Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3510 – Licensing or registration under special conditions; interstate …
(a) Persons who are currently licensed as psychologists or registered as psychological assistants in this State prior to June 12, 1995, shall be considered to have been licensed or registered under this chapter and fully qualified to act as licensed psychologists or registered psychological assistants.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3510
- Board: shall mean the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
- Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Conversion therapy: means any practice or treatment that seeks to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, as "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" are defined in § 710 of Title 19, including any effort to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same gender. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: shall mean a corporation, company, association and partnership, as well as an individual. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
- Practice of psychology: shall mean the observation, description, evaluation, interpretation and modification of human behavior by the application of psychological principles, methods, and/or procedures, for the purpose of preventing or eliminating symptomatic, maladaptive or undesired behavior, and of enhancing interpersonal relationships, work and life adjustment, personal effectiveness, behavioral health and mental health. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
- Psychologist: shall mean a person who makes representations to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words "psychology" "psychological" "psychologist" or who engages in the practice of psychology. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Board will qualify for licensing without examination any person who applies for licensure and who is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the practice of psychology in this State by a person holding an earned doctoral degree in psychology from an institution of higher education, who is licensed or certified as a psychologist under the laws of another jurisdiction; provided, that the aggregate of 6 days of professional services as a psychologist, per calendar year, under the provision of this subsection is not exceeded.
(d) A person practicing psychology in this State, under this section, may not engage in conversion therapy with a child or refer a child to a provider in another jurisdiction to receive conversion therapy.
24 Del. C. 1953, § ?3508; 58 Del. Laws, c. 380; 62 Del. Laws, c. 314, § ?10; 70 Del. Laws, c. 57, § ?1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 340, § 9;