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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 490
PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
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F.S. 490.003
490.003 Definitions.As used in this chapter:
(1) “Board” means the Board of Psychology.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Health.
(3)(a) “Doctoral degree from an American Psychological Association accredited program” means a Psy.D., an Ed.D. in psychology, or a Ph.D. in psychology from a psychology program at an educational institution that, at the time the applicant was enrolled and graduated:
1. Had institutional accreditation from an agency recognized and approved by the United States Department of Education or was recognized as a member in good standing with Universities Canada; and
2. Had programmatic accreditation from the American Psychological Association.
(b) “Doctoral degree in psychology” means a Psy.D., an Ed.D. in psychology, or a Ph.D. in psychology from a psychology program at an educational institution that, at the time the applicant was enrolled and graduated, had institutional accreditation from an agency recognized and approved by the United States Department of Education or was recognized as a member in good standing with Universities Canada.
(4) “Practice of psychology” means the observations, description, evaluation, interpretation, and modification of human behavior, by the use of scientific and applied psychological principles, methods, and procedures, for the purpose of describing, preventing, alleviating, or eliminating symptomatic, maladaptive, or undesired behavior and of enhancing interpersonal behavioral health and mental or psychological health. The ethical practice of psychology includes, but is not limited to, psychological testing and the evaluation or assessment of personal characteristics such as intelligence, personality, abilities, interests, aptitudes, and neuropsychological functioning, including evaluation of mental competency to manage one’s affairs and to participate in legal proceedings; counseling, psychoanalysis, all forms of psychotherapy, sex therapy, hypnosis, biofeedback, and behavioral analysis and therapy; psychoeducational evaluation, therapy, remediation, and consultation; and use of psychological methods to diagnose and treat mental, nervous, psychological, marital, or emotional disorders, illness, or disability, alcoholism and substance abuse, and disorders of habit or conduct, as well as the psychological aspects of physical illness, accident, injury, or disability, including neuropsychological evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, etiology, and treatment.
(a) Psychological services may be rendered to individuals, couples, families, groups, and the public without regard to place of service.
(b) The use of specific modalities within the practice of psychology is restricted to psychologists appropriately trained in the use of such modalities.
(c) The practice of psychology shall be construed within the meaning of this definition without regard to whether payment is requested or received for services rendered.
(5) “Practice of school psychology” means the rendering or offering to render to an individual, a group, an organization, a government agency, or the public any of the following services:
(a) Assessment, which includes psychoeducational, developmental, and vocational assessment; evaluation and interpretation of intelligence, aptitudes, interests, academic achievement, adjustment, and motivations, or any other attributes, in individuals or groups, that relate to learning, educational, or adjustment needs.
(b) Counseling, which includes short-term situation-oriented professional interaction with children, parents, or other adults for amelioration or prevention of learning and adjustment problems. Counseling services relative to the practice of school psychology include verbal interaction, interviewing, behavior techniques, developmental and vocational intervention, environmental management, and group processes.
(c) Consultation, which includes psychoeducational, developmental, and vocational assistance or direct educational services to schools, agencies, organizations, families, or individuals related to learning problems and adjustments to those problems.
(d) Development of programs, which includes designing, implementing, or evaluating educationally and psychologically sound learning environments; acting as a catalyst for teacher involvement in adaptations and innovations; and facilitating the psychoeducational development of individual families or groups.
(6) “Provisional psychologist licensee” means a person provisionally licensed under this chapter to provide psychological services under supervision.
(7) “Psychologist” means a person licensed pursuant to s. 490.005(1), s. 490.006, or the provision identified as s. 490.013(2) in s. 1, chapter 81-235, Laws of Florida.
(8) “School psychologist” means a person licensed pursuant to s. 490.005(2), s. 490.006, or the provision identified as s. 490.013(1) in s. 1, chapter 81-235, Laws of Florida.
History.ss. 1, 3, ch. 81-235; ss. 1, 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 2, 18, 19, ch. 87-252; s. 36, ch. 88-392; ss. 2, 12, 13, ch. 89-70; s. 10, ch. 90-192; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 190, ch. 94-218; s. 3, ch. 95-279; s. 2, ch. 97-198; s. 194, ch. 97-264; s. 40, ch. 2020-133; s. 19, ch. 2022-71.

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Cases Citing Statute 490.003

Total Results: 8

Judith Abramson, Donald Airey v. Larry Gonzalez, as Secretary of the Florida Department of Professional Regulation

949 F.2d 1567, 21 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1021, 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 14, 1992 WL 8

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 3, 1992 | Docket: 642868

Cited 55 times | Published

mean one licensed as such, see Fla.Stat.Ann. § 490.-003, and fix minimum qualifications for persons seeking

Grenitz v. Tomlian

858 So. 2d 999, 2003 WL 21290887

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 5, 2003 | Docket: 2518147

Cited 12 times | Published

broadly defined the practice of psychology in section 490.003(4), Florida Statutes (1997)). The district

Provenzano v. State

750 So. 2d 597, 1999 WL 742293

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 23, 1999 | Docket: 1736573

Cited 10 times | Published

Fleming had an Ed.D. and not a Ph.D. However, section 490.003, Florida Statutes (1997), states in relevant

Tomlian Ex Rel. Tomlian v. Grenitz

782 So. 2d 905, 2001 WL 245998

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 14, 2001 | Docket: 1512131

Cited 7 times | Published

broadly defined the practice of psychology in section 490.003(4), Florida Statutes (1997), and that the decision

Broward County School Bd. v. Cruz Ex Rel. Cruz

761 So. 2d 388, 2000 WL 525999

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 3, 2000 | Docket: 1299964

Cited 7 times | Published

diagnosis, prognosis, etiology, and treatment." § 490.003(4), Fla. Stat. (1997)(emphasis added). Thus, because

Thompson v. State

615 So. 2d 737, 1993 WL 40431

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 19, 1993 | Docket: 1658795

Cited 6 times | Published

who is licensed by examination or endorsement. § 490.003(3), Fla. Stat. (1989). [6] Thompson argues that

Prevor v. Department of Health, Board of Psychology

201 So. 3d 97, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13469

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 9, 2015 | Docket: 2757115

Published

years preceding the date of application. Section 490.003(3)(b), Florida Statutes (2014), provides in

Grier v. STATE, AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE

704 So. 2d 1072, 1997 WL 783111

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 23, 1997 | Docket: 1706096

Published

Education or was comparable to such programs. § 490.003(7)(a), Florida Statutes (1997) (emphasis supplied)