(a) The board shall issue a psychological associate license to a person who

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 08.86.160

  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) holds an earned master’s degree from an academic institution whose program of graduate study for a master’s degree in psychology meets the criteria established by the board by regulation in

(A) clinical psychology;
(B) counseling psychology; or
(C) education in a field of specialization considered equivalent by the board;
(2) has not engaged in dishonorable conduct related to the practice of counseling or psychometry;
(3) has two years of post master’s supervised experience approved by the board; and
(4) takes and passes the objective examination developed or approved by the board for psychological associates.
(b) The board may not deny recognition as an accredited or approved academic institution to an educational institution solely because its program has not been accredited by a professional organization of psychologists.