TITLE 5
Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-86
Licensing of Applied Behavior Analysts
SECTION 5-86-9
§ 5-86-9 Qualifications and examinations
for licensing.
(a) An applicant for licensure as a licensed applied behavior analyst shall
submit to the board written evidence on forms furnished by the department
verified under oath (i.e. notarized) that said applicant:
(1) Be of good moral character;
(2) Has obtained a graduate degree in applied behavior
analysis or a related field, as approved by the board, from a college or
university accredited by the New England association of schools and colleges,
or an equivalent regional accrediting agency, and which has the approval by a
national or regional certifying authority, including but not limited to the
applied behavior analyst licensing board;
(3) Has successfully completed the amount of coursework in
applied behavior analysis acceptable to the board;
(4) Has appropriate supervised experience to include either:
(i) One year, including one thousand five hundred (1500) hours of supervised
independent fieldwork in applied behavior analysis. The distribution of
supervised independent fieldwork hours must be at least ten (10) hours per
week, but not more than thirty (30) hours per week, for a minimum of three (3)
weeks per month; (ii) One thousand (1000) hours of practicum in behavior
analysis within a university experience program approved by the national or
regional certifying authority. The distribution of practicum hours must be at
least ten (10) hours per week, but not more than twenty-five (25) hours per
week, for a minimum of three (3) weeks per month; or (iii) Seven hundred fifty
(750) hours of intensive practicum in behavior analysis within a university
experience program approved by the national or regional certifying authority.
The distribution of intensive practicum hours must be at least ten (10) hours
per week, but not more than twenty-five (25) hours per week, for a minimum of
three (3) weeks per month;
(5) Has passed the relevant examination administered by an
appropriate nationally recognized accrediting organization as approved by the
department of health for this function;
(6) Maintain active status and fulfill all relevant
requirements for renewal and relicensing with the nationally recognized and
accredited organization(s) as approved by the department of health licensing;
(7) Conducts his or her professional activities in accordance
with accepted standards for responsible professional conduct, as approved by
the Rhode Island applied behavior analyst licensing board; and
(8) Meets the criteria as established in § 5-86-12.
(b) An applicant for licensure as a licensed applied behavior
assistant analyst shall submit to the board written evidence on forms furnished
by the department verified under oath (i.e., notarized) that said applicant:
(1) Be of good moral character;
(2) Has obtained a bachelor's degree in behavior analysis or
a related field, as approved by the board, from a college or university
accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, or an
equivalent regional accrediting agency, and which has the approval by a
national or regional certifying authority, including, but not limited to, the
applied behavior analyst licensing board;
(3) Has successfully completed the amount of coursework in
applied behavior analysis acceptable to the board;
(4) Has appropriate supervised experience to include either:
(i) One thousand (1000) hours of supervised independent fieldwork in applied
behavior analysis. The distribution of supervised independent fieldwork hours
must be at least ten (10) hours per week, but not more than thirty (30) hours
per week, for a minimum of (3) three weeks per month; (ii) Six hundred seventy
(670) hours of practicum in behavior analysis within a university experience
program approved by the national or regional certifying board. The distribution
of practicum hours must be at least ten (10) hours per week, but not more than
twenty-five (25) hours per week, for a minimum of three (3) weeks per month; or
(iii) Five hundred (500) hours of intensive practicum in behavior analysis
within a university experience program approved by the national or regional
certifying board. The distribution of intensive practicum hours must be at
least ten (10) hours per week, but not more than twenty-five (25) hours per
week, for a minimum of three (3) weeks per month.
(5) Is supervised by a licensed applied behavior analyst in a
manner consistent with the board's requirements for supervision of licensed
applied behavior assistant analysts;
(6) Has passed the examination administered by an appropriate
nationally recognized accrediting organization as approved by department of
health licensing for this function;
(7) Maintain active status and fulfill all relevant
requirements for renewal and relicensing with the nationally recognized and
accredited organization(s) as approved by the department of health licensing;
(8) Conduct his or her professional activities in accordance
with accepted standards for responsible professional conduct, as required by
the Rhode Island applied behavior analyst licensure board; and
(9) Meet the criteria as established in § 5-86-11.
(c) applicant shall be judged to hold the equivalent
requirement of a licensure as an applied behavior analyst upon submission to
the board, written evidence on forms furnished by the department verified under
oath (i.e., notarized), if the following equivalency requirements are met to
the satisfaction of the licensing board:
(1) Has received a doctoral degree in psychology from a
college or university accredited by the New England association of schools and
colleges, or an equivalent regional accrediting agency, and which has the
approval by a national or regional certifying authority;
(2) individually licensed by the department of health as a
psychologist subject to chapter 5-44;
(3) Be of good moral character;
(4) Has completed coursework in applied behavior analysis
supervised by the department within the college or university granting the
requisite degree or by an accredited postgraduate clinical training program
recognized by the United States department of education, or education and/or
experience which is deemed equivalent by the board;
(5) Has completed one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours of
direct client contact offering applied behavior analysis services subsequent to
being awarded a doctoral degree in psychology;
(6) Conducts his or her professional activities in accordance
with accepted standards for responsible professional conduct, as required by
the Rhode Island applied behavior analyst licensure board; and
(7) Meets the criteria as established in § 5-86-12.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2012, ch. 318, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 338, § 1.)
