(a)Licensure Requirements. An applicant for licensure
as a psychologist must:
(1)hold a doctoral degree in psychology from a college
or university accredited by a regional accrediting organization;
(2)pass all examinations required by the agency;
(3)submit documentation of supervised experience from
a licensed psychologist which satisfies the requirements of Council §463.11
of this title; and
(4)meet all other requirements of §501.2525 of
the Occupations Code.
(b)Degree Requirements.
(1)For those applicants with a doctoral degree conferred
on or after January 1, 1979, the transcript must state that the applicant
has a doctoral degree that designates a major in psychology.
(2)For those applicants with a doctoral degree conferred
prior to January 1, 1979, the transcript must reflect a doctoral degree
that designates a major in psychology or the substantial equivalent
of a doctoral degree in psychology in both subject matter and extent
of training. A doctoral degree will be considered the substantial
equivalent to a doctoral degree in psychology if the training program
meets the criteria of Council rule §463.15 of this title. [
following criteria:]
[(A)Post-baccalaureate program in
a regionally accredited institution of higher learning. The program
must have a minimum of 90 semester hours, not more than 12 of which
are credit for doctoral dissertation and not more than six of which
are credit for master's thesis.]
[(B)The program, wherever it may
be administratively housed, must be clearly identified and labeled.
Such a program must specify in pertinent institutional catalogs and
brochures its intent to educate and train professional psychologists.]
[(C)The program must stand as a recognizable,
coherent organizational entity within the institution. A program may
be within a larger administrative unit, e.g., department, area, or
school.]
[(D)There must be a clear authority
and primary responsibility for the core and specialty areas whether
or not the program cuts across administrative lines. The program must
have identifiable faculty and administrative heads who are psychologists
responsible for the graduate program. Psychology faculty are individuals
who are licensed or certified psychologists, or specialists of the
American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), or hold a doctoral
degree in psychology from a regionally accredited institution.]
[(E)The program must be an integrated,
organized sequence of studies, e.g., there must be identifiable curriculum
tracks wherein course sequences are outlined for students.]
(F)The program must have an identifiable
body of students who matriculated[ in the program].
[(G)The program must include supervised
practicum, internship, field or laboratory training appropriate to
the practice of psychology. The supervised field work or internship
must have been a minimum of 1,500 supervised hours, obtained in not
less than a 12 month period nor more than a 24 month period. Further,
this requirement cannot have been obtained in more than two placements
or agencies.]
[(H)The curriculum shall encompass
a minimum of two academic years of full-time graduate studies for
those persons have enrolled in the doctoral degree program after completing
the requirements for a master's degree. The curriculum shall encompass
a minimum of four academic years of full-time graduate studies for
those persons who have entered a doctoral program following the completion
of a baccalaureate degree and prior to the awarding of a master's
degree. It is recognized that educational institutions vary in their
definitions of full-time graduate studies. It is also recognized that
institutions vary in their definitions of residency requirements for
the doctoral degree.]
[(I)The following curricular requirements
must be met and demonstrated through appropriate course work:]
[(i)Scientific and professional ethics related to
the field of psychology.]
[(ii)Research design and methodology, statistics.]
[(iii)The applicant must demonstrate competence in
each of the following substantive areas. The competence standard will
be met by satisfactory completion at the B level of a minimum of six
graduate semester hours in each of the four content areas. It is recognized
that some doctoral programs have developed special competency examinations
in lieu of requiring students to complete course work in all core
areas. Graduates of such programs who have not completed the necessary
semester hours in these core areas must submit to the Council evidence
of competency in each of the four core areas.]
[(I)Biological basis of behavior: physiological psychology,
comparative psychology, neuropsychology, sensation and perception,
psycho-pharmacology.]
[(II)Cognitive-affective basis of behavior: learning,
thinking, motivation, emotion.]
[(III)Social basis of behavior: social psychology,
group processes, organizational and system theory.]
[(IV)Individual differences: personality theory, human
development, abnormal psychology.]
[(J)All educational programs which
train persons who wish to be identified as psychologists will include
course requirements in specialty areas. The applicant must demonstrate
a minimum of 24 hours in his/her designated specialty area.]
[(3)Any person intending to apply
for licensure under the substantial equivalence clause must file with
the Council an affidavit showing:]
[(A)Courses meeting each of the requirements noted
in paragraph (2) of this subsection verified by official transcripts;]
[(B)Appropriate, published information from the university
awarding the degree, demonstrating that the requirements noted in
paragraph (2) of this subsection have been met.]
(c)An applicant who holds an active Certificate of
Professional Qualification in Psychology (CPQ) is considered to have
met all requirements for licensure under this rule except for passage
of the Jurisprudence Examination. Applicants relying upon this subsection
must request that documentation of their certification be sent directly
to the Council from the Association of State and Provincial Psychology
Boards (ASPPB), be submitted to the Council in the sealed envelope
in which it was received by the applicant from ASPPB, or be submitted
to the Council as directed by agency staff.
(d)An applicant who holds an active specialist certification
with the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) is considered
to have met all requirements for licensure under this rule except
for passage of the EPPP and Jurisprudence Examination. Applicants
relying upon this subsection must request that documentation of their
specialist certification be sent directly to the Council from ABPP,
be submitted to the Council in the sealed envelope in which it was
received by the applicant from ABPP, or be submitted to the Council
as directed by agency staff.
(e)The requirement for documentation of supervised
experience under this rule is waived for an applicant who is actively
licensed as a doctoral-level psychologist in good standing and has
been practicing psychology in another jurisdiction for at least five
years or can affirm that the applicant has received at least 3,000
hours of supervised experience from a licensed psychologist in the
jurisdiction where the supervision took place. At least half of those
hours (a minimum of 1,500 hours) must have been completed within a
formal internship, and the remaining one-half (a minimum of 1,500
hours) must have been completed after the doctoral degree was conferred.
Applicants relying upon this subsection must request that verification
of their out-of-state licensure be sent directly to the Council from
the other jurisdiction, be submitted to the Council in the sealed
envelope in which it was received by the applicant from the other
jurisdiction, or be submitted to the Council as directed by agency
staff.
(f)Provisional License.
(1)An applicant who has not yet passed the required
examinations or is seeking to acquire the supervised experience required
under Council §463.11 of this title may practice under the supervision
of a licensed psychologist as a provisionally licensed psychologist
for not more than two years if the applicant meets all other licensing
requirements.
(2)A provisional license will be issued to an applicant
upon proof of provisional license eligibility. However, a provisional
license will not be issued to an applicant who was issued a provisional
license in connection with a prior application.
(3)A provisionally licensed psychologist is subject
to all applicable laws governing the practice of psychology.
(4)A provisionally licensed psychologist may be made
the subject of an eligibility or disciplinary proceeding. The two-year
period for provisional licensure shall not be tolled by any suspension
of the provisional license.
(5)A provisional license will expire after two years
if the person does not qualify for licensure as a psychologist.
The agency certifies that legal
counsel has
reviewed the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's
legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on September 15, 2022
TRD-202203714 Darrel D. Spinks
Executive Director
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 30, 2022
For further information, please call: (512) 305-7706
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