As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Applied behavior analysis” means the design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between environment and behavior;
(2) “Applied behavior analysis interventions” means interventions that are based on scientific research and the direct observation and measurement of behavior and environment which utilize contextual factors, establishing operations, antecedent stimuli, positive reinforcement, and other consequences to help people develop new behaviors, increase or decrease existing behaviors, and elicit behaviors under specific environmental conditions;
(3) “Board” means the Kentucky Applied Behavior Analysis Licensing Board;
(4) “Certification board” means the Behavior Analyst Certification Board® or its successor;
(5) “Certified” means a practitioner who has met the certification criteria of the certification board;
(6) “Licensed behavior analyst” means an individual who is licensed by the board and meets the requirements of KRS § 319C.080;
(7) “Licensed assistant behavior analyst” means an individual who:
(a) Is licensed by the board as an assistant behavior analyst and meets the requirements of KRS § 319C.080; and
(b) Works under the supervision of a certified behavior analyst;
(8) “Practice of applied behavior analysis” means the application of the principles, methods, and procedures of the experimental analysis of behavior and applied behavior analysis, including but not limited to applications of those principles, methods, and procedures to:
(a) Design, implement, evaluate, and modify treatment programs to change the behavior of individuals diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder;
(b) Design, implement, evaluate, and modify treatment programs to change the behavior of individuals;
(c) Design, implement, evaluate, and modify treatment programs to change the behavior of groups; and
(d) Consult with individuals and organizations.
The practice of applied behavior analysis shall not include diagnosis, counseling, psychological testing, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, sex therapy, psychoanalysis, or hypnotherapy as treatment modalities;
(9) “Supervised experience” means services rendered as a part of the certification requirements of a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst under the supervision of a licensed behavior analyst;
(10) “Supervisee” means a person who is not licensed but acts under the extended authority and direction of a licensed behavior analyst or a licensed assistant behavior analyst to provide applied behavior analysis services; and
(11) “Temporary licensee” means a person who is obtaining supervised experience and has obtained a temporary license.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010.