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Military & Military Spouse Temporary Professional License — Psychologist

Temporary psychologist license under the state military-spouse provision or the federal covered-license portability provision; the current Board form expressly lists Psychologist.

Licensing authority: Hawaii Board of Psychology, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs · Application information

Federal covered license portability — servicemember
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Applicant status
Active-duty servicemember.
Application
Provide military orders and notarized affidavit affirming identity, complete truthful application, understanding of and compliance with Hawaii licensing/scope requirements, and good standing everywhere licensed; licensing authority may conduct a background check.
Board checklist conflict
Board checklist MST-1224 still states: Two Year Active Usage: the license being relied directly to the licensing agency from each state upon must have been actively used by the or province in which applicant holds or has ever servicemember or the servicemember’s spouse held a license. during the two years immediately preceding the servicemember’s relocation orders. Current 50 USC 4025a, amended December 23, 2024, no longer contains that two-year use prerequisite. The statute controls; the outdated implementing demand is disclosed here as the Board's published statement.
Compact
The federal section does not apply to an applicant operating under an interstate compact; compact requirements govern instead.
Covered license
Hold a professional license in good standing, without revocation or discipline in any State, pending unprofessional-conduct investigation, or voluntary surrender while under such investigation.
Relocation
Relocate residence because of military service orders to Hawaii.
Temporary issuance
If covered-license recognition cannot be completed within thirty days, the authority may issue a temporary license with the rights/responsibilities of a permanent license under 50 USC 4025a(b).
Verification
Current Board form requests license verification directly from all current/former licensing jurisdictions and payment of the applicable temporary-license fee.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Federal covered license portability — spouse
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Applicant status
Spouse of a servicemember; include a copy of the marriage certificate.
Application
Provide military orders and notarized affidavit affirming identity, complete truthful application, understanding of and compliance with Hawaii licensing/scope requirements, and good standing everywhere licensed; licensing authority may conduct a background check.
Board checklist conflict
Board checklist MST-1224 still states: Two Year Active Usage: the license being relied directly to the licensing agency from each state upon must have been actively used by the or province in which applicant holds or has ever servicemember or the servicemember’s spouse held a license. during the two years immediately preceding the servicemember’s relocation orders. Current 50 USC 4025a, amended December 23, 2024, no longer contains that two-year use prerequisite. The statute controls; the outdated implementing demand is disclosed here as the Board's published statement.
Compact
The federal section does not apply to an applicant operating under an interstate compact; compact requirements govern instead.
Covered license
Hold a professional license in good standing, without revocation or discipline in any State, pending unprofessional-conduct investigation, or voluntary surrender while under such investigation.
Relocation
Relocate residence because of military service orders to Hawaii.
Temporary issuance
If covered-license recognition cannot be completed within thirty days, the authority may issue a temporary license with the rights/responsibilities of a permanent license under 50 USC 4025a(b).
Verification
Current Board form requests license verification directly from all current/former licensing jurisdictions and payment of the applicable temporary-license fee.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

State military spouse temporary licensure under HRS 436B 14.7

All of the following:

Application
Submit required signed affidavit, fees, PCS orders and nonmilitary identification or personnel-office verification; military identification may be presented for in-person verification.
Duration
Ordinary profession-license period, no more than five years aggregate or the period covered by assignment orders.
Education experience
Original jurisdiction verifies minimum education and applicable work/clinical-supervision qualifications.
Examinations
HRS 436B-14.7(a)(5) requires passing examination requirements prescribed by Hawaii or the original licensing authority; foreign, another-state-specific or other-profession exams are applicant conditions only.
Fitness
No limited/suspended/revoked/surrendered license, adverse licensure determination, unresolved discipline, disqualifying criminal history, or surrender of professional membership to avoid investigation; Board evaluates resolved discipline as the statute permits.
License
At least one year holding a current, active, good-standing United States jurisdiction license without conditions/restrictions; verify all licenses directly.
Military status
Married to an active-duty United States armed-forces member and accompanying an official permanent-change-of-station assignment to a Hawaii installation.
Practice
Subject to Hawaii practice standards, disciplinary authority and applicable CE; appropriate supervision while completing remaining requirements.

Psychologist License

Permanent psychologist license; clinical, counseling and school doctoral programs are qualifications for this license, not separately issued specialty licenses. HRS 465-3(a) identifies faculty, student, assistant and government-role exemptions rather than additional Board license types. The self-attestation on the current application implements the Board-announced replacement of the historical jurisprudence examination under Act 79 (2003).

Licensing authority: Hawaii Board of Psychology, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs · Application information

