Bill Text: NY S04176 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Exempts certain persons who administer and score objective psychological tests from provisions of law relating to the practice of the profession of psychology.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-12 - PRINT NUMBER 4176B [S04176 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04176-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4176--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 13, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens. VALESKY, ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher  Education
         --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
         and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to exempt  persons  under
         the profession of psychology
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 7605 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
    3    11. THE CONDUCT, ACTIVITIES OR SERVICES OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO ADMINISTER
    4  AND  SCORE  STANDARDIZED  OBJECTIVE  (NON-PROJECTIVE)  PSYCHOLOGICAL  OR
    5  NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS WHICH HAVE SPECIFIC PREDETERMINED  AND  MANUAL-
    6  IZED  ADMINISTRATIVE  PROCEDURES AND WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE INTERPRETATION
    7  OR OTHER JUDGMENTS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL  SHALL:  (I)
    8  HOLD  NO LESS THAN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY OR A RELATED FIELD;
    9  (II) BE TRAINED BY AND BE UNDER THE DIRECT  SUPERVISION  OF  A  LICENSED
   10  PSYCHOLOGIST  IN  A NON-SCHOOL SETTING IN NO GREATER THAN A 3AGING RATIO
   11  OR THE PART TIME EQUIVALENT THERETO; AND (III) NOT SELECT TESTS, ANALYZE
   12  PATIENT DATA OR COMMUNICATE RESULTS TO PATIENTS.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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