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Behavior Analyst License

Ordinary Arizona behavior analyst license, including active, voluntary inactive, disability and retired inactive forms. Inactive status preserves the same license identity under R4-26-401(B)(7); it is not a separate initial professional qualification. Statutory student, faculty and short-term practice exemptions are not separate Board-issued licenses. The telehealth and volunteer registrations are practice authorizations rather than license identities.

Licensing authority: Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners · Application information

Inactive status due to incapacity or disability
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Fee waiver
An initial request to waive renewal fees includes the active renewal fee, returned if the waiver is granted.
Incapacity
Be temporarily or permanently unable to practice due to physical or mental incapacity or disability; the Board determines eligibility and may require verification.
License held
Hold the Arizona behavior analyst license.
Practice
Use the term inactive and do not practice; renew inactive status every two years.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

General reapplication after license expired more than one year
BCBA Certification Examination
Age
Be at least 21 years old.
Application
Submit the Board-prescribed application personally and pay applicable fees; application fees are nonrefundable, subject to statutory fee-waiver eligibility.
Bcba verification
Board staff independently verifies BCBA certification and the BCBA examination result.
Board pathway classification
The Board basics page labels the general application for applicants BCBA-certified on or after January 1, 2015. This is the Board’s implementing classification, not a replacement for statutory qualifications.
Capability
Have physical and mental capability to practice safely and competently.
Conduct
Meet every disciplinary-history, pending-investigation and prior-license requirement in A.R.S. § 32-2091.02(5)-(8); unresolved investigations suspend processing.
Coursework
Complete at least 270 classroom hours of graduate-level instruction consistent with the ABAI verified course sequence in effect when obtained, as required by R4-26-405; this section does not apply to applicants BACB-certified before January 1, 2015.
Education
Have a master’s degree or higher from an accredited institution in a program meeting BACB requirements at graduation; provide official transcripts directly from the institution.
Expired license
The former Arizona license was not reinstated within one year after the birth month of the renewal year; a new application meeting current initial-license or reciprocity requirements is necessary under R4-26-408(I).
Fingerprint clearance
Have applied for an Arizona fingerprint clearance card; submit the card or DPS proof of application under the implementing application instructions.
Lawful presence
Provide the Board citizenship/alien-status form and required government-issued identification documenting lawful presence.
License verifications
Arrange primary-source verification of all professional licenses ever held, regardless of status.
Supervised experience
Complete at least 1,500 actual hours of supervised experience, meeting R4-26-404.2; concentrated hours do not receive a multiplied credit. The section’s applicability exception for individuals certified before January 1, 2015 with at least 1,500 hours is preserved.
Supervisor
When the jurisdiction licensed behavior analysts at the time of trainee service, the supervisor must have been licensed there for the supervision period; satisfy the supervisor, supervision-plan and other R4-26-404.2 requirements.
Reciprocity reapplication after license expired more than one year
BCBA Certification Examination
Age
Be at least 21 years old.
Application
Submit the Board-prescribed application personally and pay applicable fees; application fees are nonrefundable, subject to statutory fee-waiver eligibility.
Bcba verification
Board staff independently verifies BCBA certification and the BCBA examination result.
Board pathway classification
The Board basics page describes APPLICATION BY RECIPROCITY (BCBA Certified Before January 1, 2015). This implementing applicant classification is recorded alongside the statutory regulatory-license eligibility rather than replacing it.
Capability
Have physical and mental capability to practice safely and competently.
Conduct
Meet every disciplinary-history, pending-investigation and prior-license requirement in A.R.S. § 32-2091.02(5)-(8); unresolved investigations suspend processing.
Education
Provide an official graduate-degree transcript and coursework verification meeting the verified course sequence requirements at initial certification under R4-26-403(D).
Expired license
The former Arizona license was not reinstated within one year after the birth month of the renewal year; a new application meeting current initial-license or reciprocity requirements is necessary under R4-26-408(I).
Fingerprint clearance
Have applied for an Arizona fingerprint clearance card; submit the card or DPS proof of application under the implementing application instructions.
Lawful presence
Provide the Board citizenship/alien-status form and required government-issued identification documenting lawful presence.
License verifications
Arrange primary-source verification of all professional licenses ever held, regardless of status.
Qualifying license
A.R.S. § 32-2091.04 requires a current license or certification from another state’s regulatory agency at an equivalent or higher practice level, with substantially equivalent requirements as determined by the Board. The regulatory license/certification is an applicant condition, not another state’s exam leaf.
Standing
Document initial regulatory licensure or certification, current good standing and absence of suspension or revocation; the Board assesses other discipline.
Supervised experience
Verify supervised experience meeting BACB standards at the time of initial certification, using the verification options in R4-26-403(C)(1).
Expired license reinstatement within two months
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Eligibility
An active or inactive license expired for failure to renew; apply within two months after the last day of the birth month in the renewal year.
Practice
Stop practicing on expiration; reinstatement is required before resuming authorized practice.
Renewal materials
Submit the renewal application, fingerprint clearance document, renewal fee and reinstatement fee under R4-26-408(G).

