| 1 | The Health & Families Council recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to psychology specialties; creating s. |
| 7 | 490.0149, F.S.; providing a definition; specifying the |
| 8 | circumstances under which a psychologist may hold himself |
| 9 | or herself out as a certified psychology specialist, |
| 10 | board-certified psychology specialist, or psychology |
| 11 | diplomate; requiring the Board of Psychology to adopt |
| 12 | rules to establish specified criteria for approval of |
| 13 | certifying bodies; specifying that a person licensed under |
| 14 | ch. 490, F.S., may specify the types of services he or she |
| 15 | provides; providing an effective date. |
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| 17 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 19 | Section 1. Section 490.0149, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 20 | to read: |
| 21 | 490.0149 Specialties.-- |
| 22 | (1) As used in this section, the term "certified |
| 23 | psychology specialist," "board-certified psychology specialist," |
| 24 | or "psychology diplomate" means a psychologist with recognized |
| 25 | special competency acquired through an organized sequence of |
| 26 | formal education, training, experience, and professional |
| 27 | standing that is recognized by a certifying body approved by the |
| 28 | board pursuant to criteria adopted under subsection (3). |
| 29 | (2) A person licensed as a psychologist may not hold |
| 30 | himself or herself out as a certified psychology specialist, |
| 31 | board-certified psychology specialist, or psychology diplomate |
| 32 | unless the person has received formal recognition from an |
| 33 | approved certifying body. |
| 34 | (3) The board shall adopt rules to establish criteria for |
| 35 | approval of certifying bodies that provide certification for |
| 36 | specialties in psychology as provided in subsection (1). The |
| 37 | criteria shall include that a certifying body: |
| 38 | (a) Be national in scope, incorporate standards of the |
| 39 | profession, and collaborate closely with organizations related |
| 40 | to specialization in psychology. |
| 41 | (b) Have clearly described purposes, by-laws, policies, |
| 42 | and procedures. |
| 43 | (c) Have established standards for specialized practice of |
| 44 | psychology. |
| 45 | (d) Provide assessments that include the development and |
| 46 | implementation of an examination designed to measure the |
| 47 | competencies required to provide services that are |
| 48 | characteristic of the specialty area. |
| 49 | (4) A person licensed as a psychologist under this chapter |
| 50 | may indicate the services he or she offers and may indicate that |
| 51 | his or her practice is limited to one or more types of services |
| 52 | when this accurately reflects his or her scope of practice. |
| 53 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |