Abstract:The practice of professional psychology is governed by numerous legal and statutory regulations beyond the licensing act that recognize psychology as a regulated profession (see Chapter 7, this volume). In the arena of regulatory law, a licensing act creates a board of psychology and bestows on that board the authority to grant licenses to qualified individuals, to adjudicate complaints against licensed psychologists, and to adopt other rules that will protect the health, welfare, and safety of the general pub… Show more
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