SECTION 86:21-13-1. Graduate degree requirements

(a)   Pursuant to the Act, all applicants shall possess at least a masters degree from a program in psychology from a regionally accredited college or university.

(b)   The program must be intended to prepare a scientist-practitioner in the field of psychology at the masters level and meet all the following criteria:

(1)   The masters program must be clearly identified as a psychology program. Such a program must specify in a pertinent institutional catalogue, its intent to educate and train students in the field of psychology at the masters level;

(2)   The pertinent institutional catalogue must state the structure and content of the curriculum of the program; and

(3)   The program must have faculty who hold graduate degrees in psychology or closely related fields.

(c)   The academic requirements set forth in the Act must be completed before a person applies for licensure.

[Source: Transferred from 310:403-13-1 by Laws 2013, c. 229, § 3(F), eff 11-1-13 (see Editor’s Note at beginning of this Chapter)]