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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a name="_Hlk93565747"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;text-transform:uppercase">Notice: Proposed Board Rulemaking<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747">Please find attached a rulemaking notice document<b>
</b>from the Board of Psychology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><b><u>Rule Caption</u>:
<a name="_Hlk93566170">Oregon practice, foreign degree education, psychological records, investigations, communication and responsibility, alternative name, and cleanup.</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><u>Rule Summary</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><a name="_Hlk87959487">Adopt OAR 858-010-0003: Defines when a person practices psychology or represents themselves as a psychologist in Oregon.<o:p></o:p></a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">Amend OAR 858-010-0005: Removes board member communication provision that is contrary to public meetings
law, and strict deadlines for agenda and meeting minute distribution. Other technical fixes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">Amend OAR 858-010-0010: Clarifies foreign degree program and evaluation requirement for psychologist licensure
educational requirements. Removes requirement that program requirements must specifically be part of the doctoral degree, and allows requirements of the graduate program to be included.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">Amend OAR 858-010-0013: Removes obsolete reference to a repealed rule.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">Amend OAR 858-010-0034: Updates statutory citation following renumbering resulting from Senate Bill 40
(2017).<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">Amend OAR 858-010-0060: Clarifies failure to comply provision of psychological records rule.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">Amend OAR 858-010-0061: Adds requirement to provide nickname or alternative personal name to the Board.
Makes amendments to provide information consistent with new online licensing system.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">Repeal OAR 858-010-0080: Removes obsolete rule provision repealing other rules from 1974.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">Amend OAR 858-020-0015: Makes technical correction to Executive Director title, in conformance with other
rule sections. <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">Amend OAR 858-020-0035: Removes unnecessary requirements that complaints received must always include written
statements, documentation, and submission of a signed complaint form, and that the Board provide complainants a copy of ORS 676.160. Clarifies that Board may initiate investigations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">Amend OAR 858-020-0045: Expands provisions for failure to cooperate with a Board investigation and sets
forth prohibitions including witness harassment and intimidation, retaliation, and deception. Other language clarifications.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">Amend OAR 858-020-0105: Clarifies the Board’s responsibility to the public, which does not include the
provision of advisory opinions or legal advice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;page-break-after:avoid">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487"><u>Need for the Rule(s)<o:p></o:p></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">The Board found that various rule language needed updating due to statutory renumbering, obsolete references, the Agency’s recent
implementation of an online licensing system, redundancy, and other needed process improvements in licensing and investigations. An explicit description of the when a person practices psychology in Oregon will provide clarity to the public and guide the Board
in its regulatory functions. The Board reviewed the foreign degree educational requirement and found that the rule was not in alignment with how academic programs are typically structured in other countries, which could pose an unnecessary barrier to licensure
for otherwise qualified candidates. The additional requirement to notify the Board of nicknames or alternative personal names will help bolster transparency to the public, facilitate patients’ access to their psychological records, and avoid unnecessary allegations
of unlicensed practice. The Board determined that it was important to clarify the requirements for cooperation with a Board investigation, and expand them to include witness intimidation, threats, harassment, and retaliation for another person’s participation
in a Board investigation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487"><b><u><span style="text-transform:uppercase">Public Comment<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">The agency requests public comment on whether other 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
</span></span><a href="mailto:laree.stashek@mhra.oregon.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">laree.stashek@mhra.oregon.gov</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87959487">
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 August 23, 2023</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><b><u><span style="text-transform:uppercase">Website<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747">The above documents are also available
<a name="_Hlk93566217">on the Board’s </a></span><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/Psychology/Pages/Rulemaking.aspx"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93566217">Rulemaking Webpage</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93566217"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93565747"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93566217">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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