Vermont § 3022 - Purpose

§ 3022. Purpose

• (a) Whereas, states license psychologists, in order to protect the public through verification
  of education, training, and experience and ensure accountability for professional
  practice; (b) Whereas, this Compact is intended to regulate the day to day practice of telepsychology,
  which is the provision of psychological services using telecommunication technologies,
  by psychologists across state boundaries in the performance of their psychological
  practice as assigned by an appropriate authority; (c) Whereas, this Compact is intended to regulate the temporary in-person, face-to-face
  practice of psychology by psychologists across state boundaries for 30 days within
  a calendar year in the performance of their psychological practice as assigned by
  an appropriate authority; (d) Whereas, this Compact is intended to authorize state psychology regulatory authorities
  to afford legal recognition, in a manner consistent with the terms of the Compact,
  to psychologists licensed in another state; (e) Whereas, this Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in protecting
  the public’s health and safety through their licensing and regulation of psychologists
  and that such state regulation will best protect public health and safety; (f) Whereas, this Compact does not apply when a psychologist is licensed in both the Home
  and Receiving States; (g) Whereas, this Compact does not apply to permanent in-person, face-to-face practice,
  it does allow for authorization of temporary psychological practice; and (h) Consistent with these principles, this Compact is designed to achieve the following
  purposes and objectives: (1) increase public access to professional psychological services by allowing for telepsychological
  practice across state lines as well as temporary in-person, face-to-face services
  into a state in which the psychologist is not licensed to practice psychology; (2) enhance the states’ ability to protect the public’s health and safety, especially
  client and patient safety; (3) encourage the cooperation of Compact states in the areas of psychology licensure and
  regulation; (4) facilitate the exchange of information between Compact states regarding psychologist
  licensure, adverse actions, and disciplinary history; (5) promote compliance with the laws governing psychological practice in each Compact
  state; and (6) invest all Compact states with the authority to hold licensed psychologists accountable
  through the mutual recognition of Compact state licenses. (Added 2023, No. 37, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.)