ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session
	House: HHS DPA 9-0-0-0

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HB 2224: psychology board; licensure; fingerprinting

Sponsor:  Representative Barto, LD 15

House Engrossed

Overview

Requires psychologists and behavioral analysts to apply for a fingerprint clearance card by January 1, 2021, includes those professions in the fingerprinting statutes and temporarily exempts license applicants from certain licensure requirements.

History

The State Board of Psychologist Examiners (Board) regulates the practice of psychology and behavioral analysis in Arizona (A.R.S. § 32-2091). Current law does not require psychologists and behavior analysts to have a fingerprint clearance card (A.R.S. §§ 41-619.51 and 41-1758).

Provisions

1. Requires all psychologist and behavioral analyst license applicants to apply for a fingerprint clearance card by January 1, 2021. (Sec. 1)

2. Outlines the process for application for licensure for applicants who are denied a fingerprint clearance card. (Sec. 1)

3. Provides that if the experience was obtained in a state that licensed behavior analysts at the time of the work experience, the supervisor must be licensed in the state where the behavior analysis trainee services were provided. (Sec. 6)

4. Adds the Board to the fingerprinting statutes in Title 41. (Sec. 8 & 10)

5. Repeals Version 2 of definitions on the board of fingerprinting and fingerprinting division. (Sec. 9 & 11)

6. Exempts psychologist license applicants from the following licensure requirements, beginning March 1, 2020 through September 1, 2022:

a) Two full-time academic years of graduate study in a doctoral program completed at the institution from which the doctoral degree is granted; and

b) A residency completed at the institution that awarded the applicant's doctoral degree. (Sec. 13)

7. Contains a retroactivity clause from and after February 29, 2020 for the temporary exemption for licensure. (Sec. 13)

8. Contains technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1, 3, 4 & 7)

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Initials IG/ML              House Engrossed

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