[§465-3.5]  Public service employment. 
(a)  Notwithstanding other provisions in this chapter the director of health
may certify that there is an absence or shortage of licensed psychologists for
government employment in a particular locality.  Upon receiving certification
of the absence or shortage, the board shall authorize the director to hire and
retain persons currently in government employment to fill the absence or
shortage; provided persons hired or retained have been duly licensed as a
psychologist by written examination under the laws of another state or
territory of the United States prior to 1977.



(b)  Persons hired and retained under this
section shall be exempt from the requirements of this chapter for no more than
eighteen months while employed in a government position that the director
continues to certify as subject to an absence or shortage.



(c)  In no case shall persons hired and
retained under the provisions of this section provide private patient care for
a fee. [L 1992, c 265, §1]