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Assistant Behavior Analyst

License to practice behavior analysis under qualified supervision. R156-61a-705 identifies the applicable national exam; this rule does not establish a separate Utah behavior-analysis examination. R156-1-305(1) enumerates inactive license classifications without either behavior-analysis classification. The health care practitioner classifications in 58-81-102(2), read with R156-81, do not include either behavior-analysis classification.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Board · Application information

Licensure by current certification
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the Division application, the required fee, identity information, and supporting documentation for qualifying-questionnaire disclosures.
Certification
Document current certification in good standing as a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst by BACB, or an equivalence determined by Division rule in consultation with the Board.
Exam Timing
R156-61a-705 identifies the examination for applicants for this license. Current certification may satisfy qualifications without a new sitting; applicant-specific equivalence is a condition.
Licensure by education, supervised experience, and examination
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the Division application, the required fee, identity information, and supporting documentation for qualifying-questionnaire disclosures.
Board Page Discrepancy
DOPL Exam Information, Assistant Behavior Analyst tab states: "Assistant Behavior Analyst Board Certified Behavior Analyst Examination (BCBA): This exam is developed by BACB.". R156-61a-705(2) identifies the Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst Examination; the rule controls the leaf.
Education
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and the required behavior-analysis core coursework.
Experience
At least 1,000 hours of experiential behavior-analysis training within five years with a qualified supervisor.
Score
R156-61a-705(3) states a passing score of 76%; this records Utah applicant instructions and does not revise the frozen BACB examination.
Supervision
Experiential training must satisfy R156-61a-702, including qualified supervision, a supervision contract, and documented supervisory sessions at least every two weeks covering no less than 5% of supervised hours.
Licensure by endorsement: competency evaluation and licensed practice
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Pay the application fee and provide satisfactory evidence of identity, qualifications, and professional good standing; prior or pending discipline or reasonable doubt about qualification may lead to refusal under 58-1-302(4)-(5).
Competency
The Division finds education, credentialing examination, experience, and skills demonstrate competency.
Division Discretion
Under R156-1-302(4), the Division may require one or more examinations required for licensure in this profession; this discretionary demand mounts BCaBA.
Experience
At least one year of experience practicing under the other license.
Implementation Discrepancy
The DOPL application, form version 20201104, asks endorsement applicants for active licensure in good standing for at least one year from a designated equivalent jurisdiction. Current 58-1-302 and R156-1-302 control; the rule states the other license need not currently be active when the required licensed-practice experience is met.
License
Licensure in another United States or foreign jurisdiction.
Licensure by endorsement: substantially similar licensure requirements
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Pay the application fee and provide satisfactory evidence of identity, qualifications, and professional good standing; prior or pending discipline or reasonable doubt about qualification may lead to refusal under 58-1-302(4)-(5).
Division Discretion
Under R156-1-302(4), the Division may require one or more examinations required for licensure in this profession; this discretionary demand mounts BCaBA.
Equivalency
The Division determines that requirements when the other license was issued were substantially similar to current Utah requirements.
Implementation Discrepancy
The DOPL application, form version 20201104, asks endorsement applicants for active licensure in good standing for at least one year from a designated equivalent jurisdiction. Current 58-1-302 and R156-1-302 control; the rule states the other license need not currently be active when the required licensed-practice experience is met.
License
Previously licensed in another United States or foreign jurisdiction.
Licensure by endorsement: individual evaluation of otherwise insufficient qualifications
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Pay the application fee and provide satisfactory evidence of identity, qualifications, and professional good standing; prior or pending discipline or reasonable doubt about qualification may lead to refusal under 58-1-302(4)-(5).
Division Discretion
Under R156-1-302(4), the Division may require one or more examinations required for licensure in this profession; this discretionary demand mounts BCaBA.
Equivalency
The Division may evaluate substantial similarity of education, credentialing examination, or experience, including whether additional education or experience would establish similarity.
Implementation Discrepancy
The DOPL application, form version 20201104, asks endorsement applicants for active licensure in good standing for at least one year from a designated equivalent jurisdiction. Current 58-1-302 and R156-1-302 control; the rule states the other license need not currently be active when the required licensed-practice experience is met.
Prior License
Is or has been licensed in another jurisdiction but does not satisfy section 58-1-302(2) or (3).
Licensure by endorsement: similar scope and at least one year of licensed practice
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Pay the application fee and provide satisfactory evidence of identity, qualifications, and professional good standing; prior or pending discipline or reasonable doubt about qualification may lead to refusal under 58-1-302(4)-(5).
Division Discretion
Under R156-1-302(4), the Division may require one or more examinations required for licensure in this profession; this discretionary demand mounts BCaBA.
Experience
At least one year of experience practicing under that license.
Implementation Discrepancy
The DOPL application, form version 20201104, asks endorsement applicants for active licensure in good standing for at least one year from a designated equivalent jurisdiction. Current 58-1-302 and R156-1-302 control; the rule states the other license need not currently be active when the required licensed-practice experience is met.
License
A license issued by a United States state, district, or territory with a similar scope of practice; good standing in the issuing jurisdiction.
Licensure by endorsement: equivalent education and experience without prior licensure
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Pay the application fee and provide satisfactory evidence of identity, qualifications, and professional good standing; prior or pending discipline or reasonable doubt about qualification may lead to refusal under 58-1-302(4)-(5).
