South Carolina psychologist Dennis Keyes signs cease & desist order in Kentucky

June 25, 2013

On February 15, 2013, Dennis Keyes, Ph.D., a school psychologist certified in the state of South Carolina signed a Cease and Desist Affidavit and Assurance of Voluntary Compliance issued by the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, agreeing that he may not engaged in the practice of psychology in the state of Kentucky without a valid credential nor use in Kentucky the term “psychologist,” “psychological” or similar terms that could be reasonably interpreted to mean that he was licensed as a psychologist in the state of Kentucky. Keyes performed a psychological evaluation on a criminal defendant for purposes of a Kentucky criminal case before a Kentucky court when he was not licensed in the state of Kentucky.