Legal Opinion
Donahue v. District of Columbia Board of Psychology
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 18, 1989No. 88-132PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Chief Judge:
Petitioner Joan M. Donahue began and completed her doctoral degree in guidance and counseling at a time when the District of Columbia Code provided that a person with either a doctoral degree in a field “related to psychology” or a “doctoral degree in psychology” could become licensed to practice psychology in the District of Columbia. D.C.Code § 2-1704.6(2)(A) & (B) (1981). While fulfilling her two-year experience requirement the Council of the District of Columbia amended the Code to require that only a “doctoral degree in psychology” would satisfy the education…
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