20 CSR 2235-2.065 - Licensure by Endorsement of Written EPPP Examination Score

PURPOSE: This rule outlines procedures for receiving and considering the applicants' Examination for the Professional Practice in Psychology score(s) taken previously in another state or jurisdiction.

(1) Any applicant who has taken the Examination for the Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) and who wishes to apply for licensure by endorsement of score shall submit to the committee the following:

(A) The nonrefundable application fee;

(B) The completed application, including all documents, supporting material and official transcripts required by the committee; and

(C) The EPPP test scores sent directly from the Licensed Psychologists Data Source, a service of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB).

(2) Passing Scores on Examination.

(A) October 19, 1979, to March 31, 1995, an applicant will be deemed to have passed the 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 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.

(E) An applicant must meet all other current requirements for licensure in this state at the time the application was received.

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20 CSR 2235-2.065

AUTHORITY: sections 337.020 and 337.050.9, RSMo 2000.* This rule was originally filed as 4 CSR 235-1.035. This rule previously filed as 4 CSR 235-2.065. Original rule filed Oct. 4, 1988, effective Dec. 29, 1988. Amended: 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. Moved to 20 CSR 2235-2.065, effective Aug. 28, 2006. 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.