Division Discretion
Under R156-1-302(4), the Division may require one or more examinations required for licensure in this profession; this discretionary demand mounts BCaBA.
Equivalency
Education or relevant experience obtained in a United States or foreign jurisdiction; education, credentialing examination, and experience substantially similar to current Utah requirements.
Implementation Discrepancy
The DOPL application, form version 20201104, asks endorsement applicants for active licensure in good standing for at least one year from a designated equivalent jurisdiction. Current 58-1-302 and R156-1-302 control; the rule states the other license need not currently be active when the required licensed-practice experience is met.
Prior License
Never licensed in a United States or foreign jurisdiction.
Initial licensure with veteran or service member education and training credit
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the Division application, the required fee, identity information, and supporting documentation for qualifying-questionnaire disclosures.
Board Page Discrepancy
DOPL Exam Information, Assistant Behavior Analyst tab states: "Assistant Behavior Analyst Board Certified Behavior Analyst Examination (BCBA): This exam is developed by BACB.". R156-61a-705(2) identifies the Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst Examination; the rule controls the leaf.
Education
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and the required behavior-analysis core coursework.
Experience
At least 1,000 hours of experiential behavior-analysis training within five years with a qualified supervisor.
Military Credit
The Division shall credit relevant skills, experience, credentials, training, or education obtained in the armed forces as determined substantially equivalent under 58-1-313.
Score
R156-61a-705(3) states a passing score of 76%; this records Utah applicant instructions and does not revise the frozen BACB examination.
Supervision
Experiential training must satisfy R156-61a-702, including qualified supervision, a supervision contract, and documented supervisory sessions at least every two weeks covering no less than 5% of supervised hours.
Military extension and renewal after qualifying deployment or activation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Documentation
Supply activation or deployment orders and official discharge orders.
Qualifications
Meet renewal requirements except continuing education or training; renewal is without cost.
Service
A deployed service member or qualifying National Guard or reserve member with a license expiring during service; regular annual training, in-state active orders, and orders not requiring relocation outside Utah are excluded.
Window
License extends for 90 days after discharge or the last deployment date; request renewal within 90 days after termination of the orders.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reinstatement within 30 days after expiration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Fees
Renewal fee plus late fee.
Renewal Qualifications
Submit the completed Division renewal form demonstrating compliance with renewal requirements and conditions.
Window
Application within 30 days after expiration while previously active and in good standing.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reinstatement from 31 days through two years after expiration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Fees
Renewal fee plus reinstatement fee.
Renewal Qualifications
Submit the completed Division renewal form demonstrating compliance with renewal requirements and conditions.
Window
Application 31 days through two years after expiration while previously active and in good standing.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reinstatement after suspension term or expiration in restricted, suspended, or probationary status
BCaBA Certification Examination
Order
A disciplinary order may otherwise provide; normally submit initial-licensure supporting documents demonstrating current qualifications and compliance with reinstatement conditions, pay renewal and reinstatement fees and outstanding fines, and demonstrate competence.
Prior License
Suspension term completed or license expired while restricted, suspended, or probationary.
Reinstatement after two years without continuous licensed practice
BCaBA Certification Examination
Qualifications
Meet current initial-licensure qualifications and submit a new application with supporting documentation and new-applicant fee.
Window
More than two years after expiration; not continuously active under the conditions in 58-1-308(6)(b).
Reinstatement following continuous federal employment or licensed practice outside Utah
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the reinstatement application, renewal and reinstatement fees, and documentation of compliance with renewal qualifications.
Exam Waiver
58-1-308(6)(b) expressly permits reinstatement without taking an examination.
Practice
Continuously active since expiration in full-time United States government employment or licensed practice in another United States state or territory.
Window
Apply within six months after reestablishing Utah domicile or terminating full-time government service.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Relicensure following surrender while not in good standing
BCaBA Certification Examination
Prior License
License surrendered while active but not in good standing, as evidenced by the surrender agreement.
Qualifications
Meet current initial-licensure qualifications, comply with reinstatement conditions, submit complete supporting documents, pay the new-applicant fee and outstanding fines, and demonstrate competence.
Relicensure following revocation
BCaBA Certification Examination
Prior License
License revoked.
Qualifications
Meet current initial-licensure qualifications, comply with reinstatement conditions, submit complete supporting documents, pay the new-applicant fee, and demonstrate current competence.
Relicensure following surrender while active and in good standing
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Prior License
License surrendered while active and in good standing.
Renewal
R156-1-308k(1) refers to R156-1-308a through 308l. Renewal-based reinstatement applies within two years, or after continuous qualifying practice under 58-1-308(6)(b). Beyond two years without qualifying practice, the separately recorded initial-qualification reinstatement route applies.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Biennial renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit a completed renewal application, the renewal fee, and documentation or certification of renewal qualifications and required disclosures.
Certification
R156-61a-704 and R156-1-308c govern renewal; the Assistant Behavior Analyst renewal form version 20240618 has no populated profession-specific renewal-requirements box. The shared Behavioral Analyst Renewal page lists current BCBA certification; this is recorded as the page instruction rather than a requirement to take the BCBA examination.
Current License
Renew the existing Utah license on the September 30 biennial renewal date in even years.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Conditional Assistant Behavior Analyst License

