Licensure by Examination

PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements and procedures for applying for licensure through examination. (1) Every applicant for initial licensure by the committee as a psychologist, except those meeting the requirements of section 337.029.1, RSMo, or 20 CSR 2235-2.070, shall be required to take and pass all examinations as prescribed by the committee. (2) Examination Process. The full examination for licensure shall consist of three (3) component examinations. Applicants will not be required to be reexamined over parts of the examination process they have passed. (A) Objective Examination. Applicants shall be required to take the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). (B) Jurisprudence Examination. A jurisprudence examination based on Missouri law and regulations governing the practice of psychology, professional affairs, and ethics will be administered each year at sites, dates, and times approved by the committee. (C) Oral Examination. An oral examination will include questions related to areas of ethics, professional practice, and any other subject matter, pertinent to the practice of psychology, about which the committee wishes to examine the applicant. The applicant must first pass the examinations specified in subsections (A) and (B) hereof before being allowed to take or complete the oral examination. (3) Passing Scores on Examination. (A) From October 19, 1979, to March 31, 1995, an applicant will be deemed to have passed the EPPP examination if the score is equal to or greater than the national mean score for that examination as computed by the testing service. For purposes of computing an applicant’s score, the standard error of the mean shall not be considered. (B) An applicant, who sat for the EPPP between April 1, 1995, and April 30, 2001, will be deemed to have passed the examination if the score obtained is equal to or greater than seventy percent (70%) at said sitting as computed by the testing service. (C) Beginning May 1, 2001, an applicant is deemed to have passed the objective examination if he/she has obtained at least the minimum pass point designated by the developer of the EPPP examination. (D) An applicant is deemed to have passed the jurisprudence portion of the examination if he/she has seventy percent (70%) of the total items correct on that examination. An applicant must pass both the objective and jurisprudence examinations before being eligible for the oral examination. (4) Reexamination. Any applicant who fails the EPPP examination must apply for authorization to retake the examination. An applicant may take the examination four (4) times in a twelve (12)-month period, calculated from the first date the applicant took the EPPP. If the examination is not passed within two (2) years, calculated from the first date the applicant took the EPPP, the application will be denied for failure to pass the examination. The former applicant may reapply for licensure by submitting a new application for consideration by the committee in accordance with the current requirements to become licensed as a psychologist in Missouri. AUTHORITY: sections 337.020 and 337.050.9, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 235-2.060. Original rule filed July 30, 1991, effective Feb. 6, 1992. Emergency amendment filed Feb. 28, 1995, effective March 10, 1995, expired July 7, 1995. Amended: Filed March 31, 1995, effective Sept. 30, 1995. Amended: Filed July 26, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. Rescinded and readopted: Filed March 1, 2001, effective Aug. 30, 2001. Moved to 20 CSR 2235-2.060, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Dec. 23, 2008, effective June 30, 2009. Amended: Filed June 5, 2013, effective Jan. 30, 2014. *Original authority: 337.020, RSMo 1977, amended 1981, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 337.050.9, RSMo 1977, amended 1981, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999.