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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 490.005490.005 Licensure by examination.—(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a psychologist shall apply to the department to take the licensure examination. The department shall license each applicant whom the board certifies has met all of the following requirements:(a) Completed the application form and remitted a nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $500 and an examination fee set by the board sufficient to cover the actual per applicant cost to the department for development, purchase, and administration of the examination, but not to exceed $500. (b) Submitted to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135. (c) Submitted proof satisfactory to the board that the applicant has received:1. A doctoral degree from an American Psychological Association accredited program; or 2. The equivalent of a doctoral degree from an American Psychological Association accredited program from a school or university located outside the United States of America which was officially recognized by the government of the country in which it is located as an institution or program to train students to practice professional psychology. The applicant has the burden of establishing that this requirement has been met. (d) Had at least 2 years or 4,000 hours of experience in the field of psychology in association with or under the supervision of a licensed psychologist meeting the academic and experience requirements of this chapter or the equivalent as determined by the board. The experience requirement may be met by work performed on or off the premises of the supervising psychologist if the off-premises work is not the independent, private practice rendering of psychological services that does not have a psychologist as a member of the group actually rendering psychological services on the premises. (e) Passed the examination. However, an applicant who has obtained a passing score, as established by the board by rule, on the psychology licensure examination designated by the board as the national licensure examination need only pass the Florida law and rules portion of the examination. (2) Any person desiring to be licensed as a school psychologist shall apply to the department to take the licensure examination. The department shall license each applicant who the department certifies has met all of the following requirements:(a) Satisfactorily completed the application form and submitted a nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $250 and an examination fee sufficient to cover the per applicant cost to the department for development, purchase, and administration of the examination, but not to exceed $250 as set by department rule. (b) Submitted to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135. (c) Submitted satisfactory proof to the department that the applicant:1. Has received a doctorate, specialist, or equivalent degree from a program primarily psychological in nature and has completed 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of graduate study, in areas related to school psychology as defined by rule of the department, from a college or university which at the time the applicant was enrolled and graduated was accredited by an accrediting agency recognized and approved by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or its successor organization or from an institution that is a member in good standing with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. 2. Has had a minimum of 3 years of experience in school psychology, 2 years of which must be supervised by an individual who is a licensed school psychologist or who has otherwise qualified as a school psychologist supervisor, by education and experience, as set forth by rule of the department. A doctoral internship may be applied toward the supervision requirement. 3. Has passed an examination provided by the department. (3)(a) The board shall close the application file of any applicant who fails to pass the psychology licensure examination and the Florida law and rules portion of the examination or who fails to submit evidence of completion of the postdoctoral, supervised experience within a timeframe no longer than 24 months. (b) The board shall implement a procedure by which an applicant may apply for an extension beyond the required timeframe. (c) An individual who completes the required postdoctoral training residency may continue to practice under supervision if she or he does so in a manner prescribed by the board by rule, has a current application on file, and no final order of denial has been issued. (4) A person licensed as a psychologist in another state who is practicing pursuant to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact under s. 490.0075, and only within the scope provided therein, is exempt from the licensure requirements of this section. History.—ss. 1, 3, ch. 81-235; ss. 1, 3, ch. 83-265; s. 91, ch. 83-329; ss. 4, 18, 19, ch. 87-252; s. 36, ch. 88-205; s. 36, ch. 88-392; ss. 3, 12, 13, ch. 89-70; s. 10, ch. 90-192; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 109, ch. 92-149; s. 30, ch. 94-310; s. 5, ch. 95-279; s. 3, ch. 97-198; s. 195, ch. 97-264; s. 302, ch. 98-166; s. 162, ch. 99-397; s. 1, ch. 2008-125; s. 41, ch. 2020-133; s. 20, ch. 2022-71; s. 5, ch. 2023-140; s. 34, ch. 2024-243.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 490.005
Total Results: 10
949 F.2d 1567, 21 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1021, 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 14, 1992 WL 8
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 3, 1992 | Docket: 642868
Cited 55 times | Published
supervision of a licensed psychologist. Fla.Stat. § 490.005. An approved doctoral program is one accredited
531 So. 2d 84, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 435, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 831, 1988 WL 97201
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 14, 1988 | Docket: 2527053
Cited 40 times | Published
031(3)(a), Fla. Stat. (1987);
(6) psychology, § 490.005(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (1987);
(7) clinical counselling
38 So. 3d 783, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 7735, 2010 WL 2178581
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 2, 2010 | Docket: 2409449
Cited 8 times | Published
of a doctoral-level psychological education. § 490.005(l)(b), Fla. Stat. (1998).
634 So. 2d 610, 1994 WL 92086
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 24, 1994 | Docket: 1472588
Cited 4 times | Published
entered into the settlement agreement.
[6] Section 490.005, Florida Statutes (1989), provides in part:
550 So. 2d 521, 1989 WL 120481
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 13, 1989 | Docket: 1718628
Cited 2 times | Published
programs of Florida's state universities pursuant to § 490.005(1), Fla. Stat. (1983). See Moorehead v. Department
503 So. 2d 1318, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 713
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 5, 1987 | Docket: 1452709
Cited 2 times | Published
take the licensure examination pursuant to section 490.005(1), Florida Statutes (1983).[1]
The Board
704 So. 2d 1072, 1997 WL 783111
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 23, 1997 | Docket: 1706096
Published
APA.
STATUTES AND RULES
The 1995 version of section 490.005(1)(b) requires proof that the applicant "[r]eceived
610 So. 2d 447, 1992 WL 160193
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 11, 1993 | Docket: 1414146
Published
did not meet the educational requirements of section 490.005(1)(b), Florida Statutes (1981).[3] Seidman
503 So. 2d 1318, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 713, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 12005
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 5, 1987 | Docket: 64625855
Published
take the licensure examination pursuant to section 490.005(1), Florida Statutes (1983).1
The Board adopted
462 So. 2d 118, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 211, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 11919
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 18, 1985 | Docket: 64609269
Published
United States Department of Education (DOE). § 490.-005(2)(c)(2), Fla.Stat. (1981). In 1982, the legislature
