Texas Administrative Code § 465.38
This rule acknowledges the unique difference in the delivery of school psychological services in the public schools from psychological services in the private sector. The Board recognizes the purview of the State Board of Education and the Texas Education Agency in safeguarding the rights of public school children in Texas. The mandated multidisciplinary team decision making, hierarchy of supervision, regulatory provisions, and past traditions of school psychological service delivery both nationally and in Texas, among other factors, allow for rules of practice in the public schools which reflect these occupational distinctions from the private practice of psychology.
(1) Definition.
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(C) The assessment of emotional or behavioral disturbance, for educational purposes, using psychological techniques and procedures is considered the practice of psychology.
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Last Amended: March 3, 2008, 33 TexReg 1812
Entered: May 27, 2009
The assessment of emotional or behavioral disturbance, for educational purposes, using psychological techniques and procedures is considered the practice of psychology.
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TX Occupations Code 501.503
Texas Occupations Code § 501.503. Criminal Penalty.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person engages in the practice of psychology or represents that the person is a psychologist in violation of this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) Each day a violation occurs is a separate offense.
Last Amended: 76st Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999
Entered: June 17, 2009
A person commits an offense if the person engages in the practice of psychology or represents that the person is a psychologist in violation of the Texas Occupations Code.
http://framework.esc18.net/display/Webforms/ESC18-FW-Summary.aspx?FID=208&DT=G&LID=en
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Psychological Services in the Schools
