Application for Licensure

PURPOSE: This rule outlines and standardizes the procedures followed by the committee in receiving and considering information relative to an applicant’s qualifications for licensure by examination. (1) Applications for licensure must be made on forms provided by the State Committee of Psychologists and accompanied by the appropriate fee and submits the following: (A) Official transcript received directly from an issuing institution verifying that the applicant is a graduate of a recognized educational institution with a doctoral degree in psychology as defined in section 337.025, RSMo, unless applicant previously submitted for a provisional or temporary license issued by the committee; (B) If requested, a post-degree supervision plan submitted by the primary supervisor on the form provided by the State Committee of Psychologists, unless applicant previously submitted for a provisional license issued by the committee; (C) If requested, an attestation of post-degree supervision submitted by the primary supervisor on the form provided by the State Committee of Psychologists; (D) Submission of references on forms provided by the committee by three (3) mental health professionals other than post-doctoral supervisors who have known the applicant a minimum of two (2) years. The references cannot be from classmates; and (E) Proof of submission of fingerprints to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s approved vendor for both a Missouri State Highway Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) fingerprint background check. Any fees due for fingerprinting background checks shall be paid by the applicant unless applicant previously submitted for a provisional license issued by the committee. AUTHORITY: sections 337.020.1 and 337.050.9, RSMo Supp. 2020.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 235-1.030. Emergency rule filed Jan. 22, 1982, effective Feb. 1, 1982, expired June 1, 1982. Original rule filed Jan. 22, 1982, effective May 13, 1982. Amended: Filed Oct. 4, 1988, effective Dec. 29, 1988. Amended: Filed June 6, 1989, effective Sept. 11, 1989. Amended: Filed July 30, 1991, effective Feb. 6, 1992. Amended: Filed July 26, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. Moved to 20 CSR 2235-1.030, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Rescinded and readopted: Filed June 5, 2013, effective Jan. 30, 2014. Amended: Filed Nov. 16, 2020, effective May 30, 2021. *Original authority: 337.020.1, RSMo 1977, amended 1981, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2018, 2020 and 337.050.9, RSMo 1977, amended 1981, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2020.