337.100. Citation of law — findings — purpose.
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337.100. Citation of law — findings — purpose. — 1. Sections 337.100 to 337.165 shall be known as the "Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact". The party states find that:
(1)States license psychologists, in order to protect the public through verification of education, training, and experience and ensure accountability for professional practice;
(2)This compact is intended to regulate the day-to-day practice of telepsychology, the provision of psychological services using telecommunication technologies, by psychologists across state boundaries in the performance of their psychological practice as assigned by an appropriate authority;
(3)This compact is intended to regulate the temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology by psychologists across state boundaries for thirty days within a calendar year in the performance of their psychological practice as assigned by an appropriate authority;
(4)This compact is intended to authorize state psychology regulatory authorities to afford legal recognition, in a manner consistent with the terms of the compact, to psychologists licensed in another state;
(5)This compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in protecting the public's health and safety through their licensing and regulation of psychologists and that such state regulation will best protect public health and safety;
(6)This compact does not apply when a psychologist is licensed in both the home and receiving states; and
(7)This compact does not apply to permanent in-person, face-to-face practice, it does allow for authorization of temporary psychological practice.
2. The general purposes of this compact are to:
(1)Increase public access to professional psychological services by allowing for telepsychological practice across state lines as well as temporary in-person, face-to-face services into a state which the psychologist is not licensed to practice psychology;
(2)Enhance the states' ability to protect the public's health and safety, especially client/patient safety;
(3)Encourage the cooperation of compact states in the areas of psychology licensure and regulation;
(4)Facilitate the exchange of information between compact states regarding psychologist licensure, adverse actions, and disciplinary history;
(5)Promote compliance with the laws governing psychological practice in each compact state; and
(6)Invest all compact states with the authority to hold licensed psychologists accountable through the mutual recognition of compact state licenses.
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(L. 2018 H.B. 1719 merged with S.B. 660)
Effective 12-22-20, see § 337.170