Interim non-adverse conditional issuance, renewal, or reinstatement pending an audit, investigation, or inspection under R156-1-308f.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Board · Application information

Conditional initial issuance pending audit, investigation, or inspection
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Initial application selected for audit, under investigation, or pending inspection.
Term
Completion of audit, investigation, or inspection is indicated as expiration instead of a fixed date; Division decides unconditional issuance or denial afterward.
Underlying
Underlying initial-licensure qualifications and exam set apply; Division may issue conditionally.
Conditional renewal or renewal based reinstatement pending audit, investigation, or inspection
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Renewal or renewal-based reinstatement selected for audit, under investigation, or pending inspection.
Term
Interim conditional issue remains pending completion of the audit, investigation, or inspection; it is not an adverse action.
Underlying
Meet underlying renewal qualifications; for reinstatement requiring current initial qualifications, use the separately recorded ordinary-license reinstatement examination route.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Restricted or Probationary Assistant Behavior Analyst License

Restricted or probationary form of this license under 58-1-304; restrictions and supervision protect public health, safety, and welfare.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Board · Application information

Restricted or probationary initial licensure
BCaBA Certification Examination
Qualification
Appears to meet licensure qualifications but has conduct bearing upon qualifications.
Restrictions
Division requires observation in monitored or supervised practice or other reasonable restrictions or conditions.
Underlying
Current initial-licensure examination set applies; certification or equivalence may avoid a new sitting.
Petition for reinstatement during restriction, suspension, or probation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Order
Reinstatement during the term follows the disciplinary order; unless otherwise specified the licensee may petition at reasonable intervals.
Petition
The petition seeks modification of the disciplinary order and is not an application for licensure.
Requirements
Case-specific disciplinary-order conditions remain applicant conditions, not an identifiable new examination.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Restricted or probationary renewal or renewal based reinstatement
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Qualification
Appears to meet renewal or reinstatement qualifications but conduct requires monitored practice or restrictions.
Review
Issuance constitutes partial denial subject to agency review.
Underlying
Meet renewal requirements; reinstatement more than two years after expiration without qualifying continuous practice instead requires current initial qualifications, carried by the ordinary-license route.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary Assistant Behavior Analyst License

Temporary form authorized by Utah Code 58-1-303, including examination-pending, temporary teaching or assistance, and emergency, shortage, or observation pathways.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Board · Application information

