1. (1) To obtain a Class 6 specialist license with a school psychologist endorsement an applicant must provide verification of one of the following:

   1. (a) current credentials as a nationally certified school psychologist (NCSP) from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP); or
   2. (b) completion of a specialist level degree from a NASP accredited school psychologist program which included a 1200-hour internship, of which 600 hours were in a P-12 school setting; or

   3. (c) for those applicants who did not earn at least a specialist level school psychology degree from a NASP accredited program:

      1. (i) a master's degree or higher in school psychology or a related field from an institutionally accredited college or university; and
      2. (ii) recommendation from an approved specialist program defined in ARM 10.57.102, which included an internship in a P-12 school setting of 600 hours.

Authorizing statute(s): Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-4-102, MCA

Implementing statute(s): Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-4-106, 20-4-108, MCA

History: NEW, 2002 MAR p. 3309, Eff. 11/28/02; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 345, Eff. 3/27/09; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2930, Eff. 7/1/15; AMD, 2022 MAR p. 799, Eff. 5/28/22; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 1189, Eff. 7/1/24.