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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 07/05/2002
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a)-(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 percent (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. Applicants for licensure as a psychological associate must receive a minimum score of eighty percent (80%) of a questions scored on the Board's Jurisprudence Examination. All other applicants for licensure[ , both doctoral and masters level,] must receive a minimum score of ninety percent (90%) 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.

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 June 19, 2002

TRD-200203858

Sherry L. Lee

Executive Director

Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Earliest possible date of adoption: August 4, 2002

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



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