Complete Flashcards
What is the maximum number of hours for the use of approved videocassette courses for continuing education requirements?
Not to exceed 5 hours per subject
Who may a psychologist release test data to without a court order?
A licensed psychologist OR a school psychologist
Where can you NOT advertise
Non-distinguishable listings
In the listing of the YellowPages, a psychologist must include the words…
“Licensed Psychologist”
How many hours of postdoc supervised experience must be completed by a postdoc for licensure?
2,000 hours
How many total hours of weekly clinical supervision in an applicant’s postdoc training?
2 hours
How many hours of education must be successfully completed in order for a psychologist to qualify for the practice of hypnosis?
10 hours
How many hours must be completed in training in juvenile sexual offender assessment and treatment before becoming a licensed clinician in the field?
30 hours
If abuse has occurred in another state, what obligation does the psychologist have?
Central abuse hotline
What is the maximum amount of time that a minor aged 13 or older experiencing an emotional crisis may receive before parental consent is required for further services?
7 days (1 week) AND shall NOT exceed more than 2 visits
A licensee who has been retired for more than 5 years must…
Pay the fee for a biennial review of an active license
Within how many days must a subject submit a written response to a probable cause panel (or when in default)?
20 days - in default by 21 days
Who is notified when a patient is released from a receiving facility?
Any person who executed a certificate admitting the person to the receiving facility
Sexual contact with a former client during therapy and after termination…
Prohibited OR no exemptions
How long do you have to get copies of psychological records to someone?
30 days - Any licensed psychologist who agreed to provide copies of psychological records to a service user, a service user’s designee, or a service user’s legal representative, shall be accorded a reasonable time, not to exceed thirty (30) days to make final entries and copies…
Vulnerable adult – how many hours do you have to commence an investigation?
24 hours
A clinical psychologist examines a person and designates that the person meets the criteria for involuntary examination. Who should reexamine the client?
The same clinical psychologist within 48 hours
How many credits are granted for each hour of full attendance at a board meeting? Which requirement does it satisfy?
1 Hour / Ethics and Legal Issues
Psychological Services Act intent?
Health and emotional welfare of the public / Emotional Survival
What information must be reported when suspected abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult has occurred?
Emotional or physical injuries sustained
What must the administrator of a treatment facility do if a patient continues to meet the criteria for involuntary inpatient placement?
Provide a statement from the patient’s physician, psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse, or clinical psychologist justifying the request, a brief description of the patient’s treatment during the time he or she was involuntarily placed, and an individualized plan of continued treatment. (Note: NOT a licensed mental health therapist)
How many hours/years are required of supervised experience for licensure?
4,000 hours/2 years
How many hours of approved continuing education credits are required to renew an active license during a biennium?
40 hours
How many hours must be on professional ethics and legal and Florida statutes and rules?
3 hours
How many hours must be on the prevention of medical errors?
2 hours
How many hours of CEU must be completed on DV?
Every 6 years, the licensees must complete 2 hours (every third biennial)
How long must the licensee retain the documentation of the CEU?
2 years
How long may a patient be involuntarily hospitalized in an inpatient treatment facility?
6 months
What determines whether or not probable cause exists that a licensee has violated the rules and laws of psychology?
Reasonable standard of care
You need to do 40 hours in total of CEU; What is the maximum amount of CEUs required per year
25 per year
What must a psychologist do when using an experimental treatment with a client?
Informed consent AND board approval
How much time is 1 Credit Hour worth?
50 minutes
At what age can a minor consent to therapy?
13 years old
How many days does a practitioner have to submit a note following a session?
10 days
When may privilege be waived?
When the mental condition is used as a claim or defense
Who has the responsibility of establishing from graduating from the equivalent of a doctoral-level psychological education program?
The applicant
What requirement must be satisfied for an applicant to be considered for limited licensure?
Will be retiring within 6 months of the date of the application
To whom must the records of the client NOT be released without the consent of the client?