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

General initial licensure
BCBA Certification Examination
Age
Be at least 21 years old.
Application
Submit the Board-prescribed application personally and pay applicable fees; application fees are nonrefundable, subject to statutory fee-waiver eligibility.
Bcba verification
Board staff independently verifies BCBA certification and the BCBA examination result.
Board pathway classification
The Board basics page labels the general application for applicants BCBA-certified on or after January 1, 2015. This is the Board’s implementing classification, not a replacement for statutory qualifications.
Capability
Have physical and mental capability to practice safely and competently.
Conduct
Meet every disciplinary-history, pending-investigation and prior-license requirement in A.R.S. § 32-2091.02(5)-(8); unresolved investigations suspend processing.
Coursework
Complete at least 270 classroom hours of graduate-level instruction consistent with the ABAI verified course sequence in effect when obtained, as required by R4-26-405; this section does not apply to applicants BACB-certified before January 1, 2015.
Education
Have a master’s degree or higher from an accredited institution in a program meeting BACB requirements at graduation; provide official transcripts directly from the institution.
Fingerprint clearance
Have applied for an Arizona fingerprint clearance card; submit the card or DPS proof of application under the implementing application instructions.
Lawful presence
Provide the Board citizenship/alien-status form and required government-issued identification documenting lawful presence.
License verifications
Arrange primary-source verification of all professional licenses ever held, regardless of status.
Supervised experience
Complete at least 1,500 actual hours of supervised experience, meeting R4-26-404.2; concentrated hours do not receive a multiplied credit. The section’s applicability exception for individuals certified before January 1, 2015 with at least 1,500 hours is preserved.
Supervisor
When the jurisdiction licensed behavior analysts at the time of trainee service, the supervisor must have been licensed there for the supervision period; satisfy the supervisor, supervision-plan and other R4-26-404.2 requirements.
Reinstatement from inactive to active status
BCBA Certification Examination
Additional training
Complete any knowledge or skill training required by the Board.
Board review
The Board determines statutory compliance and maintained or updated professional knowledge and capability.
Continuing education
Under R4-26-411, provide evidence of prorated continuing education calculated as 1.25 times the number of whole months on inactive status.
Examination discretion
The Board may require taking or retaking the licensure examination. R4-26-404 identifies BCBA as that examination; the discretion and any ability to proceed without another sitting are conditions.
Inactive license
Hold an inactive Arizona behavior analyst license, including voluntary, disability or retired status, and apply for reinstatement to active status.
Renewal materials
Comply with R4-26-408(C) and (D) and pay the active-license renewal fee if approved.
Licensure by reciprocity
BCBA Certification Examination
Age
Be at least 21 years old.
Application
Submit the Board-prescribed application personally and pay applicable fees; application fees are nonrefundable, subject to statutory fee-waiver eligibility.
Bcba verification
Board staff independently verifies BCBA certification and the BCBA examination result.
Board pathway classification
The Board basics page describes APPLICATION BY RECIPROCITY (BCBA Certified Before January 1, 2015). This implementing applicant classification is recorded alongside the statutory regulatory-license eligibility rather than replacing it.
Capability
Have physical and mental capability to practice safely and competently.
Conduct
Meet every disciplinary-history, pending-investigation and prior-license requirement in A.R.S. § 32-2091.02(5)-(8); unresolved investigations suspend processing.
Education
Provide an official graduate-degree transcript and coursework verification meeting the verified course sequence requirements at initial certification under R4-26-403(D).
Fingerprint clearance
Have applied for an Arizona fingerprint clearance card; submit the card or DPS proof of application under the implementing application instructions.
Lawful presence
Provide the Board citizenship/alien-status form and required government-issued identification documenting lawful presence.
License verifications
Arrange primary-source verification of all professional licenses ever held, regardless of status.
Qualifying license
A.R.S. § 32-2091.04 requires a current license or certification from another state’s regulatory agency at an equivalent or higher practice level, with substantially equivalent requirements as determined by the Board. The regulatory license/certification is an applicant condition, not another state’s exam leaf.
Standing
Document initial regulatory licensure or certification, current good standing and absence of suspension or revocation; the Board assesses other discipline.
Supervised experience
Verify supervised experience meeting BACB standards at the time of initial certification, using the verification options in R4-26-403(C)(1).
Active license renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Complete the R4-26-409 continuing education requirement: at least 30 hours per license period, including at least four ethics hours, with first-period proration and the rule’s documentation and category limits. Active renewals use CE Broker as directed by the Board.
Discipline report
Report other-jurisdiction discipline, restrictions, ethics-committee sanctions and health-institution sanctions under § 32-2091.07(D).
Fee
Pay the applicable renewal fee, except for statutory waivers.
Fingerprint clearance
Submit the required fingerprint clearance documentation.
Lawful presence
Submit updated limited work-authorization evidence if applicable.
Military extension
A.R.S. § 32-4301 preserves qualifying military licenses and provides applicable 180-day extensions on required military documentation; normal renewal obligations apply without late fees during the extension.
Pending renewal
A timely and sufficient renewal preserves the existing license pending final agency determination and the applicable review period under A.R.S. § 41-1092.11(A).
