N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8, § 72.1 – Professional study of psychology. | Midpage
§ 72.1
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8, § 72.1
Professional study of psychology.
Education Department
(a) To meet the professional education requirement for admission to the licensing examination, the applicant shall present evidence of a doctoral degree in psychology awarded upon completion of a doctoral program in psychology registered by the department and designated as licensure qualifying, or determined by the department to be the substantial equivalent in design, scope, content and resources to a New York State-registered program that is licensure qualifying as defined in subdivision (b) of this section.
(b) To be determined the equivalent of a New York State-registered and licensure qualifying doctoral program in psychology, a program shall be:
(1) offered by an institution accredited by an accrediting organization acceptable to the department or recognized by the appropriate civil authorities of the jurisdiction in which the school is located as an acceptable doctoral program in psychology;
(2) designed and conducted by the degree-granting institution to prepare graduates to practice professional psychology independently; and
(3) demonstrated to be substantially equivalent to the requirements for the registration of a licensure qualifying doctoral program in psychology pursuant to Part 52 of this Title. Such program shall consist of at least three years of full-time study, or the part-time equivalent thereof, including at least 30 semester hours of coursework obtained at the doctoral degree- granting institution.