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Kansas advisory committee agrees to allow psychotherapy coursework by live video while keeping in-person testing requirement
Summary
The master's-level psychology advisory committee to the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board voted to recommend regulatory language that lets psychotherapy coursework be completed via synchronous video conferencing while preserving an in-person physical-location requirement for psychological testing.
The master's-level psychology advisory committee to the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board voted to recommend striking the term "in residence" from the master's education regulation and replacing it with language that explicitly allows psychotherapy coursework to be completed either in person or by synchronous real-time video conferencing while requiring psychological testing coursework to occur at a physical location identified by the institution.
Chair Dave Anderson opened the discussion by presenting proposed edits to KAR 102-4-3a, the regulation that sets academic requirements for the master's-level psychology license. Executive Director David Fye told members the…
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