Oklahoma § 59-1935 - Application for license - Qualifications - Educational

§ 59-1935. Application for license - Qualifications - Educational

requirements.

A. Applications for a license to practice as a licensed

behavioral practitioner shall be made to the State Board of

Behavioral Health Licensure in writing. Such applications shall be

on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Board. The application

shall be accompanied by the fee required by the Licensed Behavioral

Practitioner Act, which shall be retained by the Board and not

returned to the applicant.

B. Each applicant for a license to practice as a licensed

behavioral practitioner shall:

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1. Pass an examination based on standards promulgated by the

Board pursuant to the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act;

2. Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

3. Not have engaged in, nor be engaged in, any practice or

conduct which would be grounds for denying, revoking, or suspending

a license pursuant to the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act; and

4. Otherwise comply with the rules promulgated by the Board

pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner

Act.

C. In addition to the qualifications specified by the

provisions of subsection B of this section, an applicant for a

license to practice as a licensed behavioral practitioner shall

have:

1. Successfully completed at least forty-five (45) graduate

semester hours (sixty (60) graduate quarter hours) of behavioralscience-related course work. These forty-five (45) hours shall

include at least a master's degree from a program in psychology.

All course work and degrees shall be earned from a regionally

accredited college or university. The Board shall define what

course work qualifies as "behavioral-science-related";

2. On or after January 1, 2008, successfully completed at least

sixty (60) graduate semester hours (ninety (90) graduate quarter

hours) of behavioral-science-related course work. These sixty (60)

hours shall include at least a master's degree from a program in

psychology. All courses shall be earned from a regionally

accredited college or university.

The Board shall define what course work qualifies as

"behavioral-science-related"; and

3. Three (3) years of supervised full-time experience in

professional behavioral health services subject to the supervision

of a licensed mental health professional pursuant to conditions

established by the Board. One (1) or two (2) years of experience

may be gained at the rate of one (1) year for each thirty (30)

graduate semester hours earned beyond the master's degree, provided

that such hours are clearly related to the field of psychology or

behavioral sciences and are acceptable to the Board. The applicant

shall have no less than one (1) year of supervised full-time

experience in behavioral science.

D. Applicants with degrees from schools outside the United

States may qualify with Board approval by providing the Board with

an acceptable comprehensive evaluation of the degree performed by a

foreign credential evaluation service that is acceptable to the

Board, and any other requirement the Board deems necessary.

Added by Laws 1999, c. 133, § 6, emerg. eff. April 28, 1999.

Amended by Laws 2004, c. 523, § 15, emerg. eff. June 9, 2004; Laws

2007, c. 133, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2013, c. 229, § 29, eff.

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Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 367, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2019,

c. 363, § 66, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.