1. (a) An applicant for licensure as a school psychologist at the doctoral level shall:

   1. (1) Be certified in good standing as a school psychologist by the New Hampshire DOE bureau of credentialing;
   2. (2) Have a doctoral level degree from an American Psychological Association (APA) or Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) approved program;
   3. (3) Have taken and passed the New Hampshire state board of education approved standardized examination for school psychologists licensure;
   4. (4) Be of good professional character as determined by the yes or no questions on the application described in Psyc 305.02(a)(1) and as described in Psyc 303.01;
   5. (5) Have completed an internship as described in Psyc 305.03(b)(3); and
   6. (6) Have paid the licensing fee as described in Plc 1002.43.

2. (b) Educational requirements for licensure for a school psychologist at the doctorate level shall include:

   1. (1) A doctoral-level credential in school psychology, based on a minimum of 4 years of full-time study at the graduate level, inclusive of structured field experience described in Psyc 305.04(b)(1);
   2. (2) At least 90 graduate semester hours or the equivalent, with at least 78 hours exclusive of credit for the supervised doctoral internship experience and any terminal doctoral project; and
   3. (3) A supervised internship experience, with a minimum of 1,200 clock hours for doctoral-level interns, including a minimum of a 600 hour internship completed in a school setting.

3. (c) Documents required to be submitted in addition to the application for licensure shall be:

   1. (1) A copy of the school psychologist certification issued by the DOE;
   2. (2) Official transcripts sent directly to the OPLC from the educational institute issuing the doctor level degree; and
   3. (3) Passing PRAXIS School Psychologists Exam scores sent directly to the OPLC by the testing company.

Source. #14232, eff 6-2-25