Endnotes

SPOTLIGHT 

1. As part of the collection of ASPPB membership dues, psychology licensing boards are surveyed regarding the number of licenses they maintain and issue. Data for 2025 is not available for the following jurisdictions: District of Columbia, Guam, Indiana, Maine, New Hampshire, and Saskatchewan. Data from 2024 is included for the following jurisdictions: Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, and Wisconsin.
2. The American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychologists in the United States.
3. The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) is the national association for the science, practice, and education of psychology in Canada.

SNAPSHOT 

1. Pennsylvania: Predoctoral internship is a part of the APA-accredited doctoral program. The predoctoral internship is automatically accepted as satisfying 1 of the 2 years of supervised experience.

FOCUS – PSYPACT 

1. Data in this section comes from the PSYPACT Commission.
2. Data presented regarding PSYPACT is current through December 31, 2025. For the latest information, please visit www.psypact.gov.

FOCUS – EPPP 

1. Data in this section comes from the ASPPB Examinations Division’s archives.

FOCUS – DDS 

1. Data in this section comes from the ASPPB Disciplinary Data System.
2. The number of reported reasons in a report may change based on the date of discipline taken and not the date reported to ASPPB.

APPENDIX B: Survey Questions & Responses

Q1. What is the minimum degree level required for this license?

• Vermont: It can be either a doctoral or a master’s degree. Vermont licenses at both levels.

Q2. Is regional accreditation of the degree-granting institution required?

• Hawaii: Yes, if the degree program was not APA-accredited.

Q3. Which of the following best describes APA accreditation as a requirement for licensure?

• British Columbia: Meets Requirements.
• Florida: Required for exam applications and not required for endorsement applicants.
• Nevada: APA accreditation is required or a program that the Board deems substantially equivalent to APA accreditation.
• Oklahoma: APA/CPA required unless in areas where no accreditation exists or coming from a new program. See 59OS Section 1362 and OAC 575: 10-1-2.
• South Dakota: Not required, but use APA Guidelines.

Q4. Which of the following best describes CPA accreditation as a requirement for licensure?

• British Columbia: Meets Requirements.
• New York: Applicant will be individually evaluated.
• Northwest Territories: Based on an academic review conducted in partnership with the College of Alberta Psychologists.
• Oklahoma: APA/CPA required unless in areas where no accreditation exists or coming from a new program. See 59OS Section 1362 and OAC 575: 10-1-2.

Q8. If yes, what is the minimum time period required for residency?

• Arizona: Eighteen semester hours or thirty quarter hours or thirty-six trimester hours completed within a twelve-month consecutive period.

Q13. Which of the following best describes internship hours as a requirement for licensure?

• Florida: Internship hours completed towards an APA-accredited doctoral degree in psychology satisfy 2,000 of the 4,000 hours of supervised experience requirement.
• Iowa: Clinical internship is required for the Health Service Provider Licensure.
• Northwest Territories: Required for Licensure and Canadian mobility applicants need not provided, as this would have been completed elsewhere in Canada.
• Oregon: Required only for foreign degrees. We don’t check this for APA/CPA accredited programs.
• Pennsylvania: Pre-doc internship is a part of the APA-accredited doctoral program.

Q17. Which of the following best describes postdoctoral hours as a requirement for licensure?

• Connecticut: At least one year at the pre-doctoral or postdoctoral level and does not include an internship completed as part of the requirements of completing a doctoral degree and shall be completed within an area for which the applicant has completed a directly related sequence of graduate coursework and a supervised pre-doctoral internship, practicum, field training or laboratory training.

Q21. If yes, how do your rules/regulations define the EPPP (paper-administered) passing score?

• Hawaii: A score of not less than the national average raw score (rounded up to the nearest whole integer).
• Iowa: The rule is generic to accept 70%, and the current passing point. “The EPPP passing score shall be utilized as the Iowa passing score.”
• Pennsylvania: Registration says “passing score” – we have a list of passing scores from 1974 to 1999.

Q22. If yes, how do your rules/regulations define the EPPP (computer-administered) passing score?

• British Columbia: “Successful completion”; passing score is determined by policy (500 or higher).
• Hawaii: A score of not less than the national average raw score (rounded up to the nearest whole integer if a fraction is reported) of all the first time shall be passing for the EPPP written examination. For examination waiver applicants, the passing for EPPP shall be the board’s passing score for the EPPP shall be the board’s passing score at the time the applicant sat for the EPPP written examination.
• Iowa: The rule is generic to accept 70%, and the current passing point. “The EPPP passing score shall be utilized as the Iowa passing score.”
• Northern Marianas: Prior to 2001, licenses are through endorsement.
• Pennsylvania: Registration says, “passing score.”

