PURPOSE: This rule outlines and standardizes the procedures followed by the committee in receiving and considering information relative to an applicant’s qualifications for licensure by examination.

1. (1) Applications for licensure must be made on forms provided by the State Committee of FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Psychologists and include the following:

1. (A) Appropriate fee as defined in 20 CSR 2235-1.020;
2. (B) Official transcript received directly from an issuing institution verifying that the applicant is a graduate of a recognized educational institution with a doctoral degree in psychology as defined in section 337.025, RSMo, unless applicant previously submitted for a provisional or temporary license issued by the committee;
3. (C) A post-degree supervision plan submitted by the primary supervisor on the form provided by the State Committee of Psychologists, unless applicant previously submitted for a provisional license issued by the committee;
4. (D) An attestation of post-degree supervision submitted by the primary supervisor on the form provided by the State Committee of Psychologists;
5. (E) Submission of references on forms provided by the committee by three (3) mental health professionals other than post-doctoral supervisors who have known the applicant a minimum of two (2) years. The references cannot be from classmates; and
6. (F) Proof of submission of fingerprints to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s approved vendor for both a Missouri State Highway Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigations

1. (FBI) fingerprint background check. Any fees due for fingerprinting background checks shall be paid by the applicant unless applicant previously submitted for a provisional license issued by the committee.
2. (2) An application will not be considered as officially submitted unless it is typed or printed legibly, signed, notarized, and includes the application fee. The application fee must be in the form of a cashier’s check, personal check, or money order.

AUTHORITY: sections 337.020.1 and 337.050.9, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 235-1.030. Emergency rule filed Jan. 22, 1982, effective Feb. 1, 1982, expired June 1, 1982. Original rule filed Jan. 22, 1982, effective May 13, 1982. Amended: Filed Oct. 4, 1988, effective Dec. 29, 1988. Amended: Filed June 6, 1989, effective Sept. 11, 1989. Amended: Filed July 30, 1991, effective Feb. 6, 1992. Amended: Filed July 26, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. Moved to 20 CSR 2235-1.030, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Rescinded and readopted: Filed June 5, 2013, effective Jan. 30, 2014.

*Original authority: 337.020.1, RSMo 1977, amended 1981, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 337.050.9, RSMo 1977, amended 1981, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999.