§ 5-86-1 Short title
§ 5-86-2 Definitions
§ 5-86-3 Licensing
§ 5-86-4 Board of applied behavior analysts – Creation – Composition
§ 5-86-5 Board of applied behavior analysts – Appointment, terms, and removal of members
§ 5-86-6 Board of applied behavior analysts – Organization and meetings
§ 5-86-7 Board of applied behavior analysts – General powers
§ 5-86-8 Register of applied behavior analysts – Licensing records – Issuance of licenses
§ 5-86-9 Qualifications and examinations for licensing
§ 5-86-10 Licensure
§ 5-86-11 Application fee
§ 5-86-12 Limitation of practice
§ 5-86-13 Expiration and renewal of licenses – Continuing education – Lapsed license
§ 5-86-14 Transfers to inactive list – Reinstatement
§ 5-86-15 Receipts
§ 5-86-16 Grounds for discipline
§ 5-86-17 Procedure for discipline
§ 5-86-18 Grounds for discipline without a hearing
§ 5-86-19 Penalty for violations
§ 5-86-20 Injunction of violations
§ 5-86-21 Persons and practices exempt
§ 5-86-22 Enforcement
§ 5-86-23 Rules governing practices and procedures
§ 5-86-24 Appeals from director and board
§ 5-86-25 Applicability of other laws
§ 5-86-26 Supervision
§ 5-86-27 Severability

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 5-86 - Licensing of Applied Behavior Analysts

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Applied behavior analyst: means a person licensed to practice applied behavior analysis under the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations authorized by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • Applied behavior analyst aide: means a person not licensed pursuant to the laws and rules applicable to the practice of applied behavior analysis, who works under the supervision of a licensed applied behavior analyst, who assists in the practice of applied behavior analysis and whose activities require an understanding of applied behavior analysis, but do not require professional or advanced training in the basic anatomical, psychological, and social sciences involved in the practice of applied behavior analysis. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • Applied behavior assistant analyst: means a person licensed who practices applied behavior analysis under the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations authorized by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • Board: means the licensing board of applied behavior analysts within the Rhode Island department of health, established pursuant to the provisions of § 5-86-4. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Department: means the Rhode Island department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • Director: means the director of the Rhode Island department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • Education: means the academic program pursued by the person in obtaining the bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree, that the programs to include formal course work, seminars, and practica. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Practice of applied behavior analysis: means the design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications by a behavior analyst to produce socially significant improvements in human behavior. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Psychologist with equivalent experience: means a person deemed to hold equivalent licensure as an applied behavior analyst upon satisfying equivalency requirements through submission and satisfaction of written evidence of education and relevant experience to the department pursuant to § 5-86-9(c). See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Supervised experience: means the practical application of principles, methods, and procedures of the science of applied behavioral analysis in accordance with the requirements of § 5-86-9. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • Supervision: means that a licensed applied behavior analyst is at all times responsible for supportive personnel and clients. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Training: means the pre-professional or professional-supervised experience received by the person at the pre or post-doctoral level, that experience to have been obtained in an internship, clinic, or other similar professional setting. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-86-2
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8