Bill Text: HI SB1311 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Licensed Behavior Analyst; Practitioner; Direct Support Worker; Psychologist; Healthcare Professional
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-23 - Act 107, 06/22/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). [SB1311 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB1311-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 465D-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) This chapter is not intended to restrict the practice of other licensed or credentialed educational or healthcare practitioners practicing within their own recognized scopes of practice and shall not apply to:
(1) An individual working within the scope of practice or duties of another licensed profession that overlaps with the practice of behavior analysis; provided that the person does not purport to be a behavior analyst;
(2) An individual who implements or designs applied behavior analysis services and possesses board certification as an assistant behavior analyst by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and who practices in accordance with the most recent supervisory and ethical requirements adopted by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board under the direction of a behavior analyst licensed in this State;
(3) An individual who directly implements applied behavior analysis services, is credentialed as a registered behavior technician by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, and is under the direction of a behavior analyst licensed in this State;
(4) A family member implementing an applied behavior analysis plan within the home who acts under the direction of a behavior analyst licensed in this State;
(5) An individual who engages in the practice of behavior analysis with nonhuman or nonpatient clients or consumers including but not limited to applied animal behaviorists and practitioners of organizational behavior management;
(6) A matriculated graduate student or postdoctoral fellow whose activities are part of a defined behavior analysis program of study, practicum, or intensive practicum; provided that the student's or fellow's activities or practice is directly supervised by a behavior analyst licensed in this State or an instructor in a Behavior Analyst Certification Board-approved course sequence; or
(7) An individual pursuing experience in behavior analysis consistent with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board's experience requirements; provided that the experience is supervised by a behavior analyst licensed in this State."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Licensed Behavior Analyst; Educational Practitioner
Description:
Allows a licensed or credentialed educational practitioner to utilize behavior analysis principles and techniques without being licensed as a behavior analyst; provided the unlicensed individual's use of those techniques is limited to the individual's recognized scope of practice. Eff. 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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