Licensure by ABPP diplomate certificate
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit signed PSY-01(A), Social Security number and the requested age/work-status, criminal and disciplinary disclosures; pay $50 application fee and license fees after approval. These credential routes operate notwithstanding HRS 465-7(a).
Laws attestation
Sign the current application laws-and-rules attestation; historical jurisprudence examination was replaced as described by Act 79 and the Board statement.
Qualifying credential
Hold an American Board of Professional Psychology diplomate certificate in good standing.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.
Verification
Attach an original ABPP good-standing letter.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Licensure by Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit signed PSY-01(A), Social Security number and the requested age/work-status, criminal and disciplinary disclosures; pay $50 application fee and license fees after approval. These credential routes operate notwithstanding HRS 465-7(a).
Laws attestation
Sign the current application laws-and-rules attestation; historical jurisprudence examination was replaced as described by Act 79 and the Board statement.
Qualifying credential
Hold a current ASPPB Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.
Verification
ASPPB must send CPQ verification directly to the Board.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Licensure by National Register credential
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit signed PSY-01(A), Social Security number and the requested age/work-status, criminal and disciplinary disclosures; pay $50 application fee and license fees after approval. These credential routes operate notwithstanding HRS 465-7(a).
Laws attestation
Sign the current application laws-and-rules attestation; historical jurisprudence examination was replaced as described by Act 79 and the Board statement.
Qualifying credential
Hold a current National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology credential.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.
Verification
The National Register must send its credentials verification letter to the Board.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Restoration for qualifying military deployment
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Additional proof
Provide renewal-related financial-integrity or federal-requirement documents when required.
Application
Request restoration within 120 days after release, submit activation and discharge/release orders, and pay current renewal fee.
Deployment
Hawaii license expires, is forfeited or delinquent during active-duty deployment in a state/national crisis; also covers expiration within 120 days of discharge/release.
Exclusions
Scheduled annual/specialized training and suspended, revoked or adjudicated disciplinary licenses do not qualify.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Licensure by examination waiver

All of the following:

Application documents
Signed PSY-01 application, legible diploma copy, PSY-02 training report (APA clinical psychology graduates may disregard), notarized PSY-03 internship verification and PSY-05 postdoctoral verification, each with supervisor-signed affidavit describing duties actually supervised; official doctoral transcript sent directly by the institution.
Board pre1986 statement
The current Board application, instructions page 3, states: NOTE: The one-year postdoctoral experience need not be met if you: 1) Enrolled in an APA-approved program or regionally accredited school prior to January 1, 1986, and 2) Meet all the other requirements established by the Board of Psychology This is the Board's implementing exception; HRS 465-7(a)(2) states the postdoctoral requirement without that exception.
Current license
Current good-standing psychology license/certificate from a jurisdiction whose standards the Board deems equivalent to Hawaii.
Education
Doctoral degree from an APA-approved clinical, counseling, school or combined psychology program, or a professional psychology training program awarded by an institution of higher education or regionally accredited institution.
Exam approval
Board eligibility approval and a PVL Notice of Approval precede initiation of EPPP registration through the PVL Examination Branch and Certemy. A provisional license authorizes the examination while active; authorization ends at expiration or disciplinary action.
Fees
Nonrefundable $50 application fee; pay the license fees requested after approval.
Foreign degree
HRS 465-7.5 requires foreign doctoral professional psychology training to be equivalent to qualifying United States training; the Board may consider certification from the University of Hawaii graduate division.
Graduate training
Board application requires at least six semester/nine quarter graduate hours in each of biological, cognitive-affective and social bases of behavior, individual differences, psychodiagnosis/individual assessment, and therapy; at least three semester/four-and-a-half quarter hours each in scientific/professional ethics, history and systems, research design/methodology, and statistics/psychometrics.
Identity and disclosures
Provide Social Security number, age/work-authorization information, and requested criminal, licensing and professional-disciplinary disclosures with pertinent supporting records.
Laws attestation
Sign the application affidavit stating that the applicant has read, understands and will abide by HRS chapter 465 and HAR chapter 16-98; the Board announced replacement of jurisprudence testing with this attestation and Act 79 removed the historical statutory examination.
License verifications
Verification directly from each jurisdiction in which a psychology license or equivalent has ever been held; no reciprocity bypasses Hawaii qualifications.
Postdoctoral experience
At least one year/1,900 hours supervised health-service psychology experience; supervisor must be licensed, an ABPP diplomate, or hold a psychology/educational psychology doctorate granted before 1970 and a National Register listing.
Predoctoral internship
At least one year/1,900 hours of APA-approved predoctoral internship or supervised health-service psychology internship/residency as part of the doctoral program; supervisor must be licensed, hold an ABPP diplomate, or have an accredited psychology doctorate plus two years of relevant postdoctoral experience.
Prior examination
Have passed EPPP at or above the Board passing score when taken and submit an official ASPPB score transfer.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.
Waiver discretion
HRS 465-10 permits issuance without a new written examination when the applicant has never failed an examination prescribed by the Board; the current application nevertheless requires the prior passing EPPP score.
Inactive status and inactive renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Good standing
Psychologist in good standing expects not to practice in Hawaii for at least one year and petitions for inactive status.
Practice
No practice while inactive; maintain knowledge of current licensing/renewal requirements.
Renewal
Submit written request and applicable inactive fee during the license period or renewal; continue inactive for the applicable biennial period.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Licensure by examination

All of the following:

Applicant status
Applicant seeks authorization to take and pass the EPPP for full psychologist licensure; passing score is prescribed by the Board.
Application documents
Signed PSY-01 application, legible diploma copy, PSY-02 training report (APA clinical psychology graduates may disregard), notarized PSY-03 internship verification and PSY-05 postdoctoral verification, each with supervisor-signed affidavit describing duties actually supervised; official doctoral transcript sent directly by the institution.
Board pre1986 statement
The current Board application, instructions page 3, states: NOTE: The one-year postdoctoral experience need not be met if you: 1) Enrolled in an APA-approved program or regionally accredited school prior to January 1, 1986, and 2) Meet all the other requirements established by the Board of Psychology This is the Board's implementing exception; HRS 465-7(a)(2) states the postdoctoral requirement without that exception.
Education
Doctoral degree from an APA-approved clinical, counseling, school or combined psychology program, or a professional psychology training program awarded by an institution of higher education or regionally accredited institution.
Exam approval
Board eligibility approval and a PVL Notice of Approval precede initiation of EPPP registration through the PVL Examination Branch and Certemy. A provisional license authorizes the examination while active; authorization ends at expiration or disciplinary action.
Fees
Nonrefundable $50 application fee; pay the license fees requested after approval.
Foreign degree
HRS 465-7.5 requires foreign doctoral professional psychology training to be equivalent to qualifying United States training; the Board may consider certification from the University of Hawaii graduate division.
Graduate training
Board application requires at least six semester/nine quarter graduate hours in each of biological, cognitive-affective and social bases of behavior, individual differences, psychodiagnosis/individual assessment, and therapy; at least three semester/four-and-a-half quarter hours each in scientific/professional ethics, history and systems, research design/methodology, and statistics/psychometrics.
Identity and disclosures
Provide Social Security number, age/work-authorization information, and requested criminal, licensing and professional-disciplinary disclosures with pertinent supporting records.
Laws attestation
Sign the application affidavit stating that the applicant has read, understands and will abide by HRS chapter 465 and HAR chapter 16-98; the Board announced replacement of jurisprudence testing with this attestation and Act 79 removed the historical statutory examination.
License verifications
Verification directly from each jurisdiction in which a psychology license or equivalent has ever been held; no reciprocity bypasses Hawaii qualifications.
Postdoctoral experience
At least one year/1,900 hours supervised health-service psychology experience; supervisor must be licensed, an ABPP diplomate, or hold a psychology/educational psychology doctorate granted before 1970 and a National Register listing.
Predoctoral internship
At least one year/1,900 hours of APA-approved predoctoral internship or supervised health-service psychology internship/residency as part of the doctoral program; supervisor must be licensed, hold an ABPP diplomate, or have an accredited psychology doctorate plus two years of relevant postdoctoral experience.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.
Licensure by examination with a previously passing EPPP score

All of the following:

Applicant status
No current psychology license or certificate in another jurisdiction; applicant has passed EPPP at least at the Board passing score in effect when taken. Applies both to never-licensed applicants and applicants whose earlier licenses are no longer current.
Application documents
Signed PSY-01 application, legible diploma copy, PSY-02 training report (APA clinical psychology graduates may disregard), notarized PSY-03 internship verification and PSY-05 postdoctoral verification, each with supervisor-signed affidavit describing duties actually supervised; official doctoral transcript sent directly by the institution.
Board pre1986 statement
The current Board application, instructions page 3, states: NOTE: The one-year postdoctoral experience need not be met if you: 1) Enrolled in an APA-approved program or regionally accredited school prior to January 1, 1986, and 2) Meet all the other requirements established by the Board of Psychology This is the Board's implementing exception; HRS 465-7(a)(2) states the postdoctoral requirement without that exception.
Education
Doctoral degree from an APA-approved clinical, counseling, school or combined psychology program, or a professional psychology training program awarded by an institution of higher education or regionally accredited institution.
Exam approval
Board eligibility approval and a PVL Notice of Approval precede initiation of EPPP registration through the PVL Examination Branch and Certemy. A provisional license authorizes the examination while active; authorization ends at expiration or disciplinary action.
Fees
Nonrefundable $50 application fee; pay the license fees requested after approval.
Foreign degree
HRS 465-7.5 requires foreign doctoral professional psychology training to be equivalent to qualifying United States training; the Board may consider certification from the University of Hawaii graduate division.
Graduate training
Board application requires at least six semester/nine quarter graduate hours in each of biological, cognitive-affective and social bases of behavior, individual differences, psychodiagnosis/individual assessment, and therapy; at least three semester/four-and-a-half quarter hours each in scientific/professional ethics, history and systems, research design/methodology, and statistics/psychometrics.
Identity and disclosures
Provide Social Security number, age/work-authorization information, and requested criminal, licensing and professional-disciplinary disclosures with pertinent supporting records.
Laws attestation
Sign the application affidavit stating that the applicant has read, understands and will abide by HRS chapter 465 and HAR chapter 16-98; the Board announced replacement of jurisprudence testing with this attestation and Act 79 removed the historical statutory examination.
License verifications
Verification directly from each jurisdiction in which a psychology license or equivalent has ever been held; no reciprocity bypasses Hawaii qualifications.
Postdoctoral experience
At least one year/1,900 hours supervised health-service psychology experience; supervisor must be licensed, an ABPP diplomate, or hold a psychology/educational psychology doctorate granted before 1970 and a National Register listing.
Predoctoral internship
At least one year/1,900 hours of APA-approved predoctoral internship or supervised health-service psychology internship/residency as part of the doctoral program; supervisor must be licensed, hold an ABPP diplomate, or have an accredited psychology doctorate plus two years of relevant postdoctoral experience.
Score transfer
Arrange for ASPPB to send the prior EPPP score directly to the Board.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.
New license after revocation

All of the following:

