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Fact sheet: 5+1 internship - Implementing the revised general and provisional registration standards
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1 June 2017
Extended leave provisions for provisional psychologists
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January 2020
Extended leave provisions for psychologists
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April 2015
When it is necessary to be registered as a psychologist
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23 May 2012
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