36-27A-12.   Qualifications for license. The board shall issue a license as a psychologist to an applicant who:

             (1)      Has a doctoral degree from a regionally accredited university or professional school of psychology, or is recognized by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada as a member in good standing;

             (2)      Has passed any examination specified by the board for this purpose;

             (3)      Has had a supervised psychology internship amounting to not less than one thousand eight hundred hours in duration over a period of not more than two consecutive calendar years. The board shall specify, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, the nature of an acceptable supervised psychology internship;

             (4)      Has had one year of supervised postdoctoral psychology practice. The board shall specify, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, the nature of an acceptable postdoctoral year of supervised psychology practice; and

             (5)      Has not been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude as defined in subdivision 22-1-2(25).

Source: SL 1976, ch 235, §§ 18, 20; SDCL Supp, § 36-27-21; SL 1981, ch 281, § 12; SL 1985, ch 301; SL 2008, ch 197, § 5.

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