False. APA does not have this as a policy. Are you even vaguley familair with the program accrediation process? It doesn't sound like you are.
Under the APA guidelines for practicum requirements for obtaining licensure it is indicated that 1500 hours should be the minimum requirement so when included with the 2000 hours for internship, the doctoral degree licensure would meet the 3000 hours of supervised practicum and internship hours. If you only have two years of practicum you would need 750 hours per year. My program has us do 650 hours per year since we do two full years and have an advanced or third year so we may meet the 1500 practicum hours. In the past one of the reasons students were not Matched was due to limited practicum hours with supervision. This year all of the students matched except for two students so the extra practicum hours has paid dividends for our program and we had three who matched with APA accredited sites so this will provide additional support for our site and self study for APA accreditation.
Here is what is on the APA site:
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Hour Requirement
Practicum experiences anticipated to satisfy the first year of a two-year training sequence shall be a minimum of 1500 hours of supervised professional experience. At least 50% of the total hours of supervised experience accrued shall be in service-related activities, defined as treatment/intervention, assessment, interviews, report-writing, case presentations, and consultations. At least 25% of the supervised professional experience shall be devoted to face-to-face patient/client contact. Time spent in supervision shall count toward the 1500 hour requirement.
EXAMPLE: A student completing a 30 week practicum placement with 16 hours (2 days) of experience in each week would need to spend at least 8 hours in service-related activities per week as noted above and 4 hours of those 8 hours must involve face-to-face client contact.
Clarification:
The intent of this guideline is to ensure that the total supervised experience, including the practica and internship, shall comprise a minimum of 3000 hours. This 3000-hour requirement was chosen because it corresponds with the minimum requirement for supervised experience in many jurisdictions. Many students do not receive 1500 hours of supervised experience that will meet the requirements of these guidelines, during their practica. However, it is not necessary that students do so. Whatever portion of the 1500 hour requirement, in addition to internship, that a student does not receive pre-internship can be obtained on a post-internship basis, as described further below.
In the past students have counted a variety of activities as practicum experiences for purposes of application for internship (Rodolfa et al., 2007). Many of these activities are valuable educational or pre-practice experiences. However, some of the activities that have been counted in the past do not adequately meet supervised practice experience requirements for purposes of licensure. Therefore, these guidelines specify that at least 50% of the hours that can be counted must be service related activities to patients/clients and 25% of the counted hours must be in the provision of face-to-face psychological services. The example above provides hours for a common practicum experience. A graduate training program might well decide that additional educational experiences are necessary to enhance student competency. The spirit of these guidelines supports those academic decisions. However, it is recommended to the licensing jurisdictions that only the hours that meet the specifications described in these guidelines ultimately be counted toward licensure. Again, should a student have fewer than 1500 hours of supervised experience pre-internship, additional hours can be accrued after the internship.