The bill 15.519/26, which regulates the practice of psychopedagogy, was sanctioned with partial vetoLaw 15.519/26, which regulates the practice of psychopedagogy.
The law ensures that current occupants of teaching positions or roles in public and private institutions have the right to continue their activities. This right applies to those who began their work before the publication of the law.
With the partial veto, the new law does not establish specific training requirements or the mandatory internship that was planned in the project approved by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
Assignments
The guideline lists nine activities and responsibilities of educational psychology, without prejudice to the competencies of qualified professionals in the health and education sectors:
- psychopedagogical intervention focused on the individual, institutions, and groups, in the contexts of education and health;
- evaluation and intervention exclusively pedagogical, using instruments and techniques specific to the field;
- use of methods, techniques and pedagogical instruments for research, prevention, evaluation and intervention related to learning;
- pedagogical and pedagogical consulting and advising to identify, understand and analyze problems in the learning process in institutional and clinical settings;
- pedagogical support for work carried out in institutional settings;
- supervision of professionals in theoretical and practical pedagogical work;
- guidance, coordination, and supervision of psychopedagogy courses;
- direction of psychopedagogy services in public or private institutions; and
- planning, direction, or conducting of psychopedagogical research.
The standard originated from Bill 1675/23,approved by the Chamber in August.
The President of the Chamber, Hugo Motta, celebrated the approval of the proposal by the House. "The Chamber is doing justice to an important and necessary profession for our country, and to the formation of the next generation of Brazilian professionals," he said.
Confidentiality
The educational psychologist must maintain confidentiality regarding the facts that they become aware of as a result of their professional practice.
The information obtained during the professional practice can be shared with other professionals involved in the care, provided the client authorizes.
The violation of the rule constitutes a breach of professional confidentiality and subjects the offender to the applicable civil and criminal sanctions.
Veto
The acting President of the Republic, Geraldo Alckmin, completely vetoed the article in the project that established who could practice the activity of psychopedagogy. Among the requirements, it included:
- graduation degree in educational psychology;
- a degree in psychology, pedagogy, bachelor's degree in education or speech therapy, combined with a specialization in educational psychology;
- degree for those who already practiced or had practiced educational psychology for at least one year;
- diplomas obtained from foreign institutions, provided that they are validated according to the legislation.
The article also stipulated that the undergraduate and specialization courses planned in the project must have mandatory supervised practical training.
In the message sent to the National Congress, the acting president justified the veto. He stated that the measure would contradict the public interest by imposing restrictions on the practice of psychopedagogy on regulated and qualified professions to operate in learning processes, which would reduce the availability of services in education and health networks.
TheLaw 15.519/26was published in the Official Gazette of the Union on September 23, 2026, and comes into effect from this date.