HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 43, § 638.

As to subsection (b) of this section, the last
sentence of present Art. 43, § 638, which
requires that disbursement of funds be in
accordance with Art. III, §§ 32 and 52 of the
State Constitution and Art. 15A, §§ 1 through 15
of the Code, which relate to disbursements from
the General Fund of this State, is deleted as
implicit in the requirement that the funds are
part of the General Fund of this State.

SUBTITLE 3. CERTIFICATION.

16-301. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.

(A)  IN GENERAL.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, AN
INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD BEFORE THE
INDIVIDUAL MAY USE AS A TITLE OR DESCRIBE THE SERVICES THE
INDIVIDUAL PROVIDES BY USE OF THE WORDS "PSYCHOLOGICAL",
"PSYCHOLOGIST", OR "PSYCHOLOGY".

(B)  EXCEPTIONS.

THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO:

(1)  THE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES OF, AND THE USE
OF AN OFFICIAL TITLE BY AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED BY ANY AGENCY
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THIS STATE, OR ANY POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE, OR A CHARTERED EDUCATIONAL OR
CHARITABLE INSTITUTION WHILE PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF THAT
EMPLOYMENT;

(2)  THE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES OF A STUDENT,
INTERN, OR RESIDENT WHILE PURSUING A SUPERVISED COURSE OF
STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY THAT THE BOARD APPROVES AS QUALIFYING
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE UNDER THIS TITLE;

(3)  THE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES OF AN INDIVIDUAL
WHILE PERFORMING PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECT
SUPERVISION OF A CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST WHO TAKES FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES PERFORMED, IF
THE SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL HAS GRADUATED FROM AN ACCREDITED
COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE BASED ON A
PROGRAM OF STUDIES WHOSE CONTENT WAS PRIMARILY PSYCHOLOGICAL
OR A SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT PROGRAM; AND

(4)  THE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES OF AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO RECENTLY HAS BECOME A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE AND HAS AN
APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION, WITH OR WITHOUT EXAMINATION,
PENDING BEFORE THE BOARD.

(C)  SPECIAL BOARD AUTHORIZATION.