NY approves using Neuropsychology Technicians!

[OneNeuroDoctor]

NY finally passes law authorizing Neuropsychologist to hire and use Neuropsychology Technicians. They used model originally developed by the Arkansas Psychology Board, which was the first state to authorize use of neuropsych technicians.

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[Therapist4Chnge]

Excellent news.

I believe it is just waiting for the Governor's signature.

 

[WisNeuro]

all of the Neuropsychs in NY better be buying Morrison dinner and drinks at AACN this weekend.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

Finally. This had been an issue I'd heard of since I was in grad school, and which likely pre-dated even that. I'd also heard that passage of the law forbidding tech use resulted in a number of neuropsychologists leaving the NY state psych association and starting their own neuropsych-specific organization out of protest, as the state association had either explicitly or tacitly (e.g., via inaction) supported the law.

I could be remembering that completely incorrectly, though, so please someone from the area correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

No…it's been a long-standing issue and a major reason why I never seriously considered any jobs in the state. It is also a GREAT example of local/state/national efforts working in unison to get something done.

 

[Cheetah89]

Is it commonplace to use techs for pediatric neuro evaluations?

 

[WisNeuro]

Is it commonplace to use techs for pediatric neuro evaluations?

In the one setting I worked that also did Peds stuff years ago it was very common.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

In my last setting it was the norm. For autism evals the ped neuropsychologist did them, but all of the cog testing and whatnot was handled by psychometricians.