Temporary licensure pending the next available examination
BCaBA Certification Examination
Examination
Take the next available BCaBA examination. The temporary license expires automatically on release of official results if the applicant fails.
Limits
No more than three consecutive examination-pending temporary licenses within three years after the first.
Qualifications
Meet all license requirements except passing the examination; the Division may issue the temporary license.
Temporary licensure for emergency or unusual circumstances
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Division Finding
Division and appropriate Board find temporary licensure necessary or justified by: Local or national emergency or governmental action jeopardizing public health, safety, or welfare.
Prior License
Licensed in another state that had requirements equal to or greater than Utah requirements when that license was obtained.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary licensure for monitored or supervised observation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Division Finding
Division and appropriate Board find temporary licensure necessary or justified by: Need to observe monitored or supervised practice before deciding regular licensure.
Prior License
Licensed in another state that had requirements equal to or greater than Utah requirements when that license was obtained.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary licensure for a shortage of necessary services
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Division Finding
Division and appropriate Board find temporary licensure necessary or justified by: Lack of necessary services in a Utah community or area materially jeopardizing public health, safety, or welfare.
Prior License
Licensed in another state that had requirements equal to or greater than Utah requirements when that license was obtained.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary telemedicine licensure while endorsement is pending
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Complete an endorsement application; the Division cannot process it within 15 days.
Endorsement
Any discretionary examination needed for the later ordinary-license endorsement is carried by the corresponding endorsement route, not a new examination for this temporary authorization.
Fees
No fee beyond the endorsement fee.
Prior License
Nonresident health care license in good standing.
Scope
Provide only telemedicine services authorized by the nonresident license to a patient in Utah, consistent with state law.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary licensure to teach or assist a Utah licensee
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Prior License
Licensed in another state or country.
Purpose
In Utah temporarily to teach or assist a Utah resident licensed in this occupation or profession.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Behavior Analyst

License to practice behavior analysis. R156-61a-705 identifies the applicable national exam; this rule does not establish a separate Utah behavior-analysis examination. R156-1-305(1) enumerates inactive license classifications without either behavior-analysis classification. The health care practitioner classifications in 58-81-102(2), read with R156-81, do not include either behavior-analysis classification.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Board · Application information

