Ch. 41.1 Definitions

Question 1

An institution which is recognized as an institution of higher education under 22 Pa. Code (relating to education) or which is accredited by a regional accrediting association recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation (CORPA).

Answer 1

Accredited college or university

Question 2

A facility which is recognized as a hospital under 28 Pa. Code (relating to health and safety), or which is defined as a health care facility in section 103 of the Health Care Facilities Act (63 P.S. & 448.103).

Answer 2

Accredited hospital

Question 3

The Professional Psychologists Practice Act (63 P.S. && 1202-1218).

Answer 3

Act

Question 4

The State Board of Psychology of the Commonwealth

Answer 4

Board

Question 5

The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department of the State of the Commonwealth

Answer 5

Bureau

Question 5

A person, system, organization, group or family for whom a psychologist provides psychological services.

Answer 5

Client

Question 6

Canadian Psychological Association

Answer 6

CPA

Question 7

• A recent act or failure to act by a perpetrator which causes nonaccidental serious physical injury to a child under 18 years of age.
• An act or failure to act by a perpetrator which causes nonaccidental serious mental injury to or sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child under 18 years of age.
• A recent act, failure to act or series of acts or failures to act by a perpetrator which creates an imminent risk of serious physical injury to or sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child under 18 years of age.
• Serious physical neglect by a perpetrator constituting prolonged or repeated lack of supervision or the failure to provide the essentials of life, including adequate medical care, which endangers a child’s life or development or impairs the child’s functioning.

Answer 7

Child abuse

Question 8

An organizational unit of the Department of Public Welfare which operates a 24-hour a day Statewide toll free telephone system for receiving reports of suspected child abuse, referring reports for investigation and maintaining the reports in the appropriate file.

Answer 8

Childline

Question 9

A person, system, organization, group or family for whom a psychologist provides psychological services. In the case of individuals with legal guardians, including minors and legally incapacitated adults, the legal guardian shall be the client/patient for decision-making purposes. The minor, legally incapacitated adult or other person actually receiving the service shall be the client/patient for issues specifically reserved to the individual, such as confidential communications in a therapeutic relationship and issues directly affecting the physical or emotional safety of the individual, such as sexual or other exploitative dual relationships.

Answer 9

Client/patient

Question 10

A person to whom the primary supervisor has delegated up to 1 hour of the 2 hours of required weekly supervision who holds a current license, certificate or registration from a health related board within the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs or a person who is exempt from licensure under section 3(4)-(8) of the act (63 P.S. & 1203(4)-(8)), who meets the requirements in & 41.33(a) and (b) (relating to supervisors).

Answer 10

Delegated supervisor

Question 11

A degree awarded upon successful completion of a program which, within 1 year from the award of the doctoral degree, meets one of the following:
- Is accredited by the APA or CPA.
- Is designated by the ASPPB/National Register Designation Project.
- Is offered by a foreign college or university whose standards are equivalent to the ASPPB/National Register Designation Project criteria.

Answer 11

Doctoral degree in psychology

Question 12

The completion of 15 graduate semester hours in a doctoral degree program in psychology that includes any of the following:
- Provides in its core program required instruction in ethics, research design and methodology, statistics and psychometrics. In addition, requires students to demonstrate competence in each of the following 4 substantive content areas (this criterion will typically be met by requiring a minimum of 3 graduate semester hours in each area): biological bases of behavior, cognitive-affective bases of behavior, social bases of behavior, individual differences.
- Includes supervised practicum, internship, field or laboratory training appropriate to the practice of psychology.
- Includes course requirements in specialty areas of psychology.

Answer 12

Graduate training in psychology

Question 13

Parent/guardian, child, sibling, spouse or other family member with whom the client/patient lives.

Answer 13

Immediate family member

Question 14

An individual who is 14 years of age or older and who resides in the same home as the child.

Answer 14

Individual residing in the same home as the child

Question 15

The Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers.

Answer 15

National Register

Question 16

A person who has committed child abuse and is a parent of the child, a person responsible for the welfare of a child, an individual residing in the same home as a child or a paramour of a child’s parent.

Answer 16

Perpetrator

Question 17

A person who provides permanent or temporary care, supervision, mental health diagnosis or treatment, training or control of a child in lieu of parental care, supervision and control. the term does not include a person who is employed by or provides services or programs in a public or private school, intermediate unit or area vocational-technical school.

Answer 17

Person responsible for the child’s welfare

Question 18

A currently licensed psychologist having primary responsibility for directing and supervising the psychology resident.

Answer 18

Primary supervisor

Question 19

A public or private agency or institution or a private practice where the applicant for licensure is supervised as a psychology trainee for the purpose of preparing for the independent practice of psychology and which provides an opportunity for contact with other disciplines and for work with a broad range of clients/patients. The agency, institution or private practice shall be responsible for the welfare of and the services to each client/patient of the applicant, for collecting fees for services and for providing easy and continuous access to the supervisor by both the applicant and the applicant’s clients/patients.

Answer 19

Professional setting

Question 20

A therapeutic relationship which shall be deemed to exist for a period of time beginning with the first professional contact or consultation between a psychologist and a client/patient and continuing thereafter until the last date of a professional service. If a psychologist sees a client/patient on an intermittent basis, the professional relationship shall be deemed to start anew on each date that the psychologist provides a professional service to the client/patient.

Answer 20

Professional relationship

Question 21

A person who holds a license issued under the act to engage in the practice of psychology.

Answer 21

Psychologist

Question 22

A student participating in an internship as part of a doctoral degree program in psychology or a field related to psychology.

Answer 22

Psychology intern

Question 23

An individual who has obtained a doctoral degree and is fulfilling the supervised experience requirement for licensure, or an applicant for licensure who is continuing training under & 41.31(4) (relating to educational requirements).

Answer 23

Psychology resident

Question 24

A psychology intern or psychology resident.

Answer 24

Psychology trainee

Question 25

Acts or omissions committed within 2 years of the date of the report to the Department of Public Welfare or county agency.

Answer 25

Recent acts or omissions

Question 26

An injury that causes a child severe pain or significantly impairs a child's physical functioning, either temporarily or permanently.

Answer 26

Serious physical injury

Question 26

A psychological condition, as diagnosed by a physician or licensed psychologist, including the refusal of appropriate treatment, that does 1 or more the following: - Renders a child chronically and severely anxious, agitated, depressed, socially withdrawn, psychotic or in reasonable fear that the child's life or safety is threatened. - Seriously interferes with a child's ability to accomplish age-appropriate developmental and social tasks.

Answer 26

Serious mental injury

Question 27

The employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of a child to engage in or assist another person to engage in sexually explicit conduct or a simulation of sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction, including photographing, videotaping, computer depicting or filming, of sexually explicit conduct or the rape, sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, molestation, incest, indecent exposure, prostitution, statutory sexual assault or other form of sexual exploitation of children.

Answer 27

Sexual abuse or exploitation

Question 28

Romantic, sexually suggestive, sexually demeaning or erotic behavior. Examples of this behavior include, but are not limited to, sexual intercourse, nontherapeutic verbal communication or inappropriate nonverbal communications of a sexual or romantic nature, sexual invitations, soliciting a date from a client/patient, masturbating in the presence of a client/patient (or encouraging a client/patient to masturbate in the presence of the psychologist), exposure, kissing or hugging, touching, physical contact or self-disclosure of a sexual or erotic narture.

Answer 28

Sexual intimacies