(a)        This Article shall be known and may be cited as the “Psychology Practice Act.”

(b)        The practice of psychology in North Carolina is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety, and welfare, and to be subject to regulation to protect the public from the practice of psychology by unqualified persons and from unprofessional conduct by persons licensed to practice psychology. ?(1967, c. 910, s. 1; 1993, c. 375, s. 1; 2020-82, s. 1(a).)