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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 21TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS
CHAPTER 463APPLICATIONS AND EXAMINATIONS
RULE §463.14Written Examinations
ISSUE 04/20/2001
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(a)Jurisprudence Examination. All applicants for licensure by the Board are required to pass the Jurisprudence Examination prior to licensure. [Applications for licensure by reciprocity may take the Jurisprudence Examination at times mutually agreed upon between them and the Board's office. All other applicants must take the examination at the times regularly scheduled by the Board.]

(b)-(e)(No change.)

(f)Cutoff Scores. The minimum acceptable score for the EPPP is seventy percent (70%) of questions scored for psychologist licensure applicants and fifty-five percents (55%) of questions scored for psychological associate licensure applicants on the pencil and paper version of the test. For computer-delivered EPPP examinations, the cutoff scaled scores are 500 and 450 respectively. All applicants, both doctoral and masters level, must receive a minimum score of ninety [seventy] percent (90%) [ (70%)] of questions scored on the Board's Jurisprudence Examination. The exam score of applicants for licensure who have already taken the EPPP must satisfy the requirements of the Board as of the date of application to the Board.

(g)(No change.)

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State, on April 5, 2001

TRD-200101981

Sherry L. Lee

Executive Director

Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Earliest possible date of adoption: May 20, 2001

For further information, please call: (512) 305-7700

 

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