Licensure by current certification
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the Division application, the required fee, identity information, and supporting documentation for qualifying-questionnaire disclosures.
Certification
Document current certification in good standing as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst by BACB, or an equivalence determined by Division rule in consultation with the Board.
Exam Timing
R156-61a-705 identifies the examination for applicants for this license. Current certification may satisfy qualifications without a new sitting; applicant-specific equivalence is a condition.
Licensure by education, supervised experience, and examination
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the Division application, the required fee, identity information, and supporting documentation for qualifying-questionnaire disclosures.
Education
Master's or doctoral degree in applied behavior analysis, or an equivalent degree under R156-61a-705a including BACB-approved and verified behavior-analysis coursework.
Experience
At least 1,500 hours of experiential behavior-analysis training within five years with a qualified supervisor.
Score
R156-61a-705(3) states a passing score of 76%; this records Utah applicant instructions and does not revise the frozen BACB examination.
Supervision
Experiential training must satisfy R156-61a-702, including qualified supervision, a supervision contract, and documented supervisory sessions at least every two weeks covering no less than 5% of supervised hours.
Licensure by endorsement: competency evaluation and licensed practice
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Pay the application fee and provide satisfactory evidence of identity, qualifications, and professional good standing; prior or pending discipline or reasonable doubt about qualification may lead to refusal under 58-1-302(4)-(5).
Competency
The Division finds education, credentialing examination, experience, and skills demonstrate competency.
Division Discretion
Under R156-1-302(4), the Division may require one or more examinations required for licensure in this profession; this discretionary demand mounts BCBA.
Experience
At least one year of experience practicing under the other license.
Implementation Discrepancy
The DOPL application, form version 20201104, asks endorsement applicants for active licensure in good standing for at least one year from a designated equivalent jurisdiction. Current 58-1-302 and R156-1-302 control; the rule states the other license need not currently be active when the required licensed-practice experience is met.
License
Licensure in another United States or foreign jurisdiction.
Licensure by endorsement: substantially similar licensure requirements
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Pay the application fee and provide satisfactory evidence of identity, qualifications, and professional good standing; prior or pending discipline or reasonable doubt about qualification may lead to refusal under 58-1-302(4)-(5).
Division Discretion
Under R156-1-302(4), the Division may require one or more examinations required for licensure in this profession; this discretionary demand mounts BCBA.
Equivalency
The Division determines that requirements when the other license was issued were substantially similar to current Utah requirements.
Implementation Discrepancy
The DOPL application, form version 20201104, asks endorsement applicants for active licensure in good standing for at least one year from a designated equivalent jurisdiction. Current 58-1-302 and R156-1-302 control; the rule states the other license need not currently be active when the required licensed-practice experience is met.
License
Previously licensed in another United States or foreign jurisdiction.
Licensure by endorsement: individual evaluation of otherwise insufficient qualifications
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Pay the application fee and provide satisfactory evidence of identity, qualifications, and professional good standing; prior or pending discipline or reasonable doubt about qualification may lead to refusal under 58-1-302(4)-(5).
Division Discretion
Under R156-1-302(4), the Division may require one or more examinations required for licensure in this profession; this discretionary demand mounts BCBA.
Equivalency
The Division may evaluate substantial similarity of education, credentialing examination, or experience, including whether additional education or experience would establish similarity.
Implementation Discrepancy
The DOPL application, form version 20201104, asks endorsement applicants for active licensure in good standing for at least one year from a designated equivalent jurisdiction. Current 58-1-302 and R156-1-302 control; the rule states the other license need not currently be active when the required licensed-practice experience is met.
Prior License
Is or has been licensed in another jurisdiction but does not satisfy section 58-1-302(2) or (3).
Licensure by endorsement: similar scope and at least one year of licensed practice
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Pay the application fee and provide satisfactory evidence of identity, qualifications, and professional good standing; prior or pending discipline or reasonable doubt about qualification may lead to refusal under 58-1-302(4)-(5).
Division Discretion
Under R156-1-302(4), the Division may require one or more examinations required for licensure in this profession; this discretionary demand mounts BCBA.
Experience
At least one year of experience practicing under that license.
Implementation Discrepancy
The DOPL application, form version 20201104, asks endorsement applicants for active licensure in good standing for at least one year from a designated equivalent jurisdiction. Current 58-1-302 and R156-1-302 control; the rule states the other license need not currently be active when the required licensed-practice experience is met.
License
A license issued by a United States state, district, or territory with a similar scope of practice; good standing in the issuing jurisdiction.
Licensure by endorsement: equivalent education and experience without prior licensure
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Pay the application fee and provide satisfactory evidence of identity, qualifications, and professional good standing; prior or pending discipline or reasonable doubt about qualification may lead to refusal under 58-1-302(4)-(5).
Division Discretion
Under R156-1-302(4), the Division may require one or more examinations required for licensure in this profession; this discretionary demand mounts BCBA.
Equivalency
Education or relevant experience obtained in a United States or foreign jurisdiction; education, credentialing examination, and experience substantially similar to current Utah requirements.
Implementation Discrepancy
The DOPL application, form version 20201104, asks endorsement applicants for active licensure in good standing for at least one year from a designated equivalent jurisdiction. Current 58-1-302 and R156-1-302 control; the rule states the other license need not currently be active when the required licensed-practice experience is met.
Prior License
Never licensed in a United States or foreign jurisdiction.
Initial licensure with veteran or service member education and training credit
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the Division application, the required fee, identity information, and supporting documentation for qualifying-questionnaire disclosures.
Education
Master's or doctoral degree in applied behavior analysis, or an equivalent degree under R156-61a-705a including BACB-approved and verified behavior-analysis coursework.
Experience
At least 1,500 hours of experiential behavior-analysis training within five years with a qualified supervisor.
Military Credit
The Division shall credit relevant skills, experience, credentials, training, or education obtained in the armed forces as determined substantially equivalent under 58-1-313.
Score
R156-61a-705(3) states a passing score of 76%; this records Utah applicant instructions and does not revise the frozen BACB examination.
Supervision
Experiential training must satisfy R156-61a-702, including qualified supervision, a supervision contract, and documented supervisory sessions at least every two weeks covering no less than 5% of supervised hours.
Military extension and renewal after qualifying deployment or activation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Documentation
Supply activation or deployment orders and official discharge orders.
Qualifications
Meet renewal requirements except continuing education or training; renewal is without cost.
Service
A deployed service member or qualifying National Guard or reserve member with a license expiring during service; regular annual training, in-state active orders, and orders not requiring relocation outside Utah are excluded.
Window
License extends for 90 days after discharge or the last deployment date; request renewal within 90 days after termination of the orders.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reinstatement within 30 days after expiration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Fees
Renewal fee plus late fee.
Renewal Qualifications
Submit the completed Division renewal form demonstrating compliance with renewal requirements and conditions.
Window
Application within 30 days after expiration while previously active and in good standing.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reinstatement from 31 days through two years after expiration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Fees
Renewal fee plus reinstatement fee.
Renewal Qualifications
Submit the completed Division renewal form demonstrating compliance with renewal requirements and conditions.
Window
Application 31 days through two years after expiration while previously active and in good standing.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reinstatement after suspension term or expiration in restricted, suspended, or probationary status
BCBA Certification Examination
Order
A disciplinary order may otherwise provide; normally submit initial-licensure supporting documents demonstrating current qualifications and compliance with reinstatement conditions, pay renewal and reinstatement fees and outstanding fines, and demonstrate competence.
Prior License
Suspension term completed or license expired while restricted, suspended, or probationary.
Reinstatement after two years without continuous licensed practice
BCBA Certification Examination
Qualifications
Meet current initial-licensure qualifications and submit a new application with supporting documentation and new-applicant fee.
Window
More than two years after expiration; not continuously active under the conditions in 58-1-308(6)(b).
Reinstatement following continuous federal employment or licensed practice outside Utah
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the reinstatement application, renewal and reinstatement fees, and documentation of compliance with renewal qualifications.
Exam Waiver
58-1-308(6)(b) expressly permits reinstatement without taking an examination.
Practice
Continuously active since expiration in full-time United States government employment or licensed practice in another United States state or territory.
Window
Apply within six months after reestablishing Utah domicile or terminating full-time government service.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Relicensure following surrender while not in good standing
BCBA Certification Examination
Prior License
License surrendered while active but not in good standing, as evidenced by the surrender agreement.
Qualifications
Meet current initial-licensure qualifications, comply with reinstatement conditions, submit complete supporting documents, pay the new-applicant fee and outstanding fines, and demonstrate competence.
Relicensure following revocation
BCBA Certification Examination
Prior License
License revoked.
Qualifications
Meet current initial-licensure qualifications, comply with reinstatement conditions, submit complete supporting documents, pay the new-applicant fee, and demonstrate current competence.
Relicensure following surrender while active and in good standing
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Prior License
License surrendered while active and in good standing.
Renewal
R156-1-308k(1) refers to R156-1-308a through 308l. Renewal-based reinstatement applies within two years, or after continuous qualifying practice under 58-1-308(6)(b). Beyond two years without qualifying practice, the separately recorded initial-qualification reinstatement route applies.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Biennial renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit a completed renewal application, the renewal fee, and documentation or certification of renewal qualifications and required disclosures.
Certification
DOPL Behavioral Analyst Renewal lists current BCBA certification as a renewal requirement.
Current License
Renew the existing Utah license on the September 30 biennial renewal date in even years.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Conditional Behavior Analyst License