Processing suspension
If the Board suspends processing renewal applications, § 32-3230.02 extends existing licenses through the suspension period and waives renewal fees during that period.
Renewal cycle
Apply by the last day of the birth month every other year: odd license numbers in odd years, even license numbers in even years.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Inactive license renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Discipline report
Report other-jurisdiction discipline, restrictions, ethics-committee sanctions and health-institution sanctions under § 32-2091.07(D).
Fee
Pay the applicable renewal fee, except for statutory waivers.
Fingerprint clearance
Submit the required fingerprint clearance documentation.
Inactive status
Remain on inactive status, including disability or retirement; renew every two years and do not practice. Disability and retirement fee exemptions remain subject to § 32-2091.06(E).
Lawful presence
Submit updated limited work-authorization evidence if applicable.
Military extension
A.R.S. § 32-4301 preserves qualifying military licenses and provides applicable 180-day extensions on required military documentation; normal renewal obligations apply without late fees during the extension.
Pending renewal
A timely and sufficient renewal preserves the existing license pending final agency determination and the applicable review period under A.R.S. § 41-1092.11(A).
Processing suspension
If the Board suspends processing renewal applications, § 32-3230.02 extends existing licenses through the suspension period and waives renewal fees during that period.
Renewal cycle
Apply by the last day of the birth month every other year: odd license numbers in odd years, even license numbers in even years.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Retirement with retained inactive license
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Fee
A retired behavior analyst is exempt from the renewal fee under § 32-2091.06(E).
License held
Hold the Arizona behavior analyst license and retire from practice.
Status
Renew inactive status every two years, use the term inactive, and do not practice. Retirement on retained inactive status is distinguished from letting the license expire.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Universal recognition — military spouse
BCBA Certification Examination
Criminal history
Have no disqualifying criminal history under A.R.S. § 32-4302(A)(9).
Examination timing
The registered BCBA examination is retained as the currently offered examination identified by R4-26-404 and the Board’s all-applicant BCBA requirement; previously obtained certification and any exemption from a new examination sitting remain applicant conditions.
Fee
Pay applicable Board application fees.
Fingerprint clearance
Provide the Arizona fingerprint clearance card or DPS proof of application; § 32-4302(E)(2) preserves this requirement.
Lawful presence
Provide citizenship/alien-status documentation and accepted government-issued identification.
Military spouse
Be married to an active-duty United States armed-forces member and accompany the member on official permanent change of station to an Arizona military installation.
New examination waiver
A.R.S. § 32-4302(A) grants this military-spouse route without an examination; no new sitting is imposed by this survey. The current BCBA reference records the Board’s identified certification examination under the contract’s prior-passed and waiver semantics.
Original qualifications
The original licensing state must verify its required education, work and clinical-supervision qualifications; have previously passed any examination it required. Examinations of another jurisdiction are applicant conditions.
Qualifying license
Hold a current state or territorial behavior analyst license or certification at the same discipline and practice level for at least one year; BCBA certification alone is not the regulatory license.
Standing
Be in good standing and meet A.R.S. § 32-4302(A)(5)-(7) concerning revocation, surrender, discipline and pending complaints; processing waits for unresolved matters.
Verification
Arrange verification of all licenses ever held. The universal-recognition instructions require listing BCBA certification and state that Board staff independently verifies it.
Universal recognition — Arizona resident
BCBA Certification Examination
Criminal history
Have no disqualifying criminal history under A.R.S. § 32-4302(A)(9).
Examination timing
The registered BCBA examination is retained as the currently offered examination identified by R4-26-404 and the Board’s all-applicant BCBA requirement; previously obtained certification and any exemption from a new examination sitting remain applicant conditions.
Fee
Pay applicable Board application fees.
Fingerprint clearance
Provide the Arizona fingerprint clearance card or DPS proof of application; § 32-4302(E)(2) preserves this requirement.
Lawful presence
Provide citizenship/alien-status documentation and accepted government-issued identification.
Original qualifications
The original licensing state must verify its required education, work and clinical-supervision qualifications; have previously passed any examination it required. Examinations of another jurisdiction are applicant conditions.
Qualifying license
Hold a current state or territorial behavior analyst license or certification at the same discipline and practice level for at least one year; BCBA certification alone is not the regulatory license.
Residence
Establish Arizona residence and submit documentary evidence accepted by the Board.
Standing
Be in good standing and meet A.R.S. § 32-4302(A)(5)-(7) concerning revocation, surrender, discipline and pending complaints; processing waits for unresolved matters.
Verification
Arrange verification of all licenses ever held. The universal-recognition instructions require listing BCBA certification and state that Board staff independently verifies it.
Placement on voluntary inactive status
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the prescribed inactive-status application and fee.
License held
Hold the Arizona behavior analyst license.
Practice affirmation
Affirm that no behavior analysis practice will be performed in Arizona while voluntarily inactive.
Renewal
Continue inactive-status renewal obligations under R4-26-410 and § 32-2091.06(F).

