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For examples of statutes that exempt certain activities of clergy from the “practice of psychology,” see, e.g., ARK. STAT. ANN. § 17--96--103 (“nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the professional pursuits of . . . clergymen . . . from full performance of their professional duties”); ILL. ANN. STAT. ch. 111, § 5353 (“duly recognized members of any bonafide religious denomination shall not be restricted from functioning in their ministerial capacity provided they do not represent themselves as being clinical psychologists or providing clinical psychological services”); KAN. STAT. ANN. § 74--5344 (“nothing contained in this act shall be construed to prevent qualified . . . ministers . . . from doing work of a psychological nature consistent with their training and consistent with any code of ethics of their respective professions so long as they do not hold themselves out to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words `psychologic,' psychological,' `psychologist' or `psychology'”); KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 319.015 (“nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit . . . a duly ordained minister, priest, rabbi, Christian Science practitioner, or other clergyman from carrying out his responsibilities while functioning in his ministerial capacity within a recognized religious organization serving the spiritual needs of its constituency, provided he does not hold himself out as a psychologist”); MO. REV. STAT. § 337.045 (“nothing in sections 337.010 to 337.090 shall in any way limit qualified members of other professional groups such as . . . clergymen . . . from doing work of a psychological nature consistent with their training and consistent with any code of ethics of their respective professions”); OKLA. STAT. title 59, § 1353 (“the provisions of the Psychologists Licensing Act shall not apply to qualified members of other professions, including but not limited to . . . pastoral counselors doing work of a psychological nature consistent with their training and consistent with the code of ethics of their respective professions provided they do not hold themselves out to the public by any title or description incorporating the work psychological, psychologist, or psychology”); TENN. CODE ANN. § 63--11--206 (“nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the professional pursuits of teachers in public and private schools, [or] clergymen . . . from full performance of their professional duties”); TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art. 4512c (“nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to . . . duly ordained religions [sic] doing work of a psychological nature consistent with their training and consistent with any code of ethics of their respective professions, provided they do not represent themselves by any title or in any manner prohibited by this Act”).