Alternative qualification
Qualifying HRS 465-7(b) credentials or 465-7(c) senior-applicant circumstances remain applicant exceptions; document any examination waiver granted.
Application documents
Signed PSY-01 application, legible diploma copy, PSY-02 training report (APA clinical psychology graduates may disregard), notarized PSY-03 internship verification and PSY-05 postdoctoral verification, each with supervisor-signed affidavit describing duties actually supervised; official doctoral transcript sent directly by the institution.
Board pre1986 statement
The current Board application, instructions page 3, states: NOTE: The one-year postdoctoral experience need not be met if you: 1) Enrolled in an APA-approved program or regionally accredited school prior to January 1, 1986, and 2) Meet all the other requirements established by the Board of Psychology This is the Board's implementing exception; HRS 465-7(a)(2) states the postdoctoral requirement without that exception.
Discretionary waiver
Board may waive applicable education/examination requirements on documentation of maintained equivalent knowledge, competence and qualifications through work, training or education.
Education
Doctoral degree from an APA-approved clinical, counseling, school or combined psychology program, or a professional psychology training program awarded by an institution of higher education or regionally accredited institution.
Exam approval
Board eligibility approval and a PVL Notice of Approval precede initiation of EPPP registration through the PVL Examination Branch and Certemy. A provisional license authorizes the examination while active; authorization ends at expiration or disciplinary action.
Fees
Nonrefundable $50 application fee; pay the license fees requested after approval.
Foreign degree
HRS 465-7.5 requires foreign doctoral professional psychology training to be equivalent to qualifying United States training; the Board may consider certification from the University of Hawaii graduate division.
Graduate training
Board application requires at least six semester/nine quarter graduate hours in each of biological, cognitive-affective and social bases of behavior, individual differences, psychodiagnosis/individual assessment, and therapy; at least three semester/four-and-a-half quarter hours each in scientific/professional ethics, history and systems, research design/methodology, and statistics/psychometrics.
Identity and disclosures
Provide Social Security number, age/work-authorization information, and requested criminal, licensing and professional-disciplinary disclosures with pertinent supporting records.
Laws attestation
Sign the application affidavit stating that the applicant has read, understands and will abide by HRS chapter 465 and HAR chapter 16-98; the Board announced replacement of jurisprudence testing with this attestation and Act 79 removed the historical statutory examination.
License verifications
Verification directly from each jurisdiction in which a psychology license or equivalent has ever been held; no reciprocity bypasses Hawaii qualifications.
Postdoctoral experience
At least one year/1,900 hours supervised health-service psychology experience; supervisor must be licensed, an ABPP diplomate, or hold a psychology/educational psychology doctorate granted before 1970 and a National Register listing.
Predoctoral internship
At least one year/1,900 hours of APA-approved predoctoral internship or supervised health-service psychology internship/residency as part of the doctoral program; supervisor must be licensed, hold an ABPP diplomate, or have an accredited psychology doctorate plus two years of relevant postdoctoral experience.
Revocation limit
HRS 465-13.5 forbids reinstatement or restoration after revocation for a sex offense against a patient or client.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.
Waiting period
Apply no earlier than five years after the effective date of revocation.
Reactivation of inactive psychologist license
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit LB-52 reactivation application, pay the applicable biennial license/reactivation fees, and obtain Board approval.
Fees
Current July 2026 table lists $12 if active renewal fees already paid, or $130 renewal plus $148 compliance resolution fund plus $12 reactivation ($290) if inactive renewal was paid.
Review
Board reviews the application under its rules; disclose requested license sanctions, pending discipline and non-expunged criminal convictions.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reapplication after a lapse exceeding one year

All of the following:

Alternative qualification
Qualifying HRS 465-7(b) credentials or 465-7(c) senior-applicant circumstances remain applicant exceptions; document any examination waiver granted.
Application documents
Signed PSY-01 application, legible diploma copy, PSY-02 training report (APA clinical psychology graduates may disregard), notarized PSY-03 internship verification and PSY-05 postdoctoral verification, each with supervisor-signed affidavit describing duties actually supervised; official doctoral transcript sent directly by the institution.
Board pre1986 statement
The current Board application, instructions page 3, states: NOTE: The one-year postdoctoral experience need not be met if you: 1) Enrolled in an APA-approved program or regionally accredited school prior to January 1, 1986, and 2) Meet all the other requirements established by the Board of Psychology This is the Board's implementing exception; HRS 465-7(a)(2) states the postdoctoral requirement without that exception.
Education
Doctoral degree from an APA-approved clinical, counseling, school or combined psychology program, or a professional psychology training program awarded by an institution of higher education or regionally accredited institution.
Exam approval
Board eligibility approval and a PVL Notice of Approval precede initiation of EPPP registration through the PVL Examination Branch and Certemy. A provisional license authorizes the examination while active; authorization ends at expiration or disciplinary action.
Fees
Nonrefundable $50 application fee; pay the license fees requested after approval.
Foreign degree
HRS 465-7.5 requires foreign doctoral professional psychology training to be equivalent to qualifying United States training; the Board may consider certification from the University of Hawaii graduate division.
Graduate training
Board application requires at least six semester/nine quarter graduate hours in each of biological, cognitive-affective and social bases of behavior, individual differences, psychodiagnosis/individual assessment, and therapy; at least three semester/four-and-a-half quarter hours each in scientific/professional ethics, history and systems, research design/methodology, and statistics/psychometrics.
Identity and disclosures
Provide Social Security number, age/work-authorization information, and requested criminal, licensing and professional-disciplinary disclosures with pertinent supporting records.
Lapse
License lapsed more than one year; apply anew under current chapter 465 requirements.
Laws attestation
Sign the application affidavit stating that the applicant has read, understands and will abide by HRS chapter 465 and HAR chapter 16-98; the Board announced replacement of jurisprudence testing with this attestation and Act 79 removed the historical statutory examination.
License verifications
Verification directly from each jurisdiction in which a psychology license or equivalent has ever been held; no reciprocity bypasses Hawaii qualifications.
Postdoctoral experience
At least one year/1,900 hours supervised health-service psychology experience; supervisor must be licensed, an ABPP diplomate, or hold a psychology/educational psychology doctorate granted before 1970 and a National Register listing.
Predoctoral internship
At least one year/1,900 hours of APA-approved predoctoral internship or supervised health-service psychology internship/residency as part of the doctoral program; supervisor must be licensed, hold an ABPP diplomate, or have an accredited psychology doctorate plus two years of relevant postdoctoral experience.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.
Reapplication after denial of inactive license reactivation