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Provisional Behavior Analyst License

Discretionary provisional licensure for an otherwise qualified applicant with an offense, only where A.R.S. § 32-4701(K) permits it. This includes the exclusion for occupations supervising vulnerable adults or children; no unrestricted entitlement to provisional licensure is asserted.

Licensing authority: Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners · Application information

Provisional licensure — general
BCBA Certification Examination
Age
Be at least 21 years old.
Application
Submit the Board-prescribed application personally and pay applicable fees; application fees are nonrefundable, subject to statutory fee-waiver eligibility.
Bcba verification
Board staff independently verifies BCBA certification and the BCBA examination result.
Board pathway classification
The Board basics page labels the general application for applicants BCBA-certified on or after January 1, 2015. This is the Board’s implementing classification, not a replacement for statutory qualifications.
Capability
Have physical and mental capability to practice safely and competently.
Conduct
Meet every disciplinary-history, pending-investigation and prior-license requirement in A.R.S. § 32-2091.02(5)-(8); unresolved investigations suspend processing.
Conviction and discretion
Otherwise satisfy the relevant ordinary-license pathway; § 32-4701(A) permits the Board to issue a regular or provisional license and does not compel provisional issuance.
Coursework
Complete at least 270 classroom hours of graduate-level instruction consistent with the ABAI verified course sequence in effect when obtained, as required by R4-26-405; this section does not apply to applicants BACB-certified before January 1, 2015.
Duration
Valid for a term specified by the licensing authority by rule, not exceeding one year under § 32-4701(B); the statute supplies no automatic conversion or renewal.
Education
Have a master’s degree or higher from an accredited institution in a program meeting BACB requirements at graduation; provide official transcripts directly from the institution.
Exclusions
§ 32-4701(K) excludes its specified violent, sexual, kidnapping and qualifying fiduciary offenses, occupations supervising vulnerable adults or children, offenses committed while performing the occupation or a substantially similar occupation, and repetitive offenders. No applicant within an exclusion qualifies under this route.
Fingerprint clearance
Have applied for an Arizona fingerprint clearance card; submit the card or DPS proof of application under the implementing application instructions.
Lawful presence
Provide the Board citizenship/alien-status form and required government-issued identification documenting lawful presence.
License verifications
Arrange primary-source verification of all professional licenses ever held, regardless of status.
Release
An incarcerated person cannot apply until released.
Revocation
New felony charges, supervision/probation/parole revocation, or a practice-law violation permit revocation; § 32-4701(D) restricts further licensing after such revocation.
Supervised experience
Complete at least 1,500 actual hours of supervised experience, meeting R4-26-404.2; concentrated hours do not receive a multiplied credit. The section’s applicability exception for individuals certified before January 1, 2015 with at least 1,500 hours is preserved.
Supervision and notices
Provide supervision-officer contact information if on community supervision, probation or parole; Board notice obligations apply. Meet any applicable facility-work or home-visit supervision conditions in § 32-4701(G)-(H).
Supervisor
When the jurisdiction licensed behavior analysts at the time of trainee service, the supervisor must have been licensed there for the supervision period; satisfy the supervisor, supervision-plan and other R4-26-404.2 requirements.
Provisional licensure — reciprocity
BCBA Certification Examination
Age
Be at least 21 years old.
Application
Submit the Board-prescribed application personally and pay applicable fees; application fees are nonrefundable, subject to statutory fee-waiver eligibility.
Bcba verification
Board staff independently verifies BCBA certification and the BCBA examination result.
Board pathway classification
The Board basics page describes APPLICATION BY RECIPROCITY (BCBA Certified Before January 1, 2015). This implementing applicant classification is recorded alongside the statutory regulatory-license eligibility rather than replacing it.
Capability
Have physical and mental capability to practice safely and competently.
Conduct
Meet every disciplinary-history, pending-investigation and prior-license requirement in A.R.S. § 32-2091.02(5)-(8); unresolved investigations suspend processing.
Conviction and discretion
Otherwise satisfy the relevant ordinary-license pathway; § 32-4701(A) permits the Board to issue a regular or provisional license and does not compel provisional issuance.
Duration
Valid for a term specified by the licensing authority by rule, not exceeding one year under § 32-4701(B); the statute supplies no automatic conversion or renewal.
Education
Provide an official graduate-degree transcript and coursework verification meeting the verified course sequence requirements at initial certification under R4-26-403(D).
Exclusions
§ 32-4701(K) excludes its specified violent, sexual, kidnapping and qualifying fiduciary offenses, occupations supervising vulnerable adults or children, offenses committed while performing the occupation or a substantially similar occupation, and repetitive offenders. No applicant within an exclusion qualifies under this route.
Fingerprint clearance
Have applied for an Arizona fingerprint clearance card; submit the card or DPS proof of application under the implementing application instructions.
Lawful presence
Provide the Board citizenship/alien-status form and required government-issued identification documenting lawful presence.
License verifications
Arrange primary-source verification of all professional licenses ever held, regardless of status.
Qualifying license
A.R.S. § 32-2091.04 requires a current license or certification from another state’s regulatory agency at an equivalent or higher practice level, with substantially equivalent requirements as determined by the Board. The regulatory license/certification is an applicant condition, not another state’s exam leaf.
Release
An incarcerated person cannot apply until released.
Revocation
New felony charges, supervision/probation/parole revocation, or a practice-law violation permit revocation; § 32-4701(D) restricts further licensing after such revocation.
