N.J. Admin. Code § 13:42-2.3 - Equivalent training

(a) An applicant for licensure based on equivalent training shall submit evidence to the Board that the applicant has all of the following equivalent training:

1. An earned doctorate based upon a dissertation which is clearly psychological in nature from a regionally and/or nationally accredited educational institution or one which is recognized by the New Jersey State Department of Higher Education and by the Board; or, if the dissertation is not clearly psychological in nature, authorship of work in a refereed scholarly publication which work the Board deems to be clearly psychological in nature and equivalent to a dissertation; and

2. Extensive experience, subsequent to receipt of the earned doctorate and for at least the five years immediately preceding application, in the field of applied psychology. The applicant's work in the field of applied psychology must be generally accepted by the local and/or regional psychological community as meeting the standards of professional psychological practice and contributing substantially to that community; and

3. Substantial formal post-doctoral study in a training program accredited by a bona fide accrediting body acceptable to the Board.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:42-2.3