All of the following:

Alternative qualification
Qualifying HRS 465-7(b) credentials or 465-7(c) senior-applicant circumstances remain applicant exceptions; document any examination waiver granted.
Application documents
Signed PSY-01 application, legible diploma copy, PSY-02 training report (APA clinical psychology graduates may disregard), notarized PSY-03 internship verification and PSY-05 postdoctoral verification, each with supervisor-signed affidavit describing duties actually supervised; official doctoral transcript sent directly by the institution.
Board pre1986 statement
The current Board application, instructions page 3, states: NOTE: The one-year postdoctoral experience need not be met if you: 1) Enrolled in an APA-approved program or regionally accredited school prior to January 1, 1986, and 2) Meet all the other requirements established by the Board of Psychology This is the Board's implementing exception; HRS 465-7(a)(2) states the postdoctoral requirement without that exception.
Education
Doctoral degree from an APA-approved clinical, counseling, school or combined psychology program, or a professional psychology training program awarded by an institution of higher education or regionally accredited institution.
Exam approval
Board eligibility approval and a PVL Notice of Approval precede initiation of EPPP registration through the PVL Examination Branch and Certemy. A provisional license authorizes the examination while active; authorization ends at expiration or disciplinary action.
Fees
Nonrefundable $50 application fee; pay the license fees requested after approval.
Foreign degree
HRS 465-7.5 requires foreign doctoral professional psychology training to be equivalent to qualifying United States training; the Board may consider certification from the University of Hawaii graduate division.
Graduate training
Board application requires at least six semester/nine quarter graduate hours in each of biological, cognitive-affective and social bases of behavior, individual differences, psychodiagnosis/individual assessment, and therapy; at least three semester/four-and-a-half quarter hours each in scientific/professional ethics, history and systems, research design/methodology, and statistics/psychometrics.
Identity and disclosures
Provide Social Security number, age/work-authorization information, and requested criminal, licensing and professional-disciplinary disclosures with pertinent supporting records.
Laws attestation
Sign the application affidavit stating that the applicant has read, understands and will abide by HRS chapter 465 and HAR chapter 16-98; the Board announced replacement of jurisprudence testing with this attestation and Act 79 removed the historical statutory examination.
License verifications
Verification directly from each jurisdiction in which a psychology license or equivalent has ever been held; no reciprocity bypasses Hawaii qualifications.
Postdoctoral experience
At least one year/1,900 hours supervised health-service psychology experience; supervisor must be licensed, an ABPP diplomate, or hold a psychology/educational psychology doctorate granted before 1970 and a National Register listing.
Predoctoral internship
At least one year/1,900 hours of APA-approved predoctoral internship or supervised health-service psychology internship/residency as part of the doctoral program; supervisor must be licensed, hold an ABPP diplomate, or have an accredited psychology doctorate plus two years of relevant postdoctoral experience.
Prior denial
After Board denial of reactivation, reapply and meet current licensing requirements; Board provides written reasons and hearing rights.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.
Biennial active renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Certification
Maintain CE records and certify compliance under oath; if randomly audited provide evidence within sixty days of notification.
Continuing education
Complete eighteen CE credit hours per biennium; first-time licensees are exempt for the first renewal.
Deadline
Renew and pay required fees on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Biennial renewal with continuing education extension
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit renewal fee, notarized affidavit explaining noncompliance, and request an extension.
Discretion
Board considers isolated location, incapacity, undue hardship or other serious extenuating circumstances individually.
Following biennium
Complete at least thirty-six CE hours in the next licensing biennium.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Restoration following forfeiture for one year or less
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
If audited, document CE compliance for the biennium in which renewal was missed.
Fees
Pay the renewal fee.
Time limit
License was forfeited for failure to renew no more than one year earlier.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Senior psychologist — original licensing jurisdiction did not require EPPP
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit signed PSY-01(A), requested identity and criminal/disciplinary disclosures, $50 application fee and later license fees.
Current license
Hold a valid current psychologist license in another jurisdiction.
Discipline
No disciplinary sanction in any jurisdiction throughout the entire licensed career; provide verification of every current and former license.
Duration
At least twenty sequential, not concurrent, years licensed in United States or Canadian jurisdictions where the license was based on a doctorate.
Laws attestation
Current application requires a laws-and-rules self-attestation in place of the repealed historical jurisprudence examination.
Original requirement
EPPP was not required at the time of original licensure; that jurisdiction must send a signed letter attesting to this fact.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Senior psychologist — EPPP required by original licensing jurisdiction

