Connecticut § 20-187c - State and national fingerprint-based criminal history records check of psychologists.
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§ 20-187c. State and national fingerprint-based criminal history records check of psychologists.
Sec. 20-187c. State and national fingerprint-based criminal history records check of psychologists. The Commissioner of Public Health shall require each person applying for licensure as a psychologist to submit to a state and national fingerprint-based criminal history records check pursuant to section 29-17a. For the purposes of this section, “psychologist” means an individual licensed for the independent practice of psychology and “licensure” means authorization by a state psychology regulatory authority to engage in the independent practice of psychology, the practice of which would be unlawful without such authorization.
(P.A. 23-97, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 23-97 effective July 1, 2023.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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