KY Psych Juris study plan
KY Psych Juris · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Kentucky Psychology Licensure Statute (KRS 319) and Administrative Regulations (201 KAR 26)
Map the structure of KRS 319 chapter by chapter, noting which sections create the Board, define practice, and set penalties
Build a one-page citation table pairing each core licensure requirement (education, supervised hours, examinations) with its statute and regulation cite
Distinguish statutory text from 201 KAR 26 regulatory detail for at least ten requirements and record which source controls on a conflict
Draft ten original recall questions on definitions and licensure prerequisites, then answer them closed-book
Your checkpoint
A citation table of at least 25 statute-to-regulation pairs plus a scored 10-question self-quiz with notes on every miss
Kentucky Psychology Licensure Statute (KRS 319) and Administrative Regulations (201 KAR 26) & Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology: Structure, Complaints, and Disciplinary Process
Trace the Board's composition, appointment, and terms under KRS 319 and summarize member qualifications in your own words
Sequence the disciplinary pipeline from complaint intake through hearing and appeal, naming each stage and who acts at it
Compare the Board's rulemaking and emergency-action authority against its routine complaint handling
Create a flowchart of the disciplinary process with decision points and annotate each branch with the governing citation
Your checkpoint
A labeled disciplinary-process flowchart covering intake through appeal, with a citation at every decision node
Scope of Practice, Titles, and Licensure Requirements & Supervision, Delegation, and Unlicensed Practice
Define the scope of practice boundary and list three activities that fall outside it
Enumerate every protected title and abbreviation and state the licensure status each requires
Explain the supervision requirements for pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees, including who may supervise and required documentation
Analyze three short hypotheticals about unlicensed practice and decide, with citations, whether a violation occurred
Your checkpoint
Three written hypothetical analyses (150-250 words each) that reach a conclusion and cite the controlling statute or regulation
Informed Consent, Confidentiality, and Privileged Communication & Mandatory Reporting and Duty to Protect
Specify the elements of valid informed consent and identify when consent must be revisited during treatment
Distinguish confidentiality from testimonial privilege and identify who holds each
Outline the limits of confidentiality and the circumstances that permit or require disclosure
Apply the mandatory reporting and duty-to-protect provisions to two fact patterns and justify each action taken
Your checkpoint
A two-column limits-of-confidentiality reference sheet (permitted versus required disclosures) with citations, plus two applied fact-pattern answers
Record Keeping, Fees, and Advertising & Competence, Assessment, and Test Security
List the required contents and retention expectations for clinical records and identify who may access them
Summarize the rules on fee statements, advertising claims, and testimonials, and flag three statements that would violate them
Describe test security obligations and the limits on releasing raw versus interpreted test data
Evaluate a sample advertisement and a sample record-release request against the standards and write a compliance memo
Your checkpoint
A compliance memo (300+ words) addressing one advertising scenario and one test-data release scenario, each with a citation-based recommendation
Boundaries, Multiple Relationships, and Professional Conduct
Differentiate boundary crossings from multiple relationships and identify the factors that raise risk
Apply a structured decision model to two boundary scenarios and document the reasoning
Identify conduct categories that trigger discipline and match each to its statutory or regulatory basis
Write a personal boundary-management plan with at least five specific safeguards for your intended practice setting
Your checkpoint
A personal boundary-management plan with five concrete safeguards plus two documented scenario analyses
Kentucky Psychology Licensure Statute (KRS 319) and Administrative Regulations (201 KAR 26) & Informed Consent, Confidentiality, and Privileged Communication & Mandatory Reporting and Duty to Protect & Boundaries, Multiple Relationships, and Professional Conduct
Re-read the heaviest domains and convert each into a condensed outline of no more than two pages
Complete 60 mixed practice questions under timed conditions and log every error by domain
Re-teach your three weakest subtopics aloud or in writing without notes and check accuracy against the source text
Build a spaced-repetition deck of at least 40 high-yield items drawn from your error log
Your checkpoint
An error log with 60 attempted items, domain-level accuracy percentages, and a 40-card review deck
Kentucky Psychology Licensure Statute (KRS 319) and Administrative Regulations (201 KAR 26) & Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology: Structure, Complaints, and Disciplinary Process
Simulate a full-length timed exam and record domain-by-domain performance
Review every remaining flagged item and resolve each to a citation you can state from memory
Recite the disciplinary sequence and the core licensure prerequisites without reference materials
Finalize a one-page pre-exam summary limited to the highest-yield rules and citations
Your checkpoint
A completed timed simulation with a scored breakdown and a final one-page summary sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Can state the Board's composition and recite the disciplinary stages in order, each with a citation, without notes
Week 4: Scores at least 75% on a 25-item self-quiz covering informed consent, confidentiality, and reporting duties
Week 6: Has written analyses for all scenario-based domains and can defend each conclusion by citation
Week 8: Scores at least 80% on the timed simulation with no single domain below 70%