Q23. When is the earliest time the EPPP (Part 1–Knowledge) can be taken?

• Alabama: After Degree is Granted and An individual who has obtained a qualifying master’s degree may apply for Master’s-level licensure for the purpose of sitting for the EPPP with the intent of obtaining the passing point recommended for Doctoral-level licensure. Submission of a subsequent Psychologist Application and applicable Fee(s) and other qualifying criteria would be required for Doc-level licensure to be issued.
• Alberta: After registration as a provisional psychologist.
• British Columbia: After education, training and experience has been reviewed and determined to meet our requirements.
• California: After Degree is Granted and Upon Completion of 1,500 hours of Supervised Professional Experience.
• Kentucky: After completion of a master’s degree.
• Northwest Territories: Other – After registration as a provisional psychologist.
• Tennessee: After authorized by the Board to sit for exam.

Q25. If yes, what is the number?

• Alaska: 4 attempts per year for psychologist; 2 attempts per year for psychological associate.
• Montana: ARM 24.189.610 (2): … applicants who fail the national examination two or more times must file a plan with the board to secure further professional training and experience before retaking the exam. The applicant must complete the approved plan before retaking the examination.
• Nevada: Four attempts (the fourth attempt requiring Board approval). If a candidate fails 4 times, their application is denied and they cannot reapply for licensure for at least 18 months.
• New Mexico: An applicant may take the EPPP up to 3 times within an 18-month period after being approved by the board.

Q27. If yes, what are the time periods?

• Alabama: 1 year; however, the one year may be extended if the required 6-month waiting period expands beyond the individual’s 1 year candidacy date.
• Nevada: Applicants are required to complete licensure requirements within 2 years of applying, subject to a one-time one-year application extension. If their application expires without having satisfied the licensure requirements, the applicant can re-apply.
• Pennsylvania: No applicant will be permitted to sit for more than four examinations in any 1-year period.

Q29. If yes, what are the time periods?

• California: ASPPB provides a date to the candidates that they can test again if they schedule the 5th time within the 12-month rolling period.
• Oklahoma: Re-examination. If either of the two component examinations is failed a total of four times, the application process shall cease. The former applicant may reapply for licensure by submitting a new application for consideration by the Board in accordance with the requirements to become licensed as a psychologist.
• Oregon: 1 year waiting period before reapplication after application is denied.

Q31. If yes, please explain.

• Alabama: Submission of a new application is required with the current Fee and updated professional reference providers.
• Alberta: After the maximum failed attempts and the 5-year provisional registration has expired, they are moved to the canceled register. They can reapply as a new applicant after 5 years from the date of cancellation. This means they would have to start at the credentials evaluation phase.
• Mississippi: Request to the Board for assignment to retake, no sooner than 2 months after the prior attempt.
• Missouri: Complete a new application and submit the required documents.
• Nevada: They have to reapply for licensure because their application would have been denied based on their failure to pass the EPPP within 4 attempts.
• New Brunswick: After 3 failed attempts at the EPPP, candidates must satisfy all conditions that may be set forth by the Registration Committee, including but not limited to requiring the temporary member to take additional training prior to re-examination.
• Ohio: You can retake the exam after 30 days from your last attempt. If you fail three times in a row, you must wait six months before trying again. If you fail the exam nine times total, you are no longer eligible to take it again in Ohio. Your application will be permanently closed.
• Oklahoma: Re-examination. If either of the two component examinations is failed a total of four times, the application process shall cease. The former applicant may reapply for licensure by submitting a new application for consideration by the Board in accordance with the requirements to become licensed as a psychologist.
• Ontario: After 4 unsuccessful attempts. Candidate must obtain Registration Committee approval of a remediation plan in order to be permitted to attempt EPPP again.
• Pennsylvania: Pay the re-exam fee to the Board and provide any updated documentation if applicable.
• Prince Edward Island: No provision for taking the EPPP after the time frame has expired.
• Puerto Rico: Regardless of the exam taken by the candidate (PR exam or EPPP), he/she has to take remedial courses after failing 5 times.
• Texas: An applicant whose application is denied under this rule may reapply for licensure but will not be allowed or approved to sit for the exam again until the applicant has submitted a detailed study plan designed to address the known or suspected areas of deficiency. The study plan must be approved by the board before authorization will be given to retake the examination.

