Kansas Psychology Licensure Requirements

500

Kansas requires the EPPP with a passing scaled score of 500 (the ASPPB-recommended cut score). The BSRB states the pass score as "a scaled score of 500 or 70%". No indication the board has moved to EPPP Part 1 only; the board's news feed references ASPPB EPPP registration, but the licensure requirement stated on the board's pages is the single EPPP at 500.

K.S.A. 74-5310(a)(4) requires "at least two years of supervised experience." The BSRB reads that two-year requirement as 3,600 hours: not more than one year (1,800 hours) may be a predoctoral internship, and not less than one year (1,800 hours) must be postdoctoral. K.A.R. 102-1-12(b)(11)(A) independently defines the qualifying internship as at least 1,800 hours over one year of full-time training (or two consecutive years half-time). Within the postdoctoral year, K.A.R. 102-1-5a(c) requires at least 900 hours providing clinical psychological services and at least 180 hours providing general or non-clinical psychological services. The postdoctoral 1,800 hours may not be compressed into less than 12 months, though an applicant may take longer than 12 months.

Not required

The BSRB's psychologist FAQ states affirmatively that Kansas does not require a jurisprudence examination. The EPPP is the only examination required for psychology licensure.

1. Earn a doctoral degree in a program primarily psychological in content — APA-accredited, or otherwise meeting the program, coursework and residency standards of K.A.R. 102-1-12.
2. Complete a predoctoral internship of at least 1,800 hours over one year of full-time training (or two consecutive years half-time); this may count as one year of the two-year supervised experience requirement.
3. File the psychology licensure application with the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board with the $175 non-refundable fee, an official transcript sent directly by your university, the student residency form, and supervisor attestation or professional reference forms from at least four psychologists — you may apply once you have begun (or are ready to begin) postdoctoral hours.
4. If you want to practice while accruing postdoctoral hours, request a temporary license or a community-based license ($50); either expires when the permanent license is issued or 24 months after issuance.
5. After the board approves your education, register through PES and pass the EPPP with a scaled score of at least 500 (the $600 exam fee is paid separately from the application fee).
6. Complete at least 1,800 hours over not less than 12 months of postdoctoral supervised experience — including at least 900 hours of clinical service and 180 hours of general/non-clinical service — supervised by a psychologist licensed and practicing at least two years past licensure.
7. Pay the $50 original license fee to be issued the Licensed Psychologist credential, then renew biennially with a $150 fee and 50 continuing education hours (including at least 3 hours in ethics and 3 in diagnosis and treatment).

PSYPACT member

Kansas has no state-to-state reciprocity agreement, but K.S.A. 74-5315 allows licensure of a psychologist already registered, certified or licensed at the doctoral level in another jurisdiction if either (1) that jurisdiction's requirements are substantially equivalent to Kansas's, or (2) the applicant shows at least 12 months of continuous doctoral-level licensure with a similar scope of practice immediately preceding application, no disciplinary actions of a serious nature, and a doctoral degree in psychology from a regionally accredited institution. K.A.R. 102-1-3b sets out the documentation the out-of-state board must send; applicants relying on K.S.A. 74-5315(a)(2) must document five continuous years of licensure and attest to practice averaging at least 15 hours per week for nine months in each of the five preceding years. An out-of-state permit is also available to independently licensed psychologists for 30 days of practice in the year the permit is active. Kansas has enacted PSYPACT (K.S.A. 74-5352), effective January 1, 2022, and the board publishes PSYPACT guidance and links to psypact.gov.

Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board

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