Standing
Document initial regulatory licensure or certification, current good standing and absence of suspension or revocation; the Board assesses other discipline.
Supervised experience
Verify supervised experience meeting BACB standards at the time of initial certification, using the verification options in R4-26-403(C)(1).
Supervision and notices
Provide supervision-officer contact information if on community supervision, probation or parole; Board notice obligations apply. Meet any applicable facility-work or home-visit supervision conditions in § 32-4701(G)-(H).
Provisional licensure — universal military spouse
BCBA Certification Examination
Conviction and discretion
Otherwise satisfy the relevant ordinary-license pathway; § 32-4701(A) permits the Board to issue a regular or provisional license and does not compel provisional issuance.
Criminal history
Have no disqualifying criminal history under A.R.S. § 32-4302(A)(9).
Duration
Valid for a term specified by the licensing authority by rule, not exceeding one year under § 32-4701(B); the statute supplies no automatic conversion or renewal.
Examination timing
The registered BCBA examination is retained as the currently offered examination identified by R4-26-404 and the Board’s all-applicant BCBA requirement; previously obtained certification and any exemption from a new examination sitting remain applicant conditions.
Exclusions
§ 32-4701(K) excludes its specified violent, sexual, kidnapping and qualifying fiduciary offenses, occupations supervising vulnerable adults or children, offenses committed while performing the occupation or a substantially similar occupation, and repetitive offenders. No applicant within an exclusion qualifies under this route.
Fee
Pay applicable Board application fees.
Fingerprint clearance
Provide the Arizona fingerprint clearance card or DPS proof of application; § 32-4302(E)(2) preserves this requirement.
Lawful presence
Provide citizenship/alien-status documentation and accepted government-issued identification.
Military spouse
Be married to an active-duty United States armed-forces member and accompany the member on official permanent change of station to an Arizona military installation.
New examination waiver
A.R.S. § 32-4302(A) grants this military-spouse route without an examination; no new sitting is imposed by this survey. The current BCBA reference records the Board’s identified certification examination under the contract’s prior-passed and waiver semantics.
Original qualifications
The original licensing state must verify its required education, work and clinical-supervision qualifications; have previously passed any examination it required. Examinations of another jurisdiction are applicant conditions.
Qualifying license
Hold a current state or territorial behavior analyst license or certification at the same discipline and practice level for at least one year; BCBA certification alone is not the regulatory license.
Release
An incarcerated person cannot apply until released.
Revocation
New felony charges, supervision/probation/parole revocation, or a practice-law violation permit revocation; § 32-4701(D) restricts further licensing after such revocation.
Standing
Be in good standing and meet A.R.S. § 32-4302(A)(5)-(7) concerning revocation, surrender, discipline and pending complaints; processing waits for unresolved matters.
Supervision and notices
Provide supervision-officer contact information if on community supervision, probation or parole; Board notice obligations apply. Meet any applicable facility-work or home-visit supervision conditions in § 32-4701(G)-(H).
Verification
Arrange verification of all licenses ever held. The universal-recognition instructions require listing BCBA certification and state that Board staff independently verifies it.
Provisional licensure — universal resident
BCBA Certification Examination
Conviction and discretion
Otherwise satisfy the relevant ordinary-license pathway; § 32-4701(A) permits the Board to issue a regular or provisional license and does not compel provisional issuance.
Criminal history
Have no disqualifying criminal history under A.R.S. § 32-4302(A)(9).
Duration
Valid for a term specified by the licensing authority by rule, not exceeding one year under § 32-4701(B); the statute supplies no automatic conversion or renewal.
Examination timing
The registered BCBA examination is retained as the currently offered examination identified by R4-26-404 and the Board’s all-applicant BCBA requirement; previously obtained certification and any exemption from a new examination sitting remain applicant conditions.
Exclusions
§ 32-4701(K) excludes its specified violent, sexual, kidnapping and qualifying fiduciary offenses, occupations supervising vulnerable adults or children, offenses committed while performing the occupation or a substantially similar occupation, and repetitive offenders. No applicant within an exclusion qualifies under this route.
Fee
Pay applicable Board application fees.
Fingerprint clearance
Provide the Arizona fingerprint clearance card or DPS proof of application; § 32-4302(E)(2) preserves this requirement.
Lawful presence
Provide citizenship/alien-status documentation and accepted government-issued identification.
Original qualifications
The original licensing state must verify its required education, work and clinical-supervision qualifications; have previously passed any examination it required. Examinations of another jurisdiction are applicant conditions.
Qualifying license
Hold a current state or territorial behavior analyst license or certification at the same discipline and practice level for at least one year; BCBA certification alone is not the regulatory license.
Release
An incarcerated person cannot apply until released.
Residence
Establish Arizona residence and submit documentary evidence accepted by the Board.
Revocation
New felony charges, supervision/probation/parole revocation, or a practice-law violation permit revocation; § 32-4701(D) restricts further licensing after such revocation.
Standing
Be in good standing and meet A.R.S. § 32-4302(A)(5)-(7) concerning revocation, surrender, discipline and pending complaints; processing waits for unresolved matters.
Supervision and notices
Provide supervision-officer contact information if on community supervision, probation or parole; Board notice obligations apply. Meet any applicable facility-work or home-visit supervision conditions in § 32-4701(G)-(H).
Verification
Arrange verification of all licenses ever held. The universal-recognition instructions require listing BCBA certification and state that Board staff independently verifies it.

