South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 868

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Thomas
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\12098ac04.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 28, 2004
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs

Summary: Psychology licensure requirements, exemption

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/28/2004  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-9
   1/28/2004  Senate  Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-9

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/28/2004

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 40-55-90, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERSONS EXEMPT FROM PSYCHOLOGY LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO ADD AN EXEMPTION FOR PERSONS WHO ADMINISTER, SCORE, AND INTERPRET VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL TESTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIAGNOSING EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND PRESCRIBING EDUCATIONAL TREATMENT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 40-55-90(A) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:

"(15)    a professional, employed by a private or public agency in this State, who may not qualify as a psychologist, counselor, therapist, psycho-educational specialist, or addictions counselor, as defined in law, but who has graduate or doctoral level preparation, and holds a corresponding state or national credential, certificate, or license, as an educational diagnostician, educational consultant, educational therapist, learning consultant, learning specialist, psychometrist, or special educator and whose professional role includes administration, scoring, and interpretation of cognitive/intellectual, achievement, perceptual-motor, adaptive behavior, and career-vocational tests and other formal, standardized, norm-related and criterion-related tests for the purpose of diagnosing educational issues of, and subsequently prescribing educational treatment for, individuals at risk for or who possess legally-recognized forms of disability."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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