Interim non-adverse conditional issuance, renewal, or reinstatement pending an audit, investigation, or inspection under R156-1-308f.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Board · Application information

Conditional initial issuance pending audit, investigation, or inspection
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Initial application selected for audit, under investigation, or pending inspection.
Term
Completion of audit, investigation, or inspection is indicated as expiration instead of a fixed date; Division decides unconditional issuance or denial afterward.
Underlying
Underlying initial-licensure qualifications and exam set apply; Division may issue conditionally.
Conditional renewal or renewal based reinstatement pending audit, investigation, or inspection
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Renewal or renewal-based reinstatement selected for audit, under investigation, or pending inspection.
Term
Interim conditional issue remains pending completion of the audit, investigation, or inspection; it is not an adverse action.
Underlying
Meet underlying renewal qualifications; for reinstatement requiring current initial qualifications, use the separately recorded ordinary-license reinstatement examination route.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Restricted or Probationary Behavior Analyst License

Restricted or probationary form of this license under 58-1-304; restrictions and supervision protect public health, safety, and welfare.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Board · Application information

Restricted or probationary initial licensure
BCBA Certification Examination
Qualification
Appears to meet licensure qualifications but has conduct bearing upon qualifications.
Restrictions
Division requires observation in monitored or supervised practice or other reasonable restrictions or conditions.
Underlying
Current initial-licensure examination set applies; certification or equivalence may avoid a new sitting.
Petition for reinstatement during restriction, suspension, or probation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Order
Reinstatement during the term follows the disciplinary order; unless otherwise specified the licensee may petition at reasonable intervals.
Petition
The petition seeks modification of the disciplinary order and is not an application for licensure.
Requirements
Case-specific disciplinary-order conditions remain applicant conditions, not an identifiable new examination.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Restricted or probationary renewal or renewal based reinstatement
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Qualification
Appears to meet renewal or reinstatement qualifications but conduct requires monitored practice or restrictions.
Review
Issuance constitutes partial denial subject to agency review.
Underlying
Meet renewal requirements; reinstatement more than two years after expiration without qualifying continuous practice instead requires current initial qualifications, carried by the ordinary-license route.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary Behavior Analyst License

Temporary form authorized by Utah Code 58-1-303, including examination-pending, temporary teaching or assistance, and emergency, shortage, or observation pathways.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Board · Application information