Temporary Behavior Analyst License

Temporary licensure under A.R.S. § 32-2091.06, and the separate short-term statutory pathway under A.R.S. § 32-3124 to the extent consistent with profession-specific temporary-license authority.

Licensing authority: Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners · Application information

Temporary license pending additional examination
BCBA Certification Examination
Additional examination
The Board may issue this license if it requires an additional examination. A.R.S. § 32-2091.06(A) does not name that additional examination; this unidentified slot is a condition, not an invented examination identity.
Age
Be at least 21 years old.
Application
Submit the Board-prescribed application personally and pay applicable fees; application fees are nonrefundable, subject to statutory fee-waiver eligibility.
Bcba verification
Board staff independently verifies BCBA certification and the BCBA examination result.
Capability
Have physical and mental capability to practice safely and competently.
Conduct
Meet every disciplinary-history, pending-investigation and prior-license requirement in A.R.S. § 32-2091.02(5)-(8); unresolved investigations suspend processing.
Duration
Effective on application approval until the last day of the month when results of the additional examination are received; not extendable, renewable or reissuable, and denial of the license application terminates it.
Fingerprint clearance
Have applied for an Arizona fingerprint clearance card; submit the card or DPS proof of application under the implementing application instructions.
Initial qualifications
Meet the educational, experience and first examination requirements of Article 4, including the identified BCBA examination.
Lawful presence
Provide the Board citizenship/alien-status form and required government-issued identification documenting lawful presence.
License verifications
Arrange primary-source verification of all professional licenses ever held, regardless of status.
Other regulatory license
Be licensed or certified as a behavior analyst under another jurisdiction’s laws and apply to the Arizona Board for licensure.
Short term temporary licensure under A.R.S. § 32 3124
BCBA Certification Examination
Disciplinary history
Never have had a health-profession license revoked or suspended; have no unresolved complaint.
Duration
Expires at the earlier of 30 days after grant or approval/denial of the full-license application; may not be renewed, and no more than two such licenses may issue to one applicant in 12 months.
Fees
Pay applicable fees.
License held
Hold an active and unrestricted health-profession license from a United States state, territory or possession.
Qualification affidavit
Submit a notarized affidavit attesting compliance with the respective licensing chapter; BCBA remains the Article 4 examination qualification.
Statutory compatibility
A.R.S. § 32-3124(I) applies only to the extent it does not conflict with the Board’s existing temporary-license statutory authority. The Board’s web page describes expired emergency authorizations; it is not substituted for the current short-term statute.
Verification
Provide every jurisdiction in which a license is or was held for Board verification and immediately report relevant changed circumstances.