Q37. If yes, what are the specific requirements? (Fingerprinting)

• Michigan: See http://www.michigan.gov/laralbureau-list/bpl/health/hp-lic-health-prof/psychology
• New Jersey: Fingerprinting, Dissertation Abstract, Character references, licensure verification if licensed in other states/other Boards.

Q55. If yes, what standards are used (e.g., APA 2016, CPA 2020, ASPPB Code of Conduct)?

• Alaska: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (June 2003), with the 2010 amendment, effective June 1, 2010, with the 2026 amendment, effective January 1, 2017, or the American Psychological Association, Inc. Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct is adopted by reference in this section.
• New York: In applying Part 29 of the Rules of the Board of Regents, which governs professional misconduct, the State Education Department may consider codes of ethics in a given profession as well as Board practice advisories. Rules: http://www.op.nysed.gov/title8/rules-board-regents/part-29 Advisories: http://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/psychology/professional-practice
• Tennessee: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct of the American Psychological Association, December 1, 1992, as modified and adopted by the Board as Professional Ethics.

Q57. If yes, what is the maximum number of days allowed for temporary practice?

• Pennsylvania: Participate with Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT). A psychologist with an active license in another state is permitted to practice in PA for an aggregate of up to 14 days without notifying the Board.
• Washington: Temporary License, Participate with PSYPACT. Must be either licensed from another state deemed substantially equivalent or demonstrate proof of graduation from an APA- or CPA-accredited doctoral program and successful completion of an APA-, APPIC-, or CPA-approved internship.

Q58. If yes, what is the maximum number of days allowed for temporary practice?

• Missouri: Individuals can practice under an exemption in statute up to 15 days within a 9-month period without a notification to the Committee. A temporary license can be issued for up to 2 years.

Q60. If yes, must the temporary practice be completed within any of the following?

• British Columbia: We have two types of temporary practice. One is consecutive × 15 days, 2× per calendar year. The other is 20 non-consecutive days over 12 months.

Q68. If yes, please include the settings in which a psychologist is exempt from the requirement to be licensed.

• Alabama: Regular employment of a State organization.
• Arizona: A common school, high school, charter school, or other educational institution setting that serves pupils in prekindergarten or kindergarten programs or any of grades 1–12.
• Connecticut: Elementary or secondary education school psychologist, a graduate student, intern or resident in psychology, pursuing a course of study in an educational institution, or a person holding a doctoral degree performing activities and services that are necessary to satisfy the work experience as required for licensure, and not later than two years after completion of such work experience.
• Florida: Participate with PSYPACT and 490.014(2)(e), F.S., Non-Resident Exemption.
• Georgia: In schools if employed by the school system, other government employed situations.
• Illinois: School psychologists certified by the Illinois Board of Education.
• Iowa: Schools require certification by the Department of Education; accredited academic institutions; government or nonprofit institutions or agencies; research facilities.
• Kansas: Educational facilities (in certain circumstances), institutions for persons with an intellectual disability, correctional facilities (in certain circumstances), or military bases.
• Louisiana: Individuals employed by the Board of Education as certified school psychologists; university professors not engaged in the provision of psychological services may use the title.
• Nebraska: Regular employment within a setting under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Education.
• Nevada: Teaching psychology and/or doing psychological research at an accredited institute for those who hold a doctoral degree in psychology from an accredited institution, so long as the teaching or research does not involve supervision or providing psychological services.
• New Brunswick: If licensed in another Canadian jurisdiction and only providing virtual services in NB.
• New York: Multiple scenarios as defined under section 7605 of Education Law: http://www.opnysed.gov/professional/psychology/laws-rules-regulations/article-153
• Oregon: Other state license with services in scope of practice; state or federally employed, or in community mental health program, but limited to 24 months; clergy; work as part of accredited psychology program (practicum or internship).
• Pennsylvania: Please see Section 3 (Necessity for License) of the Professional Psychologists Practice Act.
• Rhode Island: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov//Statutes/TITLE5/5-44/5-44-23.htm
• South Carolina: Church, Postdoctoral Training, Certified School Psychologist, School Guidance Counselor or Social Worker, Public and Private Schools, Government Employee of this State or Federal Employee within scope of employment, SC Dept of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Employee Supervised by a Licensed SC Psychologist, RNs.
• Virginia: Employees or volunteers of the federal, state or local government or any agency established or funded, in whole or part, by any such governmental entity or of a private, nonprofit organization or agency sponsored or funded, in whole or part, by a community-based citizen group or organization.
• Wyoming: Teaching of psychology, conducting of psychological research, provision of industrial or organizational consultation, expert testimony.