All of the following:

Application
Submit signed PSY-01(A), requested identity and criminal/disciplinary disclosures, $50 application fee and later license fees.
Current license
Hold a valid current psychologist license in another jurisdiction.
Discipline
No disciplinary sanction in any jurisdiction throughout the entire licensed career; provide verification of every current and former license.
Duration
At least twenty sequential, not concurrent, years licensed in United States or Canadian jurisdictions where the license was based on a doctorate.
Laws attestation
Current application requires a laws-and-rules self-attestation in place of the repealed historical jurisprudence examination.
Prior score
Original jurisdiction required EPPP; passing score must equal or exceed the Hawaii Board passing score when taken, and ASPPB must send the score directly.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.
Licensure of state employed clinical psychologists

All of the following:

Applicant status
Civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988; qualify under HRS 465-7. Credential-based exceptions or senior-applicant qualifications in subsections (b) and (c) apply when the applicant establishes them.
Application documents
Signed PSY-01 application, legible diploma copy, PSY-02 training report (APA clinical psychology graduates may disregard), notarized PSY-03 internship verification and PSY-05 postdoctoral verification, each with supervisor-signed affidavit describing duties actually supervised; official doctoral transcript sent directly by the institution.
Board pre1986 statement
The current Board application, instructions page 3, states: NOTE: The one-year postdoctoral experience need not be met if you: 1) Enrolled in an APA-approved program or regionally accredited school prior to January 1, 1986, and 2) Meet all the other requirements established by the Board of Psychology This is the Board's implementing exception; HRS 465-7(a)(2) states the postdoctoral requirement without that exception.
Education
Doctoral degree from an APA-approved clinical, counseling, school or combined psychology program, or a professional psychology training program awarded by an institution of higher education or regionally accredited institution.
Exam approval
Board eligibility approval and a PVL Notice of Approval precede initiation of EPPP registration through the PVL Examination Branch and Certemy. A provisional license authorizes the examination while active; authorization ends at expiration or disciplinary action.
Fees
Nonrefundable $50 application fee; pay the license fees requested after approval.
Foreign degree
HRS 465-7.5 requires foreign doctoral professional psychology training to be equivalent to qualifying United States training; the Board may consider certification from the University of Hawaii graduate division.
Graduate training
Board application requires at least six semester/nine quarter graduate hours in each of biological, cognitive-affective and social bases of behavior, individual differences, psychodiagnosis/individual assessment, and therapy; at least three semester/four-and-a-half quarter hours each in scientific/professional ethics, history and systems, research design/methodology, and statistics/psychometrics.
Identity and disclosures
Provide Social Security number, age/work-authorization information, and requested criminal, licensing and professional-disciplinary disclosures with pertinent supporting records.
Laws attestation
Sign the application affidavit stating that the applicant has read, understands and will abide by HRS chapter 465 and HAR chapter 16-98; the Board announced replacement of jurisprudence testing with this attestation and Act 79 removed the historical statutory examination.
License verifications
Verification directly from each jurisdiction in which a psychology license or equivalent has ever been held; no reciprocity bypasses Hawaii qualifications.
Postdoctoral experience
At least one year/1,900 hours supervised health-service psychology experience; supervisor must be licensed, an ABPP diplomate, or hold a psychology/educational psychology doctorate granted before 1970 and a National Register listing.
Predoctoral internship
At least one year/1,900 hours of APA-approved predoctoral internship or supervised health-service psychology internship/residency as part of the doctoral program; supervisor must be licensed, hold an ABPP diplomate, or have an accredited psychology doctorate plus two years of relevant postdoctoral experience.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.

Psychologist Temporary Permit

Temporary psychologist permit for ninety days in a calendar year; discretionary extension not exceeding an additional ninety days.

Licensing authority: Hawaii Board of Psychology, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs · Application information

Discretionary temporary permit extension
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Discretion
Board may extend it for no more than an additional ninety days.
Prior permit
Existing temporary permit under HRS 465-9.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary permit for an equivalently licensed psychologist

All of the following:

Application documents
Signed PSY-01 application, legible diploma copy, PSY-02 training report (APA clinical psychology graduates may disregard), notarized PSY-03 internship verification and PSY-05 postdoctoral verification, each with supervisor-signed affidavit describing duties actually supervised; official doctoral transcript sent directly by the institution.
Board pre1986 statement
The current Board application, instructions page 3, states: NOTE: The one-year postdoctoral experience need not be met if you: 1) Enrolled in an APA-approved program or regionally accredited school prior to January 1, 1986, and 2) Meet all the other requirements established by the Board of Psychology This is the Board's implementing exception; HRS 465-7(a)(2) states the postdoctoral requirement without that exception.
Current license
Hold a current, good-standing psychology license/certificate from another jurisdiction with Board-determined equivalent standards.
Duration
Permit authorizes up to ninety days in any calendar year.
Education
Doctoral degree from an APA-approved clinical, counseling, school or combined psychology program, or a professional psychology training program awarded by an institution of higher education or regionally accredited institution.
Exam approval
Board eligibility approval and a PVL Notice of Approval precede initiation of EPPP registration through the PVL Examination Branch and Certemy. A provisional license authorizes the examination while active; authorization ends at expiration or disciplinary action.
Fees
Nonrefundable $50 application fee; pay the license fees requested after approval.
Foreign degree
HRS 465-7.5 requires foreign doctoral professional psychology training to be equivalent to qualifying United States training; the Board may consider certification from the University of Hawaii graduate division.
Graduate training
Board application requires at least six semester/nine quarter graduate hours in each of biological, cognitive-affective and social bases of behavior, individual differences, psychodiagnosis/individual assessment, and therapy; at least three semester/four-and-a-half quarter hours each in scientific/professional ethics, history and systems, research design/methodology, and statistics/psychometrics.
Identity and disclosures
Provide Social Security number, age/work-authorization information, and requested criminal, licensing and professional-disciplinary disclosures with pertinent supporting records.
Laws attestation
Sign the application affidavit stating that the applicant has read, understands and will abide by HRS chapter 465 and HAR chapter 16-98; the Board announced replacement of jurisprudence testing with this attestation and Act 79 removed the historical statutory examination.
License verifications
Verification directly from each jurisdiction in which a psychology license or equivalent has ever been held; no reciprocity bypasses Hawaii qualifications.
Postdoctoral experience
At least one year/1,900 hours supervised health-service psychology experience; supervisor must be licensed, an ABPP diplomate, or hold a psychology/educational psychology doctorate granted before 1970 and a National Register listing.
Predoctoral internship
At least one year/1,900 hours of APA-approved predoctoral internship or supervised health-service psychology internship/residency as part of the doctoral program; supervisor must be licensed, hold an ABPP diplomate, or have an accredited psychology doctorate plus two years of relevant postdoctoral experience.
Prior examination
Current Board permit instructions require previously passing EPPP at or above the Board score when taken; arrange score and license verification directly.
State employment
For a civil-service clinical psychologist employed after January 1, 1988, HRS 465-7.6 requires licensure under HRS 465-7 within two years of employment; beginning July 1, 2026, the Board may grant up to one additional year for circumstances beyond the psychologist's control. Without an applicable waiver or timely license the psychologist must cease diagnostic/treatment practice.

EPPP (Part 1-Knowledge)

