Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3843 – Home state licensure – Article 3
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(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE ON CONTINGENCY: See T. 32, §3850-C, sub-§1)
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(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE ON CONTINGENCY: See T. 32, §3850-C, sub-§1)
1. Home state. The home state must be a compact state where a psychologist is licensed to practice psychology.
[PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3843
- Adverse action: means any action taken by a state psychology regulatory authority that is identified by the state psychology regulatory authority as discipline for a violation of a statute or regulation and that is a matter of public record. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- Authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology: means a licensed psychologist's authority to practice telepsychology within the limits authorized under this compact in another compact state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- Bylaws: means the bylaws established by the commission pursuant to section 3850 for its governance or for directing and controlling its actions and conduct. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- Commission: means the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission established by section 3850, which is the governing body of the compact. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- Compact state: means a state, the District of Columbia or a United States territory that has enacted the compact and that has not withdrawn pursuant to section 3850?C, subsection 3 or has not been terminated pursuant to section 3850?B, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- Distant state: means a compact state where a psychologist is physically present, not through the use of telecommunications technologies, to provide temporary in-person, face-to-face psychological services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- E-passport: means a certificate issued by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards that promotes the standardization in the criteria of interjurisdictional telepsychology practice and facilitates the process for licensed psychologists to provide telepsychological services across state lines. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- Home state: means a compact state where a psychologist is licensed to practice psychology. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- Identity history summary: means a summary of information retained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other designee with similar authority in connection with arrests and, in some instances, federal employment, naturalization or military service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- Interjurisdictional practice certificate: means a certificate issued by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards that grants temporary authorization to practice based on notification to the state psychology regulatory authority of intention to practice temporarily and verifies the qualifications for such practice. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- License: means authorization by a state psychology regulatory authority to engage in the independent practice of psychology. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- Psychologist: means an individual licensed for the independent practice of psychology. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- Receiving state: means a compact state where the client is physically located when telepsychological services are delivered. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
- Significant investigatory information: means either:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842State: means a state, the District of Columbia or a territory of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842 Telepsychology: means the provision of psychological services using telecommunications technologies. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842 Temporary authorization to practice: means a licensed psychologist's authority to provide temporary in-person, face-to-face practice within the limits authorized under this compact in another compact state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3842
2. Licensing in more than one compact state. A psychologist may hold one or more compact state licenses at a time. If the psychologist is licensed in more than one compact state, the home state is the compact state where the psychologist is physically present when the services are delivered as authorized by the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology under the terms of this compact.
[PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
3. Circumstances not authorized by compact for telepsychology practice. Any compact state may require a psychologist not previously licensed in a compact state to obtain and retain a license to be authorized to practice in the compact state under circumstances not authorized by the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology under the terms of this compact.
[PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
4. Circumstances not authorized by compact for temporary authorization to practice. Any compact state may require a psychologist to obtain and retain a license to be authorized to practice in a compact state under circumstances not authorized by the temporary authorization to practice under the terms of this compact.
[PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
5. Home state license; telepsychology practice. A home state’s license authorizes a psychologist to practice in a receiving state under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology only if the compact state:
A. Currently requires the psychologist to hold an active e-passport; [PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
B. Has a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about licensed psychologists; [PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
C. Notifies the commission, in compliance with the terms herein, of any adverse action or significant investigatory information regarding a licensed psychologist; [PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
D. Requires an identity history summary of all applicants at initial licensure, including the use of the results of fingerprints or other biometric data checks compliant with the requirements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or other designee with similar authority, no later than 10 years after activation of the compact; and [PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
E. Complies with the bylaws and rules of the commission. [PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
6. Home state license; temporary authorization to practice. A home state’s license grants temporary authorization to practice to a psychologist in a distant state only if the compact state:?
A. Currently requires the psychologist to hold an active interjurisdictional practice certificate; [PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
B. Has a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about licensed psychologists; [PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
C. Notifies the commission, in compliance with the terms herein, of any adverse action or significant investigatory information regarding a licensed psychologist; [PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
D. Requires an identity history summary of all applicants at initial licensure, including the use of the results of fingerprints or other biometric data checks compliant with the requirements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or other designee with similar authority, no later than 10 years after activation of the compact; and [PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
E. Complies with the bylaws and rules of the commission. [PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).]
Revisor’s Note: §3843. Confidentiality (As enacted by PL 2021, c. 291, Pt. B, §11 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 32, SECTION 3850-G)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2021, c. 331, §1 (NEW).