Wyoming Psychology Licensure Requirements

500

Wyoming Board of Psychology Rules, Chapter 5 (Psychologist Licensure Requirements), Section 6, effective 10/02/2025 (Reference Number 068.0001.5.10022025). Section 6 names the EPPP as the examination and Section 6(b) sets the passing standard as 'at least 70 percent (70%) or a scaled score of 500' — i.e. the ASPPB-recommended scaled score of 500. Wyoming uses the full EPPP; nothing in the Board's 13 current rule chapters refers to EPPP Part 1 / Part 2 or an EPPP-Part-1-only pathway. The exam must be passed within two (2) years of the Board's initial written notification granting permission to test; an applicant who cannot pass within that window must wait an additional two (2) years to reapply. Under Section 6(c) the Board may waive retaking the EPPP for an applicant not licensed elsewhere who passed it within the five (5) years preceding receipt of the application.

Chapter 5, Section 5 requires 3,000 total hours of supervised professional experience related to the practice of psychology, completed in no less than two (2) years, with 1,500 hours defined as one (1) year. Those 3,000 hours MUST include a pre-doctoral internship that was APA-CoA accredited or an APPIC member (or documented equivalent), but the rule assigns no hour figure to the internship itself — hence preDoc is null rather than a number. Beyond the internship, hours may be pre- or post-doctoral: Section 5(a) allows up to one year (1,500 hours) of pre-internship practicum/clerkship training required in the doctoral program, and Section 5(b) allows up to 1,500 hours of post-doctoral supervised experience only 'if two (2) years of supervised professional experience has not been completed by the end of the doctoral degree program.' A post-doctoral year is therefore conditional, not mandatory, so postDoc is null rather than a fixed figure. Pre-internship hours must be at least 60% direct client contact (assessment and intervention), with at least 75% of supervision by a licensed psychologist and up to 25% by a listed psychiatrist, mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist or clinical social worker meeting stated post-license experience minimums. The enabling statute, W.S. 33-27-117(a)(iii), states the requirement as two (2) years of supervised professional experience 'which may be completed prior and subsequent to the granting of the degree.' Post-doctoral experience obtained outside Wyoming must be shown to be substantially equivalent.

Not required

Wyoming has no jurisprudence / state-law examination for psychologist licensure. Chapter 5, Section 6 states that the examination accepted by the Board is the current EPPP, and a full-text search of all thirteen current Board rule chapters (Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, all effective 10/02/2025) returns no occurrence of 'jurisprudence', 'state law exam' or any prescribed oral or supplemental written examination. Chapter 4 (Application Procedures) lists the required application documents and includes no law exam; Chapter 9 (Fees) lists no exam fee; the Board's own Psychologist Application Instructions reference only the EPPP. Note that the enabling statute W.S. 33-27-117(a)(iv) permits the Board to prescribe 'any other written or oral examinations,' but the Board's current rules prescribe only the EPPP.

1. Earn a doctoral degree in psychology from a regionally accredited university — either a program accredited by the APA Commission on Accreditation, or a program meeting the Board's criteria: at least three academic years of full-time graduate study including at least 40 semester hours across the 13 listed content areas, plus one continuous academic year of physical residency (or 1,500 hours of documented student-faculty contact).
2. Complete a pre-doctoral internship that was APA-CoA accredited, an APPIC member, or documented equivalent experience.
3. Accumulate 3,000 total hours of supervised professional experience over no less than two years; up to 1,500 hours may come from pre-internship practicum or clerkship training inside the doctoral program, and up to 1,500 hours of post-doctoral supervised experience may be added if two years were not completed by the end of the degree.
4. Submit the Board's psychologist application with the $600 application fee and $39 criminal background check fee, official transcripts sent directly by each registrar, supervision verification forms sent directly by the training director and supervisors, license verification from every jurisdiction where you have been licensed, proof of lawful presence, and two FD-258 fingerprint cards — an application not completed within one year expires.
5. After the Board notifies you in writing that your application is approved for examination, register for and pass the EPPP with a scaled score of 500 (or 70%), within two years of that notification.
6. Renew annually by June 30 for $400, resubmit fingerprint cards every two years, and document 40 hours of continuing education every two years.

PSYPACT member

Wyoming offers licensure by endorsement. Chapter 5, Section 2 provides that a psychologist license is issued to an applicant of good reputation who has either met the education/experience/examination requirements, or (c) holds a current ASPPB Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology (CPQ) in good standing, or (d) is a member of the National Register for Health Service Providers in Psychology or the American Board of Professional Psychology and is licensed in good standing in another state, territory or foreign jurisdiction with substantially equivalent licensing requirements, or (e) holds a license in good standing in another US state or territory whose licensure requirements equal or exceed Wyoming's and has practiced continuously for the five (5) years immediately preceding application. (The text of subsection (e) cross-references 'the requirements in Section 23,' which does not exist in Chapter 5 — an apparent drafting artifact in the 10/02/2025 filing.) Endorsement applicants file a shorter packet under Chapter 4, Section 3(c) — application form, license/certification verification from every jurisdiction, fees, proof of lawful presence and fingerprint cards — with no transcripts or supervision verification forms; the Board's application instructions add that endorsement applicants must have their EPPP score transferred to Wyoming through ASPPB, and that endorsement applicants with fewer than five years of practice must also submit transcripts and experience documentation. By statute, W.S. 33-27-117(b), the Board may waive any examination for a psychologist licensed in a jurisdiction whose requirements equal or exceed Wyoming's; Chapter 5, Section 6(c) separately allows the Board to waive retaking the EPPP for an unlicensed applicant who passed it within the preceding five years. Under W.S. 33-27-117(e) the Board may issue a temporary license to a psychologist licensed in another US state or territory, or a foreign country or province, whose standards equal or exceed Wyoming's; a temporary licensee may practice no more than 30 working days in any year, must report to the Board if practice exceeds 20 working days in a calendar year, and under Chapter 4, Section 3(b) a temporary license is non-renewable and limited to two per applicant. Wyoming is a PSYPACT state: the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact is enacted at W.S. 33-27-201 and 33-27-202, W.S. 33-27-117(f) requires the Board to extend compact practice authority to qualifying psychologists, and W.S. 33-27-117(g) requires those practising under the compact to hold an ASPPB E.Passport and interjurisdictional practice certificate. The Board's website links directly to psypact.gov.

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