Provider
Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB); delivered by Pearson VUE at Pearson Professional Centers
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice examination; each item has three or four possible responses, only one of which is correct; the score is the number of correct responses. A French form (FEPPP) is available only to candidates whose licensing authorities legally require a French form.
Exam questions
225 items: 175 scored and 50 unscored pretest items
Time limit
4 hours and 15 minutes for completion of the exam items
Passing score
Scaled score (200-800 scale); ASPPB recommended passing scores of 500 for independent practice and 450 for supervised practice; each licensing authority sets its own passing standard
Exam fee
$600 USD exam fee per sitting plus $91.88 test sitting fee (English EPPP (Part 1-Knowledge))
Examination outline
  • Domain 1. Biological Bases of Behavior (10%)
    • KN1. Functional correlates and determinants of the neurobiological and genetic bases of behavior pertaining to perception, cognition, personality, and mood and affect in normal, acute and chronic neurobehavioral disease processes and disease comorbidities
    • KN2. Drug classification, mechanisms of action, and desired/adverse effects of therapeutic agents, drugs of abuse, and complementary or alternative agents
    • KN3. Results from major trials and general guidelines for pharmacological, psychotherapeutic, and combined treatment of psychological disorders
    • KN4. Behavioral genetics, transmission and expression of genetic information and its modification, and the role and limitations of this information in understanding disorders
    • KN5. Applications of structural and functional brain imaging methods, electrophysiological methods, therapeutic drug monitoring methods, and genetic screening methodologies, and the evidence for their effectiveness
  • Domain 2. Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior (13%)
    • KN6. Major research‐based theories and models of intelligence and their application
    • KN7. Major research-based theories, models, and principles of learning and their application
    • KN8. Major research‐based theories and models of memory and their application
    • KN9. Major research‐based theories and models of motivation and their application
    • KN10. Major research-based theories and models of emotion and their application
    • KN11. Elements of cognition, including sensation and perception, attention, language, information processing, visual-spatial processing, executive functioning
    • KN12. Relations among cognitions/beliefs, behavior, affect, temperament, and mood
    • KN13. Influence of psychosocial factors on cognitions/beliefs and behaviors
  • Domain 3. Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior (11%)
    • KN14. Major research‐based theories and models of social cognition (e.g., person perception, development of stereotypes, prejudice)
    • KN15. Social interaction and relationships (e.g., attraction, aggression, altruism, organizational justice, verbal and non‐verbal communication, internet communication, mate selection, empathy)
    • KN16. Group and systems processes (e.g., school, work, and family systems, job satisfaction, team functioning, conformity, persuasion) and social influences on functioning
    • KN17. Major research‐based personality theories and models
    • KN18. Cultural and sociopolitical psychology (e.g., privilege, cross‐cultural comparisons, political differences, international and global awareness, religiosity and spirituality, acculturation)
    • KN19. Identity diversity and intersectionality (e.g., psychological impact of diversity on individuals, families, and systems)
    • KN20. Causes, manifestations, and effects of oppression
  • Domain 4. Growth and Lifespan Development (12%)
    • KN21. Normal growth and development across the lifespan
    • KN22. Influence of individual‐environment interaction on development over time (e.g., the relationship between the individual and the social, academic, work, community environment)
    • KN23. Major research‐based theories and models of development
    • KN24. Influence of diverse identities on development
    • KN25. Family development, configuration, and functioning and their impact on the individual across the lifespan
    • KN26. Life events that can influence the course of development across the lifespan
    • KN27. Risk and protective factors that may impact a developmental course (e.g., nutrition, prenatal care, health care, social support, socioeconomic status, abuse, victimization, and resiliency)
    • KN28. Disorders and diseases that impact the expected course of development over the lifespan
  • Domain 5. Assessment and Diagnosis (16%)
    • KN29. Psychometric theories, item and test characteristics, test construction and standardization procedures, reliability and validity, sensitivity and specificity, and test fairness and bias
    • KN30. Assessment theories and models (e.g., developmental, behavioral, ecological, neuropsychological)
    • KN31. Assessment methods and their strengths and limitations (e.g., self‐report, multi-informant reports, psychophysiological measures, work samples, assessment centers, direct observation, structured and semi‐structured interviews)
    • KN32. Commonly used instruments for the measurement of characteristics and behaviors of individuals and their appropriate use with various populations
    • KN33. Issues of differential diagnosis and integration of non‐psychological information into psychological assessment
    • KN34. Instruments and methods appropriate for the assessment of groups and organizations (e.g., program evaluation, needs assessment, organizational and personnel assessment)
    • KN35. Criteria for selection and adaptation of assessment methods (e.g., evidenced-based knowledge of assessment limitations, cultural appropriateness, trans‐cultural adaptation, and language accommodations)
    • KN36. Classification systems and their underlying rationales and limitations for evaluating client functioning; dimensional vs. categorical approaches to diagnosis
    • KN37. Factors influencing evidence-based interpretation of data and decision‐making (e.g., base rates, group differences, cultural biases and differences, heuristics)
    • KN38. Constructs of epidemiology and base rates of psychological and behavioral disorders
    • KN39. Major research-based theories and models of psychopathology
    • KN40. Measurement of outcomes and changes due to prevention or intervention efforts with individuals, couples, families, groups, and organizations
    • KN41. Use of technology in implementing tests, surveys, and other forms of assessment and diagnostic evaluation (e.g., validity, cost-effectiveness, consumer acceptability)
  • Domain 6. Treatment, Intervention, and Prevention and Supervision (15%)
    • KN42. Factors related to treatment or intervention decision-making (e.g., relevant research, matching treatment to assessment/diagnosis, matching client or patient with psychologist characteristics, knowledge and use of allied services, cost and benefit, readiness to change)
    • KN43. Contemporary research-based theories and models of treatment, intervention, and prevention
    • KN44. Treatment techniques and interventions and the evidence for their comparative efficacy and effectiveness
    • KN45. Methods and their evidence base for prevention, intervention, and rehabilitation with diverse and special populations
    • KN46. Interventions to enhance growth and performance of individuals, couples, families, groups, systems, and organizations
    • KN47. Research-based consultation models and processes
    • KN48. Research-based models of vocational and career development
    • KN49. Telepsychology and technology‐assisted psychological services
    • KN50. Healthcare systems, structures, and economics, and how these impact intervention choice
    • KN51. Approaches to health promotion, risk reduction, resilience, and wellness
    • KN52. Contemporary theories and models of supervision and their evidence base
  • Domain 7. Research Methods and Statistics (7%)
    • KN53. Sampling and data collection methods
    • KN54. Design of case, correlational, quasi‐experimental, and experimental studies
    • KN55. Analytic methods, including qualitative (e.g., thematic, phenomenological) and quantitative (e.g., probability theory; descriptive, inferential, and parametric statistics; meta-analysis; factor analysis; causal modeling)
    • KN56. Statistical interpretation (e.g., power, effect size, causation vs. association, clinical vs. statistical significance)
    • KN57. Critical appraisal and application of research findings (e.g., adequacy of design and statistics, limitations to generalizability, threats to internal and external validity, design flaws, level of evidence)
    • KN58. Evaluation strategies and techniques (e.g., needs assessment, process and implementation evaluation, formative and summative program evaluation, outcome evaluation, cost‐benefit analysis)
    • KN59. Considerations regarding community involvement and participation in research
    • KN60. Dissemination and presentation of research findings
  • Domain 8. Ethical/Legal/Professional Issues (16%)
    • KN61. Current ethical principles and codes for psychologists (APA, CPA)
    • KN62. Professional standards and relevant guidelines for the practice of psychology (e.g., standards for educational and psychological testing)
    • KN63. Laws, statutes, and judicial decisions that affect psychological practice
    • KN64. Identification and management of potential ethical issues
    • KN65. Models of ethical decision‐making
    • KN66. Approaches for continuing professional development
    • KN67. Emerging social, legal, ethical, and policy issues and their impact on psychological practice
    • KN68. Client and patient rights
    • KN69. Ethical issues in the conduct of research
    • KN70. Ethical issues in supervision
    • KN71. Ethical issues in technology-assisted psychological services
Examination sources