The spouse/wife
How much credit does a CE provider receive for providing a CE workshop?
The number of credits allowed by the program
When you are a limited licensed psychologist in the state of Florida, what populations are they restricted from serving?
- Underserved or critical needs populations living within a twenty (20) mile radius of any site in the state that has no other psychologist practicing in that twenty (20)-mile radius.
- Public or non-profit
Who is exempt from licensure?
- Not a resident of the state but offers services in this state: anyone practicing for less than 15 days in a calendar year and no more than 5 days in any month
- A salaried employee of a government agency
- A salaried employee at a nonprofit organization
If a psychologist is deceased the estate must keep the records for how long?
2 years and 2 months
Who do you report institutional abuse to?
Central Abuse Hotline
Purpose of the Adult Protective Services Act
Detection and correction of abuse, neglect, and exploitation through social services and criminal investigations and to establish a program of protective services for all vulnerable adults in need of them. It is intended that the mandatory reporting of such cases will cause the protective services of the state to be brought to hear in an effort to prevent further abuse, neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults.
When can someone with a provisional license stop being supervised?
When they get a letter from the BOP stating they are licensed
A person who has completed their education is considered a…
Postdoc / Psychology Resident or Fellow
Who can a psychologist release raw data to?
Parent/Child
After termination, the length of time to keep files:
Full files: 3 years
Partial files: 4 years
What required information of any applicant is considered public record unless subject to public inspection?
Employment history
What information must a facility requesting the appointment of a guardian advocate provide to them?
Duties and responsibilities of a guardian advocate
Which procedure or treatment may not be consented to by a guardian advocate?
- Experimental treatments not federally approved by IRB
- Abortion
- Sterilization
- Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT)
- Psychoconversion/Psychosurgery
Who can support the recommendation (second opinion) for involuntary placement?
The recommendation must be supported by the opinion of a psychiatrist and the second opinion of a clinical psychologist or another psychiatrist both of whom have personally examined the patient within the preceding 72 hours (3 days) that the criteria for involuntary outpatient services are met.
What is the maximum number of years that a patient has to file an administrative complaint against a licensee?
6 years
Who cannot communicate with an outside person from jail?
Someone who is considered incompetent or likely to be harmful to the person or others
Change of address – each license shall provide written or electronic notification of change of address within…
45 days.
If completed electronically they must confirm that it was received.
If a client is deceased, who can the psychologist provide their records to?
Patient’s personal representative or the family member who stands next in line of intestate succession, the confidential status of the clinical records shall not be lost by either authorized disclosure to any person, organization or agency
If you are applying for licensure, but charged for sexual misconduct?
Cannot get licensed
Confidentiality - who is able to waive privileges?
The client. Cannot be waived by the former psychologist.
What information must go in a chart/client’s records?
- Basic identification data such as name, address, telephone number, age and sex; presenting symptoms or requests for services; dates of services, and types of services provided.
- Test data (previous or current)
- History including relevant medical data and medication, especially current
- What transpired during the service session; - Significant action by the psychologist, service user, or service payer
- Psychologists’ indications suggesting possible sensitive matters like threats;
- Progress notes
- Copies of correspondence related to assessment or services provided, notes concerning relevant psychologists’ conversation with persons significant to the service user.
In order to obtain Licensure by endorsement …
- Diplomate in good standing with the board, hold a degree and has a least 10 years of experience as a licensed psychologist in any jurisdiction within 25 years preceding the date of the application
- License requires to be equivalent or more stringent
Who is provisional psychologist?
Someone who serves under the supervision of a licensed psychologist
The board consists of…
7 members:
5 must be licensed psychologists, 2 must be citizens of a state who have never been licensed, 1 must be 60+ years of age
How many hours must be required to obtain specialty in sex therapy?
A minimum of 150 extra hours and requirement must be in specific areas of sex therapy
How many hours must be required to obtain a specialty in juvenile offender therapy?
Does not require extra hours
How many hours must be completed to serve as a guardian advocate?
4 hours