currently exempt but with very vague
language are clarified; the first being school psychologists who
work under the supervision of their employing school districts
and U.S. government employees who practice psychology while in
the discharge of their official duties. The only people subject
to board regulation and the only people this bill would affect,
therefore, are those who represent themselves to a trusting
public as a psychologist or a psychological associate.
MS. CLEMENT said passage of HB 110 would not limit the work of
any other mental health service providers in Alaska be they
secular, spiritual, professional or voluntary. It has two zero
fiscal notes.
2:12:30 PM
PHILLIP BAKER, Legislative Chair, Alaska Psychological
Association, supported HB 110. It closes a loophole created in
the original legislation in 1964 allowing anyone to hang out a
shingle and call themselves a psychologist.
2:13:54 PM
DR. JOHN DE RUYTER, member, Board of Psychologists and
Psychological Associate Examiners, said he supported HB 110 for
the reasons stated by Ms. Clement.
2:15:15 PM
CAM CARLSON, public member, Board of Psychologists and
Psychological Associate Examiners, supported HB 110. It gets to
the heart of what the board is for - protecting the public.
2:16:55 PM
CHAIR PASKVAN closed public testimony.
SENATOR DAVIS moved to report CSHB 110(HSS) from committee with
individual recommendations and attached zero fiscal notes. There
were no objections and it was so ordered.
2:17:35 PM
CHAIR PASKVAN announced an at ease from 2:17 to 2:19 p.m.
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