154B.6 - REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE.
154B.6 REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE.
1. Except as provided in this section, an applicant for licensure
as a psychologist shall meet the following requirements in addition
to those specified in chapter 147:
a. Except as provided in this section, after July 1, 1985, a
new applicant for licensure as a psychologist shall possess a
doctoral degree in psychology from an institution approved by the
board and shall have completed at least one year of supervised
professional experience under the supervision of a licensed
psychologist.
b. Have passed an examination administered by the board to
assure the applicant's professional competence. The examination of
any of its divisions may be given by the board at any time after the
applicant has met the degree requirements of this section.
c. Have not failed the examination required in paragraph
"b" within sixty days preceding the date of the subsequent
examination.
2. The examinations required in this section may, at the
discretion of the board, be waived for holders by examination of
licenses or certificates from states whose requirements are
substantially equivalent to those of this chapter, and for holders by
examination of specialty diplomas from the American board of
professional psychology. Section History: Early Form
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 154B.6] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1122, § 1; 2006 Acts, ch 1184, §96; 2007 Acts, ch 22,
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