Chapter 470.010: UMSL Clinical Psychology Faculty Professional Plan

Chapter 470.010: UMSL Clinical Psychology Faculty Professional Plan / en 470.010 Clinical Psychology Faculty Professional Practice Plan /ums/rules/collected_rules/medical/ch470/470.010_clinical_psychology_faculty_professional_practice_plan 470.010 Clinical Psychology Faculty Professional Practice Plan kuscheld <time datetime="2010-05-26T22:44:00+00:00" title="Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 22:44">Wed, 05/26/2010 - 22:44</time> <div>Bd. Min. 12-18-87; Bd. Min. 4-10-15. The Clinical Area Faculty of the Department of Psychology, ��-St. Louis recognizes the right of full time members of its faculty, within the limits herein set out and to the extent consistent with the proper discharge of their primary duties, to engage in the professional practice of psychology, to utilize in such practice the facilities of the University, to charge fees for their services in such practice, and to share in such fees as hereinafter provided. <ol class="upperalpha"> <li>Purposes of the Plan <ol class="numeric"> <li>To recognize that high quality patient care is related to faculty participation in teaching and research. Furthermore high quality clinical teaching and maintenance of clinical skills is dependent upon the faculty being engaged in the direct delivery of psychological services.</li> <li>To provide a place for the referral of patients who may require the special services or talents of the variety of specialists found at the Department of Psychology.</li> <li>To provide a model for studying methods in the delivery of psychological services.</li> <li>To provide a teaching tool whereby clinical psychology students may observe psychological treatment provided by faculty role models.</li> <li>To provide a mechanism to support the operations of the Community Psychological Service, the primary clinical training mechanism of the doctoral program in clinical psychology.</li> <li>To inhibit the loss of highly qualified faculty to other academic institutions and private practice because of differences in compensation.</li> <li>To establish and maintain a set of policies for the management of professional fee income which is sufficiently flexible to respond to the needs of all participating individuals.</li> <li>To establish an agreed upon methodology of professional fee generation, distribution and utilization to accomplish the above purposes.</li> </ol> </li> <li>Participants <ol class="numeric"> <li>This plan as outlined is available to all clinical psychologists who are full time faculty of the ��-St. Louis, who as part of their professional fees for patient care related services which is assigned to the University. Eligible faculty are those who have a full-time, tenure track or non-tenure track appointment at the University and are members of the Psychology Department. All participants will be limited by the stipulation that they may devote no more than one day total per week during the academic year to the Practice Plan or to other clinical or consulting activities outside the University.</li> <li>For each participant, a written agreement shall be executed annually and filed in the office of the Dean. Each agreement shall contain a statement that the participant will abide by all provisions of the plan.</li> <li>Termination of full-time employment with the Department of Psychology of the ��-St. Louis automatically terminates participation in the practice plan.</li> <li>Each participant will be governed by the following: <ol class="loweralpha"> <li>The laws governing the practice of psychology in the State of Missouri.</li> <li>The general rules of the ��.</li> <li>The Code of Ethics of the American Psychological Association.</li> <li>The rules and regulations as set forth in this plan.</li> <li>During the academic year, each participating faculty member may treat a maximum of 5 clients per week and may not devote more than 8 hours to the practice in any given week. This limitation shall hold during the summer months as well, if the faculty member has a summer appointment at the University. The weekly time involvement of participants will be reviewed quarterly by the participating faculty and chairperson of the Psychology Department, and appropriate recommendations made to each participant.</li> <li>No clients will be assigned to participating faculty until student caseloads are filled. Then client assignments will be made on a rotating basis.</li> <li>Except as noted in e. and f. above, participants will be allowed to see clients of their own choosing or clients who have selected them.</li> <li>Participants will arrange for the timely notification of cancellation of clients as necessary. In all of items e.-g. the participants recognize the need for continuity of care and will make appropriate arrangements for the coverage of their clients during absence from the practice.</li> <li>The Psychologist/Client relationship will always be respected.</li> <li>All records shall remain in the Community Psychological Service unless otherwise specified by the client.</li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li>Income <ol class="numeric"> <li>All professional fee for service income derived from faculty client care in the Community Psychological Service shall be plan income.</li> <li>Income to participants not related to client car shall not be plan income.</li> <li>All service fees generated by clinical psychology students shall not be plan income.</li> </ol> </li> <li>Cost of the Operation of the Plan <ol class="numeric"> <li>The costs of operation of the plan will be funded by applying an approved deduction rate (percent) to gross collections of plan income. The deduction rate for the costs of operation of the plan will be deducted from gross collections prior to any monies being available for other purposes. The costs of operation of the plan may include expenditures for the following items and activities. <ul class="disc"> <li>Billing and collections costs.</li> <li>Professional liability insurance.</li> <li>Support personnel, services and supplies.</li> <li>Administration costs.</li> </ul> Annually on the date established by the Dean the director of the Community Psychological Service will report to the administration and the Clinical Psychology Faculty Professional Practice Plan Committee (henceforth known as the Plan Committee) the expenditures to date for the costs of operation of the plan. A final accounting report will be issued after the close of the accounting period. An annual budget will be submitted for the costs of operation of the plan. Based on the budget that is submitted the Plan Committee shall recommend a deduction rate to be proposed for the period covered by the budget. The proposed deduction rate and budget for the next fiscal year must be approved by the University.    From time to time good accounting practice and effective fiscal management may well indicate a need to revise, expand, contract or otherwise modify the accounting system relative to the