BCBA Certification Examination

Provider
Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB); delivered by Pearson VUE in person at authorized Pearson VUE testing sites
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice examination, continuously available and offered only in English; each question has 4 possible answers and only 1 correct answer; all questions are equally weighted and the result is based on overall performance
Exam questions
185 multiple-choice questions: 175 scored and 10 unscored
Time limit
4 hours
Passing score
Pass/fail; criterion-referenced passing score established by the modified Angoff method
Exam fee
$245 certification application (BACB) plus $125 examination appointment (Pearson VUE); $140 examination retake application
Examination outline
  • A. Behaviorism and Philosophical Foundations (8 of 175 scored questions) (5%)
    • A.1. Identify the goals of behavior analysis as a science (i.e., description, prediction, control).
    • A.2. Explain the philosophical assumptions underlying the science of behavior analysis (e.g., selectionism, determinism, empiricism, parsimony, pragmatism).
    • A.3. Explain behavior from the perspective of radical behaviorism.
    • A.4. Distinguish among behaviorism, the experimental analysis of behavior, applied behavior analysis, and professional practice guided by the science of behavior analysis.
    • A.5. Identify and describe dimensions of applied behavior analysis.
  • B. Concepts and Principles (24 of 175 scored questions) (14%)
    • B.1. Identify and distinguish among behavior, response, and response class.
    • B.2. Identify and distinguish between stimulus and stimulus class.
    • B.3. Identify and distinguish between respondent and operant conditioning.
    • B.4. Identify and distinguish between positive and negative reinforcement contingencies.
    • B.5. Identify and distinguish between positive and negative punishment contingencies.
    • B.6. Identify and distinguish between automatic and socially mediated contingencies.
    • B.7. Identify and distinguish among unconditioned, conditioned, and generalized reinforcers.
    • B.8. Identify and distinguish among unconditioned, conditioned, and generalized punishers.
    • B.9. Identify and distinguish among simple schedules of reinforcement.
    • B.10. Identify and distinguish among concurrent, multiple, mixed, and chained schedules of reinforcement.
    • B.11. Identify and distinguish between operant and respondent extinction as operations and processes.
    • B.12. Identify examples of stimulus control.
    • B.13. Identify examples of stimulus discrimination.
    • B.14. Identify and distinguish between stimulus and response generalization.
    • B.15. Identify examples of response maintenance.
    • B.16. Identify examples of motivating operations.
    • B.17. Distinguish between motivating operations and stimulus control.
    • B.18. Identify and distinguish between rule-governed and contingency-shaped behavior.
    • B.19. Identify and distinguish among verbal operants.
    • B.20. Identify the role of multiple control in verbal behavior.
    • B.21. Identify examples of processes that promote emergent relations and generative performance.
    • B.22. Identify ways behavioral momentum can be used to understand response persistence.
    • B.23. Identify ways the matching law can be used to interpret response allocation.
    • B.24. Identify and distinguish between imitation and observational learning.
  • C. Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation (21 of 175 scored questions) (12%)
    • C.1. Create operational definitions of behavior.
    • C.2. Distinguish among direct, indirect, and product measures of behavior.
    • C.3. Measure occurrence.
    • C.4. Measure temporal dimensions of behavior (e.g., duration, latency, interresponse time).
    • C.5. Distinguish between continuous and discontinuous measurement procedures.
    • C.6. Design and apply discontinuous measurement procedures (e.g., interval recording, time sampling).
    • C.7. Measure efficiency (e.g., trials to criterion, cost-benefit analysis, training duration).
    • C.8. Evaluate the validity and reliability of measurement procedures.
    • C.9. Select a measurement procedure to obtain representative data that accounts for the critical dimension of the behavior and environmental constraints.
    • C.10. Graph data to communicate relevant quantitative relations (e.g., equal-interval graphs, bar graphs, cumulative records).
    • C.11. Interpret graphed data.
    • C.12. Select a measurement procedure to obtain representative procedural integrity data that accounts for relevant dimensions (e.g., accuracy, dosage) and environmental constraints.
  • D. Experimental Design (13 of 175 scored questions) (7%)
    • D.1. Distinguish between dependent and independent variables.
    • D.2. Distinguish between internal and external validity.
    • D.3. Identify threats to internal validity (e.g., history, maturation).
    • D.4. Identify the defining features of single-case experimental designs (e.g., individuals serve as their own controls, repeated measures, prediction, verification, replication).
    • D.5. Identify the relative strengths of single-case experimental designs and group designs.
    • D.6. Critique and interpret data from single-case experimental designs.
    • D.7. Distinguish among reversal, multiple-baseline, multielement, and changing-criterion designs.
    • D.8. Identify rationales for conducting comparative, component, and parametric analyses.
    • D.9. Apply single-case experimental designs.
  • E. Ethical and Professional Issues (22 of 175 scored questions) (13%)
    • E.1. Identify and apply core principles underlying the ethics codes for BACB certificants (e.g., benefit others; treat others with compassion, dignity, and respect; behave with integrity).
    • E.2. Identify the risks to oneself, others, and the profession as a result of engaging in unethical behavior.
    • E.3. Develop and maintain competence by engaging in professional development activities (e.g., read literature, seek consultation, establish mentors).
