§ 33-27-113 — Definitions

Wyoming § 33-27-113

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 33: Professions and Occupations
• Ch. 27: PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS
• Art. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Board" means the Wyoming state board of
psychology;
(ii) "Institution of higher education" means any
regionally accredited institution of higher education in the
United States, including a professional school, that offers a
full-time doctoral course of study in psychology as defined in
the rules of the board. For Canadian universities, it means an
institution of higher education that holds recognized membership
in the association of universities and colleges of Canada.
Institutions of higher education outside the United States and
Canada will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the board;
(iii) "Practice of psychology" means the observation,
description, evaluation, interpretation and modification of
human behavior by the application of psychological principles,
methods and procedures, for the purpose of any one (1) or any
combination of the following:
(A) Preventing, eliminating, evaluating or
assessing symptomatic, maladaptive or undesired behavior;
(B) Enhancing interpersonal relationships, work
and life adjustment, personal effectiveness, behavioral health
and mental health;
(C) Consulting in legal decision making;
(D) Psychological testing and the evaluation or
assessment of personal characteristics such as intelligence,
personality, abilities, interests, aptitudes and
neuropsychological functioning;
(E) Psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, hypnosis,
biofeedback and behavior analysis and therapy;
(F) Diagnosis and treatment of mental and
emotional disorder or disability, alcoholism and substance
abuse, disorders of habit or conduct, as well as of
psychological aspects of physical illness, accident, injury or
disability;
(G) Psychoeducational evaluation, therapy,
remediation and consultation.
(iv) "Practice of school psychology" means rendering
or offering to render to individuals, groups, organizations,
government agencies or the public any of the following services:
(A) Evaluation, diagnosis, or test
interpretation limited to assessment of intellectual ability,
learning patterns, achievement, motivation, personality or
neurological factors directly related to learning problems in an
educational setting;
(B) Counseling services for children or adults
for amelioration or prevention of educationally related learning
problems.
(v) "Psychologist" means a person licensed to
practice psychology;
(vi) "Representation as a psychologist or school
psychologist" means using any title or description of services
incorporating the words psychology, psychological or
psychologist;
(vii) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 154, § 2.
(viii) "Sexual exploitation of a client or patient"
means:
(A) Any verbal behavior by a psychologist or
school psychologist which involves offers of exchange of
professional services for some form of sexual gratification; or
(B) Unlawful or unprofessional sexual contact
with a client or patient.
(ix) "Specialist in school psychology" means a person
who holds at least a masters degree in school psychology or a
degree considered equivalent by the board as described in the
rules and regulations and who is certified by the board;
(x) "Certifying entity" means the behavior analyst
certification board or another entity as specified by rule of
the board whose programs to credential practitioners of behavior
analysis are accredited by the national commission on certifying
agencies, the American national standards institute or a similar
successor accrediting organization and which reasonably ensures
that persons certified have the qualifications, education and
experience necessary to protect public health and safety and to
provide services that are customary and professional;
(xi) "Licensed assistant behavior analyst" means a
person licensed under this act for the practice of behavior
analysis and who is supervised in accordance with W.S. 33-27-
124(c);
(xii) "Licensed behavior analyst" means a person
licensed under this act for the practice of behavior analysis;
(xiii) "Practice of behavior analysis" means the
design, implementation and evaluation of instructional and
environmental modifications based on scientific research and
direct and indirect observation and measurement of behavior and
environment to produce socially significant improvements in
human behavior. The "practice of behavior analysis" includes the
empirical identification of functional relations between
behavior and environmental factors. The "practice of behavior
analysis" does not include psychotherapy, cognitive therapy,
psychoanalysis, hypnotherapy, counseling, psychological testing,
personality, intellectual or neuropsychological assessments or
the diagnosis of psychological disorders;
(xiv) "This act" means W.S. 33-27-113 through 33-27-
125.
(b) A person not otherwise exempt from this act is engaged
in the practice of psychology when the person advertises or
represents that he is authorized to practice psychology and
performs any of the activities enumerated in paragraph (a)(iii)
of this section without regard to whether payment is received
for services rendered.