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:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Have not failed the examination required in subsection 2 within the six months next preceding the date of the examination.
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.
Any person who within one year after July 1, 1975, meets the requirements specified in subsection 1 shall receive licensure without having passed the examination required in subsection 2 if application for licensure is filed with the board of psychology examiners before July 1, 1977. Any person holding a certificate as a psychologist from the board of examiners of the Iowa psychological association on July 1, 1977, who applies for certification before July 1, 1975, shall receive certification.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 154B.6]
84 Acts, ch 1122, § 1
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