Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3006
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3006
- Board: means the Board of Psychological Examiners established under this chapter. See
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Financial interest: means being:
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Practice of psychology: means rendering or offering to render to individuals, groups, or organizations, for a consideration, any service involving the application of principles, methods, and procedures of understanding, predicting, and influencing behavior that are primarily drawn from the science of psychology. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 3006. Board; establishment
The Board of Psychological Examiners is established, which shall consist of five members. The Board shall be composed of three licensed psychologists and two other persons who are consumers but neither of whom are psychologists. Consumer members shall have no financial interest in the practice of psychology, either personally or through a spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister. At least one but not more than two of the psychologists shall represent the practice of psychology within the Agency of Human Services or a community mental health center. All members of the Board shall have been residents of the State of Vermont for at least two years prior to their appointment to the Board. When a person who is an employee of or under contract with a community mental health center is subject to disciplinary action and the Agency of Human Services member or the community mental health center member has a conflict of interest, the Secretary of State shall appoint a psychologist who is an employee of another community mental health center to serve as an ad hoc member of the Board. (Added 1975, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1981, No. 241 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1995, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2005, No. 27, § 84.)