Temporary licensure pending the next available examination
BCBA Certification Examination
Examination
Take the next available BCBA examination. The temporary license expires automatically on release of official results if the applicant fails.
Limits
No more than three consecutive examination-pending temporary licenses within three years after the first.
Qualifications
Meet all license requirements except passing the examination; the Division may issue the temporary license.
Temporary licensure for emergency or unusual circumstances
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Division Finding
Division and appropriate Board find temporary licensure necessary or justified by: Local or national emergency or governmental action jeopardizing public health, safety, or welfare.
Prior License
Licensed in another state that had requirements equal to or greater than Utah requirements when that license was obtained.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary licensure for monitored or supervised observation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Division Finding
Division and appropriate Board find temporary licensure necessary or justified by: Need to observe monitored or supervised practice before deciding regular licensure.
Prior License
Licensed in another state that had requirements equal to or greater than Utah requirements when that license was obtained.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary licensure for a shortage of necessary services
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Division Finding
Division and appropriate Board find temporary licensure necessary or justified by: Lack of necessary services in a Utah community or area materially jeopardizing public health, safety, or welfare.
Prior License
Licensed in another state that had requirements equal to or greater than Utah requirements when that license was obtained.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary telemedicine licensure while endorsement is pending
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Complete an endorsement application; the Division cannot process it within 15 days.
Endorsement
Any discretionary examination needed for the later ordinary-license endorsement is carried by the corresponding endorsement route, not a new examination for this temporary authorization.
Fees
No fee beyond the endorsement fee.
Prior License
Nonresident health care license in good standing.
Scope
Provide only telemedicine services authorized by the nonresident license to a patient in Utah, consistent with state law.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary licensure to teach or assist a Utah licensee
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Prior License
Licensed in another state or country.
Purpose
In Utah temporarily to teach or assist a Utah resident licensed in this occupation or profession.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

