{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1935","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1935","heading":"Application for license - Qualifications - Educational","body":"requirements.\n\nA. Applications for a license to practice as a licensed\n\nbehavioral practitioner shall be made to the State Board of\n\nBehavioral Health Licensure in writing. Such applications shall be\n\non a form and in a manner prescribed by the Board. The application\n\nshall be accompanied by the fee required by the Licensed Behavioral\n\nPractitioner Act, which shall be retained by the Board and not\n\nreturned to the applicant.\n\nB. Each applicant for a license to practice as a licensed\n\nbehavioral practitioner shall:\n\n1. Pass an examination based on standards promulgated by the\n\nBoard pursuant to the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act;\n\n2. Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age;\n\n3. Not have engaged in, nor be engaged in, any practice or\n\nconduct which would be grounds for denying, revoking, or suspending\n\na license pursuant to the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act; and\n\n4. Otherwise comply with the rules promulgated by the Board\n\npursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner\n\nAct.\n\nC. In addition to the qualifications specified by the\n\nprovisions of subsection B of this section, an applicant for a\n\nlicense to practice as a licensed behavioral practitioner shall\n\nhave:\n\n1. Successfully completed at least forty-five (45) graduate\n\nsemester hours (sixty (60) graduate quarter hours) of behavioral-\n\nscience-related course work. These forty-five (45) hours shall\n\ninclude at least a master's degree from a program in psychology.\n\nAll course work and degrees shall be earned from a regionally\n\naccredited college or university. The Board shall define what\n\ncourse work qualifies as \"behavioral-science-related\";\n\n2. On or after January 1, 2008, successfully completed at least\n\nsixty (60) graduate semester hours (ninety (90) graduate quarter\n\nhours) of behavioral-science-related course work. These sixty (60)\n\nhours shall include at least a master's degree from a program in\n\npsychology. All courses shall be earned from a regionally\n\naccredited college or university.\n\nThe Board shall define what course work qualifies as\n\n\"behavioral-science-related\"; and\n\n3. Three (3) years of supervised full-time experience in\n\nprofessional behavioral health services subject to the supervision\n\nof a licensed mental health professional pursuant to conditions\n\nestablished by the Board. One (1) or two (2) years of experience\n\nmay be gained at the rate of one (1) year for each thirty (30)\n\ngraduate semester hours earned beyond the master's degree, provided\n\nthat such hours are clearly related to the field of psychology or\n\nbehavioral sciences and are acceptable to the Board. The applicant\n\nshall have no less than one (1) year of supervised full-time\n\nexperience in behavioral science.\n\nD. Applicants with degrees from schools outside the United\n\nStates may qualify with Board approval by providing the Board with\n\nan acceptable comprehensive evaluation of the degree performed by a\n\nforeign credential evaluation service that is acceptable to the\n\nBoard, and any other requirement the Board deems necessary.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"64aa9f0bd43eeeb7a525472cb19de159ba7bee8b49b1a7eea4ac2de1eec55dfa","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1934","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1936"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}