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House Bill 808 |
House Author: Zerwas |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Deuell |
House Bill 808 amends the Occupations Code to authorize a licensed psychologist, under certain conditions, to delegate any psychological test or service that a reasonable and prudent psychologist could delegate within the scope of sound psychological judgment to a provisionally licensed psychologist, a newly licensed psychologist who is not eligible for managed care panels, a person who holds a temporary license to practice psychology, and a person who is qualified to take an examination for a provisional license and is in the process of acquiring the supervised experience required for licensing. The bill establishes that the delegating psychologist remains responsible for the delegated psychological test or service and provides for the billing of a delegated test or service. The bill authorizes the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists to determine whether a psychological test or service may be properly and safely delegated under the bill's provisions and whether a delegated act constitutes the practice of psychology and establishes that a person to whom a psychologist delegates a psychological test or service is not considered to be engaged in the independent practice of psychology without a license unless the person acts with the knowledge that the delegation and the action taken under the delegation violate statutory provisions regulating the practice of psychology and counseling.