BCaBA 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
175 multiple-choice questions: 150 scored and 25 unscored
Time limit
4 hours
Passing score
Pass/fail; criterion-referenced passing score established by the modified Angoff method
Exam fee
$175 certification application (BACB) plus $125 examination appointment (Pearson VUE)
Examination outline
  • A. Behaviorism and Philosophical Foundations (10 of 150 scored questions) (7%)
    • A.1. Explain the goals of behavior analysis as a natural 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. Describe and 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 (Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968).
  • B. Concepts and Principles (18 of 150 scored questions) (12%)
    • 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 and punishers.
    • B.8. Identify and distinguish among simple schedules of reinforcement.
    • B.9. Identify examples of operant extinction.
    • B.10. Identify and distinguish between types of stimulus control.
    • B.11. Identify and distinguish between discrimination and generalization.
    • B.12. Define and identify examples of unconditioned motivating operations.
    • B.13. Identify and distinguish between rule-governed and contingency-shaped behavior.
    • B.14. Identify and distinguish among elementary verbal operants.
    • B.15. Define and identify examples of processes that promote emergent relations and generative performance.
  • C. Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation (20 of 150 scored questions) (13%)
    • C.1. Define and identify dimensions of behavior (e.g., count, duration, magnitude).
    • C.2. Describe the form (i.e., topography) and develop operational definitions of behavior.
    • C.3. Distinguish among direct, indirect, and product measures of behavior.
    • C.4. Develop and implement continuous measurement procedures (e.g., duration recording, event recording).
    • C.5. Develop and implement discontinuous measurement procedures (e.g., interval recording, time sampling).
    • C.6. Evaluate the validity and reliability of measurement procedures.
    • C.7. Select a measurement system to obtain representative data given the dimensions of behavior and the logistics of observing and recording.
    • C.8. Graph data to communicate relevant quantitative relations (e.g., equal-interval graphs, bar graphs, cumulative records).
    • C.9. Interpret graphed data.
    • C.10. Develop and evaluate mastery criteria.
  • D. Experimental Design (10 of 150 scored questions) (7%)
    • D.1. Distinguish between dependent and independent variables.
    • D.2. Distinguish between internal and external validity.
    • D.3. Identify the defining features of single-case experimental designs (e.g., individuals serve as their own controls, repeated measures, prediction, verification, replication).
    • D.4. Identify strengths of single-case experimental design.
    • D.5. Distinguish among and implement single-case experimental designs (e.g., reversal, multiple baseline, multielement, changing criterion).
    • D.6. Distinguish among and implement comparative, component, and parametric analyses.
  • E. Ethical and Professional Issues (18 of 150 scored questions) (12%)
    • 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 associated with engaging in unethical behavior (e.g., misuse of social media, misrepresentation of one’s credential, making confidential information public).
    • E.3. Identify one’s area(s) of competence and when to seek a supervisor’s guidance.
    • E.4. Identify professional development activities that strengthen and expand areas of competence (e.g., attend conferences, read literature, seek consultation, establish mentors).
    • E.5. Identify and comply with requirements for collecting, using, protecting, and disclosing confidential information.
    • E.6. Identify steps that should be taken when transitioning clients or supervisees to another professional or when a BCaBA transitions to a different supervisor.
    • 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 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 (17 of 150 scored questions) (11%)
    • F.1. Review relevant information in available records and data (e.g., educational, medical, historical) at the outset of a case.
    • F.2. Identify conditions that warrant behavior-analytic services.
    • F.3. Identify and prioritize socially significant, client-informed, and culturally responsive behavior-change goals.
    • F.4. Implement assessments of relevant skill strengths and deficits, and contextual fit (e.g., client values, cultural variables, social validity, environmental resources).
    • F.5. Implement preference and reinforcer assessments.
    • F.6. Implement functional assessments of behavior, including indirect, descriptive, and experimental analyses.
  • G. Behavior-Change Procedures (22 of 150 scored questions) (15%)
    • G.1. Develop and implement positive and negative reinforcement procedures, including contingent and noncontingent applications.
    • G.2. Develop and implement procedures to establish and use conditioned reinforcers.
    • G.3. Develop and implement procedures that incorporate motivating operations and discriminative stimuli.
    • G.4. Develop and implement procedures to teach simple and conditional discriminations.
    • G.5. Develop and implement procedures using stimulus and response prompts that include appropriate fading procedures (e.g., errorless, least-to-most, stimulus fading).
    • G.6. Develop and implement modeling procedures.
    • G.7. Develop and implement procedures that use instructions and rules.
    • G.8. Develop and implement shaping procedures.
    • G.9. Develop and implement chaining procedures.
    • G.10. Develop and implement procedures to teach elementary verbal operants.
    • G.11. Develop and implement procedures to promote emergent relations and generative performance.
    • G.12. Develop and implement procedures that promote behavioral persistence.
    • G.13. Develop and implement acquisition procedures that are appropriate to the client’s skills and intervention goals (e.g., discrete-trial, free-operant, and naturalistic teaching arrangements).
    • G.14. Develop and implement group contingency procedures.
    • G.15. Develop and implement contingency contracting procedures.
    • G.16. Develop and implement self-management procedures.
    • G.17. Develop and implement procedures to promote stimulus and response generalization.
    • G.18. Develop and implement differential reinforcement procedures with and without extinction.
    • G.19. Define and implement positive and negative punishment procedures (e.g., time-out, response cost, overcorrection).
    • G.20. Develop and implement procedures to promote maintenance of behavior change.
  • H. Intervention Development and Monitoring (20 of 150 scored questions) (13%)
    • H.1. State intervention goals in observable and measurable terms.
    • H.2. Identify potential interventions based on assessment results and scientific evidence.
    • H.3. Develop intervention goals and procedures based on risks and contextual fit (e.g., client preferences and values, cultural variables, social validity, environmental resources).
    • H.4. Identify alternative behaviors to be established or increased when a target behavior is to be decreased.
    • H.5. Identify possible unwanted effects when using reinforcement, extinction, and punishment procedures.
    • H.6. Evaluate client progress and procedural integrity.
    • H.7. Make data-based decisions about the effectiveness of procedures and the need for modification.
    • H.8. Collaborate with and include others who support and/or provide services to clients.
  • I. Supervisory Relationships (15 of 150 scored questions) (10%)
    • I.1. Use behavior-analytic supervision practices and state the potential risks of ineffective supervision (e.g., poor client outcomes, impaired job satisfaction, employee turnover).
    • I.2. Identify and apply strategies for establishing and maintaining effective supervisory relationships (e.g., active listening, providing reinforcement, reciprocal feedback).
    • I.3. Identify and implement methods that promote equity in supervision practices.
    • I.4. Establish clear performance expectations for the supervisor and supervisee.
    • I.5. Select supervision goals based on an assessment of the supervisee’s skills.
    • I.6. Apply empirically validated and competency-based approaches to train supervisees to perform assessment and intervention procedures.
    • I.7. Identify and apply empirically validated and culturally responsive performance management procedures (e.g., modeling, practice, feedback, reinforcement, task clarification, manipulation of response effort).
    • I.8. Apply a function-based approach (e.g., performance diagnostics) to assess and improve supervisee behavior.
    • I.9. Evaluate the effects of supervision (e.g., on client outcomes, on supervisee repertoires).
Examination sources

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.
Examination sources