Oklahoma § 59-1379 - Definitions

§ 59-1379. Definitions

As used in this act:

1. "Adverse action" means any action taken by a state

psychology regulatory authority, which is identified by that

authority as discipline, which action is taken upon the finding of a

violation and is a matter of public record;

2. "Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards

(ASPPB)" means the recognized membership organization composed of

state and provincial psychology regulatory authorities responsible

for the licensure and registration of psychologists throughout the

United States and Canada;

3. "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;

4. "Bylaws" means those bylaws established by the Psychology

Interjurisdictional Compact Commission pursuant to Section 11 of

this act for its governance, or for directing and controlling its

actions and conduct;

5. "Client/patient" means the recipient of psychological

services, whether psychological services are delivered in the

context of healthcare, corporate, supervision and/or consulting

services;

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6. "Commissioner" means the voting representative appointed by

each state psychology regulatory authority pursuant to Section 11 of

this act;

7. "Compact state" means a state, the District of Columbia or

United States territory that has enacted this Compact and which has

not withdrawn pursuant to Section 14 of this act or been terminated

pursuant to Section 13 of this act;

8. "Coordinated Licensure Information System" or "Coordinated

Database" means an integrated process for collecting, storing and

sharing information on psychologists' licensure and enforcement

activities related to psychology licensure laws, which is

administered by the recognized membership organization composed of

the state psychology regulatory authorities;

9. "Confidentiality" means the principle that data or

information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized

persons or processes;

10. "Day" means any part of a day in which psychological work

is performed;

11. "Distant state" means the compact state where a

psychologist is physically present, not through using

telecommunications technologies, to provide temporary in-person,

face-to-face psychological services;

12. "E-Passport" means a certificate issued by the Association

of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) 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;

13. "Executive Board" means a group of directors elected or

appointed to act on behalf of, and within the powers granted to them

by, the Commission;

14. "Home state" means a compact state where a psychologist is

licensed to practice psychology. If the psychologist is licensed in

more than one compact state and is practicing under the

authorization to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology, the

home state is the compact state where the psychologist was

physically present when the telepsychological services were

delivered. If the psychologist is licensed in more than one compact

state and is practicing under the temporary authorization to

practice, the home state is any compact state where the psychologist

is licensed;

15. "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;

16. "In-person, face-to-face" means interactions in which the

psychologist and the client/patient are in the same physical space

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and which does not include interactions that may occur through the

use of telecommunication technologies;

17. "Interjurisdictional practice certificate (IPC)" means a

certificate issued by the Association of State and Provincial

Psychology Boards (ASPPB) that grants temporary authority to

practice based on notification to the state psychology regulatory

authority of the intention to practice temporarily, and verification

of one's qualifications for such practice;

18. "License" means authorization by a state psychology

regulatory authority to engage in the independent practice of

psychology, which would be unlawful without the authorization;

19. "Noncompact state" means any state which is not at the time

a compact state;

20. "Psychologist" means an individual licensed for the

independent practice of psychology;

21. "Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission" or

"Commission" means the national administration of which all compact

states are members;

22. "Receiving state" means a compact state where the

client/patient is physically located when the telepsychological

services are delivered;

23. "Rule" means a written statement by the Psychology

Interjurisdictional Compact Commission promulgated pursuant to

Section 12 of this act that is of general applicability, implements,

interprets or prescribes a policy or provision of the Compact, or an

organizational, procedural or practice requirement of the Commission

and has the force and effect of statutory law in a compact state,

and includes the amendment, repeal or suspension of an existing

rule;

24. "Significant investigatory information" means:

a.

investigative information that a state psychology

regulatory authority, after a preliminary inquiry that

includes notification and an opportunity to respond if

required by state law, has reason to believe, if

proven true, would indicate more than a violation of

state statute or ethics code that would be considered

more substantial than a minor infraction, or

b.

investigative information that indicates that the

psychologist represents an immediate threat to the

public health and safety, regardless of whether the

psychologist has been notified or had an opportunity

to respond;

25. "State" means a state, commonwealth, territory or

possession of the United States or the District of Columbia;

26. "State psychology regulatory authority" means the board,

office or other agency with the legislative mandate to license and

regulate the practice of psychology;

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27. "Telepsychology" means the provision of psychological

services using telecommunication technologies;

28. "Temporary authorization to practice" means a licensed

psychologist's authority to conduct temporary in-person, face-toface practice, within the limits authorized under this Compact, in

another compact state; and

29. "Temporary in-person, face-to-face practice" means where a

psychologist is physically present, not through using

telecommunications technologies, in the distant state to provide for

the practice of psychology for thirty (30) days within a calendar

year and based on notification to the distant state.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 187, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.