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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">RULEMAKING NOTICE</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please find attached a
<b>Notice of Proposed Rulemaking</b> and Statement of Need and Fiscal Impact.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rule Caption</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">:
<a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="OLE_LINK5">Modifies definitions, applied psychology educational requirements, application procedure, inactive status, and supervised work experience requirements</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rule Summary</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">: The proposed amendment reorganizes and adds general definitions; makes various clarifying language
and grammar housekeeping changes; modifies the applied psychology core program education requirements to be consistent with the clinical psychology core program education requirements, including a requirement for a minimum quantity of graded coursework, and
changes to the substantive content area descriptions; makes some clarifying changes to the supervised work experience requirements; creates a retention period of three years for a residency supervisor's records and notes; adds a requirement that the residency
supervisor notify the board within fourteen days of any significant interruption or expected termination of a resident supervision contract; modifies and adds definitions to the process for application review; updates the examination procedures; adds a clear
definition of inactive status; specifies that a license will revert to inactive status if a licensee fails to pay the prorated reactivation fee in 30 days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The agency requests public comment on whether the options should be considered for achieving the rule’s substantive goals while reducing negative economic impact of the rule on business.
Please email your comments to <a href="mailto:laree.felton@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">laree.felton@state.or.us</span></a> or mail them to the Board’s office at 3218 Pringle Road SE, Ste. 130, Salem, OR 97302. All comments must be received no later
than <u>5:00 p.m. on 4/30/13</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Website:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> The above documents, along with rule text (for the proposed rules, new language
underlined, deleted language with strike-through), are available at <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OBPE">
<span style="color:purple">www.oregon.gov/OBPE</span></a> under “Headlines.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">OBPE Staff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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