Consumer Information Disclosures: Does the Health Psychology

Consumer Information Disclosures:

Does the Health Psychology PhD (Clinical Health & Pediatric School concentrations) at ECU meet educational

requirements for licensure in different states within the USA?

The Clinical Health concentration of the Health Psychology PhD program is APA-accredited as a Clinical Psychology program, and

the Pediatric School concentration of the Health Psychology PhD program is APA-accredited as a School Psychology program.

Most state licensure boards accept APA-accredited programs as meeting their core educational requirements* for licensure.

To the best of our knowledge, and at last check (June 25, 2020), only the following states do not automatically accept APA-

accreditation: CA, NY, OK, WV, and WI. In reviewing the specifics of these states, we determined that we meet educational

requirements for OK and WI, and do not meet educational requirements for CA and NY. WV may have a psychology license

restricted to clinical or counseling psychology only (unclear if a PHD in school psychology is accepted). However, the Clinical

Health concentration would meet educational requirements in WV.

*NOTE: Educational requirements are only one part of a state’s licensure requirements. Every state differs in requirements

for hours of required predoctoral and postdoctoral supervised practice, written and/or oral examinations, specific one-

time trainings, criminal background checks, etc. Please check with specific state boards to learn their full requirements for

licensure.

Specific educational requirements for CA and NY follow:

California accepts accredited programs like ECU's APA-accredited program for core educational requirements; but California

also requires additional specific coursework or continuing education training prior to licensure. Specifically, CA licensure

requires 10 hours of training in human sexuality, 7 hours in child abuse assessment, 15 hours in spousal/partner abuse, detection

and intervention strategies, 10 hours in aging and long-term care, and 1 semester or 1 quarter term course in

alcoholism/chemical dependency detection and treatment. Students wishing to become licensed in California are advised to

work with their ECU program coordinator to tailor their electives to meet these additional training requirements to the extent

possible.

New York requires coursework of at least 3 graduate semester hours or 5 graduate quarter hours in each of the following 7

substantive content areas: biological basis of behavior; cognitive-affective basis of behavior; social basis of behavior; individual

differences; psychometrics; history and systems of psychology; and research design, methodology, and statistics.

(http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/psych/part52-10.htm). ECU's program is aligned with the most up-to-date standards of APA

accreditation, which does not require coverage of these 7 areas in separate courses. ECU does require 3-semester hour courses

in all these areas except psychometrics, which is integrated into other courses. New York does not specify that they accept APA

accreditation without additional course review. Therefore, students intending to apply for licensure in New York are advised to

work with ECU’s program coordinator to take a separate course in Psychometrics so as to meet New York's requirements.

Contact Information for Psychology Licensure Boards:

States/Territories

ECU’s Health Psychology curriculum

A) Meets Educational Requirements for

Licensure/Certification in this state

B) Does Not Meet Requirements for

Licensure/Certification in this state

C) Has not yet made a determination

State's Professional Licensure Board's Website URL

Alabama (AL)

Meets

http://psychology.alabama.gov/

Alaska (AK)

Meets

https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/B

oardofPsychologists.aspx

Arizona (AZ)

Meets

https://psychboard.az.gov/verification-license

Arkansas (AR)

Meets

https://www.ark.org/abep/index.html

California (CA)

Does Not Meet

https://www.psychology.ca.gov/

Colorado (CO)

Meets

https://dpo.colorado.gov/Psychology

Connecticut (CT)

Meets

https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Practitioner-Licensing--

Investigations/Psychology/Psychologist-Licensure

Delaware (DE)

Meets

https://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/psychology/

Florida (FL)

Meets

https://floridaspsychology.gov/

Georgia (GA)

Meets

https://sos.ga.gov/index.php/licensing/plb/43

Hawaii (HI)

Meets

http://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/psychology/

Idaho (ID)

Meets

https://ibol.idaho.gov/IBOL/BoardPage.aspx?Bureau=PSY

Illinois (IL)

Meets

https://www.idfpr.com/DPR.asp

Indiana (IN)

Meets

https://www.in.gov/pla/psych.htm

Iowa (IA)

Meets

https://idph.iowa.gov/Licensure/Iowa-Board-of-Psychology

Kansas (KS)

Meets

https://ksbsrb.ks.gov/

Kentucky (KY)

Meets

http://psy.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Louisiana (LA)

Meets

http://www.lsbep.org/

Maine (ME)

Meets

https://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/psycho

logists/index.html

Maryland (MD)

Meets

https://health.maryland.gov/bswe/Pages/default.aspx

Massachusetts (MA)

Meets

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-registration-of-

psychologists%E2%80%A8

Michigan (MI)

Meets

https://www.michigan.gov/statelicensesearch/0,4671,7-180-24786-

81526--,00.html

Minnesota (MN)

Meets

https://mn.gov/boards/psychology/

Mississippi (MS)

Meets

https://www.psychologyboard.ms.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Missouri (MO)

Meets

https://pr.mo.gov/psychologists.asp

Montana (MT)

Meets

http://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/psy

Nebraska (NE)

Meets

http://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Pages/Psychology.aspx

Nevada (NV)

Meets

http://psyexam.nv.gov/

New Hampshire (NH)

Meets

http://www.nhpsychology.org/

New Jersey (NJ)

Meets

https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/psy/Pages/default.aspx

New Mexico (NM)

Meets

http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Psychologist_Examiners.aspx

New York (NY)

Does Not Meet

http://www.op.nysed.gov/

North Carolina (NC)

Meets

http://www.ncpsychologyboard.org/

North Dakota (ND)

Meets

http://www.ndsbpe.org/index.html

Ohio (OH)

Meets

http://psychology.ohio.gov/

Oklahoma (OK)

Meets

https://www.ok.gov/psychology/

Oregon (OR)

Meets

http://www.oregon.gov/OBPE/pages/index.aspx

Pennsylvania (PA)

Meets

https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/Pages/default.aspx

Rhode Island (RI)

Meets

https://health.ri.gov/licenses/detail.php?id=241

South Carolina (SC)

Meets

https://llr.sc.gov/sw/

South Dakota (SD)

Meets

https://dss.sd.gov/licensingboards/psych/psych.aspx

Tennessee (TN)

Meets

http://www.tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/health-professional-

boards/psychology-board.html

Texas (TX)

Meets

https://www.tsbep.texas.gov/

Utah (UT)

Meets

https://dopl.utah.gov/psych/

Vermont (VT)

Meets

https://www.sec.state.vt.us/professional-regulation/list-of-

professions/psychological-examiners.aspx

Virginia (VA)

Meets

https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Psychology/

Washington (WA)

Meets

https://www.doh.wa.gov/LicensesPermitsandCertificates/Professions

NewReneworUpdate/Psychologist/BoardInformation

West Virginia (WV)

Meets for Clinical Health;

Not yet determined for Pediatric School.

https://psychbd.wv.gov/

Wisconsin (WI)

Meets

https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Professions/Psychologist/Default.aspx

Wyoming (WY)

Meets

https://mentalhealth.wyo.gov/home

District of Columbia (DC)

Meets

https://dchealth.dc.gov/service/psychology-licensing

American Samoa (AS)