    • E.4. Identify and comply with requirements for collecting, using, protecting, and disclosing confidential information.
    • E.5. Identify and comply with requirements for making public statements about professional activities (e.g., social media activity; misrepresentation of professional credentials, behavior analysis, and service outcomes).
    • E.6. Identify the conditions under which services or supervision should be discontinued and apply steps that should be taken when transitioning clients and supervisees to another professional.
    • E.7. Identify types of and risks associated with multiple relationships, and how to mitigate those risks when they are unavoidable.
    • E.8. Identify and apply interpersonal and other skills (e.g., accepting feedback, listening actively, seeking input, collaborating) to establish and maintain professional relationships.
    • E.9. Engage in cultural humility in service delivery and professional relationships.
    • E.10. Apply culturally responsive and inclusive service and supervision activities.
    • E.11. Identify personal biases and how they might interfere with professional activity.
    • E.12. Identify and apply the legal, regulatory, and practice requirements (e.g., licensure, jurisprudence, funding, certification) relevant to the delivery of behavior-analytic services.
  • F. Behavior Assessment (23 of 175 scored questions) (13%)
    • F.1. Identify relevant sources of information in records (e.g., educational, medical, historical) at the outset of the case.
    • F.2. Identify and integrate relevant cultural variables in the assessment process.
    • F.3. Design and evaluate assessments of relevant skill strengths and areas of need.
    • F.4. Design and evaluate preference assessments.
    • F.5. Design and evaluate descriptive assessments.
    • F.6. Design and evaluate functional analyses.
    • F.7. Interpret assessment data to determine the need for behavior-analytic services and/or referral to others.
    • F.8. Interpret assessment data to identify and prioritize socially significant, client-informed, and culturally responsive behavior-change procedures and goals.
  • G. Behavior-Change Procedures (25 of 175 scored questions) (14%)
    • G.1. Design and evaluate positive and negative reinforcement procedures.
    • G.2. Design and evaluate differential reinforcement (e.g., DRA, DRO, DRL, DRH) procedures with and without extinction.
    • G.3. Design and evaluate time-based reinforcement (e.g., fixed-time) schedules.
    • G.4. Identify procedures to establish and use conditioned reinforcers (e.g., token economies).
    • G.5. Incorporate motivating operations and discriminative stimuli into behavior-change procedures.
    • G.6. Design and evaluate procedures to produce simple and conditional discriminations.
    • G.7. Select and evaluate stimulus and response prompting procedures (e.g., errorless, most-to-least, least-to-most).
    • G.8. Design and implement procedures to fade stimulus and response prompts (e.g., prompt delay, stimulus fading).
    • G.9. Design and evaluate modeling procedures.
    • G.10. Design and evaluate instructions and rules.
    • G.11. Shape dimensions of behavior.
    • G.12. Select and implement chaining procedures.
    • G.13. Design and evaluate trial-based and free-operant procedures.
    • G.14. Design and evaluate group contingencies.
    • G.15. Design and evaluate procedures to promote stimulus and response generalization.
    • G.16. Design and evaluate procedures to maintain desired behavior change following intervention (e.g., schedule thinning, transferring to naturally occurring reinforcers).
    • G.17. Design and evaluate positive and negative punishment (e.g., time-out, response cost, overcorrection).
    • G.18. Evaluate emotional and elicited effects of behavior-change procedures.
    • G.19. Design and evaluate procedures to promote emergent relations and generative performance.
  • H. Selecting and Implementing Interventions (20 of 175 scored questions) (11%)
    • H.1. Develop intervention goals in observable and measurable terms.
    • H.2. Identify and recommend interventions based on assessment results, scientific evidence, client preferences, and contextual fit (e.g., expertise required for implementation, cultural variables, environmental resources).
    • H.3. Select socially valid alternative behavior to be established or increased when a target behavior is to be decreased.
    • H.4. Plan for and attempt to mitigate possible unwanted effects when using reinforcement, extinction, and punishment procedures.
    • H.5. Plan for and attempt to mitigate possible relapse of the target behavior.
    • H.6. Make data-based decisions about procedural integrity.
    • H.7. Make data-based decisions about the effectiveness of the intervention and the need for modification.
    • H.8. Collaborate with others to support and enhance client services.
  • I. Personnel Supervision and Management (19 of 175 scored questions) (11%)
    • I.1. Identify the benefits of using behavior-analytic supervision (e.g., improved client outcomes, improved staff performance and retention).
    • I.2. Identify and apply strategies for establishing effective supervisory relationships (e.g., executing supervisor-supervisee contracts, establishing clear expectations, giving and accepting feedback).
    • I.3. Identify and implement methods that promote equity in supervision practices.
    • I.4. Select supervision goals based on an assessment of the supervisee’s skills, cultural variables, and the environment.
    • I.5. Identify and apply empirically validated and culturally responsive performance management procedures (e.g., modeling, practice, feedback, reinforcement, task clarification, manipulation of response effort).
    • I.6. Apply a function-based approach (e.g., performance diagnostics) to assess and improve supervisee behavior.
    • I.7. Make data-based decisions about the efficacy of supervisory practices.
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