{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-17-302","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-17-302","heading":"Qualifications.","body":"The board shall license as a psychologist any person who pays the prescribed fee, passes the prescribed examination, and submits evidence that the person:\n(1) is 18 years of age or older;\n(2) is of good moral character;\n(3) (a) has received a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from an accredited college or university having an appropriate graduate program approved by the American psychological association;\n(b) has received a doctoral degree in psychology from an accredited college or university not approved by the American psychological association and has successfully completed a formal graduate retraining program in clinical psychology approved by the American psychological association; or\n(c) has received a doctoral degree in psychology from an accredited college or university and has completed a course of studies that meets minimum standards specified in rules by the board; and\n(4) has completed at the time of application a minimum of 2 years of supervised experience in the practice of psychology. One year of this experience must be postdoctoral but may not include more than 6 months of supervised research, teaching, or a combination of both.\n(5) An individual who has completed the education requirements under this section but who has not completed the postdoctoral supervised psychology practice may apply for a provisional license to practice psychology pursuant to 37-1-144 and an approved supervision plan prescribed by board rule.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 17. PSYCHOLOGISTS","Part 3. Licensing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0170/part_0030/section_0020/0370-0170-0030-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:53Z","sha256":"57a4e77a6b2ed910a0c99101cc35efa5139b17f32ba46587832cbd94aa51d326","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-17-301","next":"us-mt/37-17-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}