The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 490
PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES

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F.S. 490.005

490.005 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 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.

(c) 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.

(d) 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:

(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 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.

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Amendments to 490.005

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 490.005

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 490.005.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

ESTATE OF ROTELL, L. ROTELL, L. a L. v. KUEHNLE, d b a a, 38 So. 3d 783 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . . § 490.005(l)(b), Fla. Stat. (1998). . . .

AGUILERA, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY,, 743 So. 2d 1153 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Board of Psychology (“the board”) for licensure by examination and provisional licensure pursuant to §§ 490.005 . . .

T. GRIER, v. STATE, AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY,, 704 So. 2d 1072 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . whether appellant received a “doctoral-level psychological education” within the meaning of sections 490.005 . . . were supported by competent substantial evidence, the Board properly construed and applied sections 490.005 . . . Alternatively, section 490.005(l)(b)3. requires proof that the applicant has “[r]eeeived and submitted . . . He ruled that the Board is authorized by section 490.005(l)(b)3. . . . The Board properly rejected the ALJ’s construction of section 490.005(l)(b)3. . . .

ABRAMSON, v. FLORIDA PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, SEIDMAN, v. FLORIDA PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION,, 634 So. 2d 610 (Fla. 1994)

. . . revoke our review as improvidently granted and let stand the decision of the district court. .Section 490.005 . . . , Florida Statutes (1989), provides in part: 490.005 Licensure by examination— (1) Any person desiring . . .

ABRAMSON v. FLORIDA PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 610 So. 2d 447 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . licensure examination in 1982 on the grounds that she did not meet the educational requirements of section 490.005 . . . not have the authority to enter into an agreement contrary to the statutory requirements of section 490.005 . . . that the appellants here did not meet the educational requirements plainly set forth below in section 490.005 . . . circumstances of this case, where it is apparent that the plain educational requirements of section 490.005 . . .

ABRAMSON, v. GONZALEZ,, 949 F.2d 1567 (11th Cir. 1992)

. . . . § 490.005. . . . Fla.Stat. § 490.005(l)(b) 1., 2. . . . Fla.Stat. § 490.005(l)(b) 2., 3. . . . Florida Statutes sections 490.005 and 490.006 spell out the requirements for licensure, vesting little . . .

K. MOOREHEAD M. v. DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINERS,, 550 So. 2d 521 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . Ph.D. in psychology was not “comparable to” the programs of Florida’s state universities pursuant to § 490.005 . . .

FIERCE, v. AALL INSURANCE INCORPORATED,, 531 So. 2d 84 (Fla. 1988)

. . . Stat. (1987); (5) physical therapy, § 486.031(3)(a), Fla.Stat. (1987); (6) psychology, § 490.005(l)(b . . .

W. SULMAN, v. D. SULMAN,, 510 So. 2d 908 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . Sections 490.002, 490.003, and 490.005, Florida Statutes (1986). . . .

K. MOOREHEAD, v. DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINERS,, 503 So. 2d 1318 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . of Psychological Examiners for certification to take the licensure examination pursuant to section 490.005 . . . The Board adopted rule 21U-11.06 to implement section 490.005, and essentially codified the criteria . . . The hearing officer bottomed that latter conclusion based on the Board’s interpreting section 490.005 . . . Instead, the rule is valid as being “within the range” of permissible interpretations of section 490.005 . . . Since the Board and the hearing officer were acting under an erroneous interpretation of section 490.005 . . .