Title 17. Education

Chapter 1. General School Law

Part I. Elementary and Secondary Education

Subpart A. State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

17:8.6      Qualifications of school psychologists

A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall, by regulation, prescribe the qualifications and provide for the supervision of school psychologists in the employ of any public agency regulated by the board, notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 37:2363 or any other provision of law to the contrary. The qualifications shall not be less than those requirements established by the National Association of School Psychologists. The board may deem a psychologist who meets the qualifications as certified. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as permitting a person qualified under the provisions of this Subsection to offer to render or to render services as a psychologist in any setting other than the institutional employment unless the person has been licensed under the provisions of R.S. 37:2356 or licensed as a medical psychologist under the provisions of R.S. 37:1360.51 et seq. 

B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person certified as a Level A school psychologist prior to September 1, 1986, shall be allowed to continue in the employment in which he was engaged and which was not specifically prohibited at the time of receiving the certificate and may use the title “certified school psychologist” in the context of that employment. 

C. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education may adopt any rules necessary for the orderly implementation of this Section and may make further provisions with regard to qualifications and requirements not inconsistent with this Section. 

Added by Acts 2023, No. 392, § 1, eff. June 14, 2023.