Psychologist Licensure in Indiana: Degree, Supervised Hours and the EPPP

The licence this page follows is the one IC 25-33-1-5.1(a) issues: its requirements list covers age, conduct, a board-approved psychology doctorate, the examination and the fee — no supervised-experience clause.

The chapter also carries two licence sections that were not read — 25-33-1-5.3, which 5.1(a) opens by excepting, and 25-33-1-9.5, a temporary licence for psychologists — so the account here is scoped to the sections that were.

What separates a licence from a health-service career is the endorsement: the board's page tells licensees the HSPP is required for the independent diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders, and that without it the only routes are practising under an HSPP's supervision while qualifying for the endorsement, or holding the limited licence under IC 25-33-1-18, a legacy conversion of a repealed certificate.

Two permits — one for exam candidates, one limited-scope permit for psychologists not licensed in Indiana — round out the ladder.

The degree rule has a timing trap: the program must have been approved by the board as a psychology program at the time the degree was conferred, so approval is judged as of conferral, not later.

Transcripts must show the conferral date, and internships should be listed on the transcript or verified by a program letter.

Graduates of programs without APA, CPA or APPIC approval submit a supplemental form with syllabi for each subject area so the board can review the program against the statute and rules.

The HSPP endorsement adds its own degree line: a doctorate in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, or another applied health service area of psychology.

The endorsement requires at least two (2) years of experience in a health service setting.

Route (A), as written, puts the second year after the doctorate: one year in an organized health service training program plus at least one year after the doctoral degree.

Route (B) keys to a board rule defining sequential and organized experience, the route the board administers today: a minimum of 1,600 hours of supervised experience completed in no less than twelve (12) months including 900 hours of direct client hours, provable by doctoral practicum (Form B), post-internship hours (Form C), or a combination, so practicum hours can fill the requirement and the post-degree year is not required as administered.

The rule text (868 IAC 1.1-13-3.1) was not readable and is unverified.

Form A proves the internship separately: 1,500 hours, with non-APA/APPIC internships reviewed through the supplemental form.

Doctorates received before September 1, 1983 have a preceptorship route: at least 1,800 hours with at least 100 hours of direct supervision — at least fifty (50) on diagnosis, fifty (50) on treatment — within two (2) years.

Every applicant for psychology licensure must pass a jurisprudence examination — the board's page says no applicant is exempt — a 50-question true-false and multiple-choice exam emailed to the applicant with seven (7) days to return it and a 75% pass mark, taken before the board approves the national exam.

The EPPP passing score was not stated on the page read.

Approval to sit the EPPP lapses one (1) calendar year after the board issues it, with no extensions, and a failed attempt carries a sixty (60) day wait before re-approval.

The board has not adopted EPPP Part 2.

That question is time-limited: ASPPB's integrated EPPP replaces both parts for first-time takers from fall 2027 and is the only version from April 1, 2028, so check the board's exam page for which version you will sit.

A psychologist who is not yet endorsed can still move toward diagnosis and treatment work, but the supervising credential is fixed: someone accruing post-degree supervised experience in a health service setting does not need the endorsement themselves as long as their supervisor is an HSPP-endorsed psychologist.

The same page governs how the hours reach the board — where doctoral practicum and post-internship hours had multiple supervisors, each submits a form, and a supervisor who oversaw several locations may summarize the total in a supplemental letter.

Once issued, the HSPP renews automatically with the underlying psychology licence.

A licensed psychologist without the HSPP endorsement has narrow room: the board limits diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders to practice under HSPP supervision for the purpose of qualifying for the endorsement, or to the limited licence issued under IC 25-33-1-18 within that licence's scope — a legacy credential, which makes the endorsement the working scope boundary for a clinical career.

The chapter also carries a section titled Prohibition Against Practice Beyond Psychologist's Professional Competence (IC 25-33-1-12).

Prescriptive authority: none was found in the sources read.

The PSYPACT Commission map, as read in September 2026, lists Indiana as a member in effect: IN S 365, enacted March 10, 2022, effective July 1, 2022.

The board's own page points applicants to PSYPACT information on the licensing-information page; the enacting statute itself was not among the texts read, so these dates rest on the Commission map.

PSYPACT is doctoral-level only, so it travels with the psychologist licence.

An Indiana psychologist uses ASPPB's E.Passport or Interjurisdictional Practice Certificate plus the matching PSYPACT authorization to practise telepsychology, or temporarily in person for up to 30 days a year, in another participating state.

An applicant holding an active psychology licence in another jurisdiction applies by reciprocity and must meet IC 25-1-21-5; the verification of licensure must come directly from the issuing state — copies of licence cards are not accepted — and every reciprocity applicant still passes the jurisprudence examination.

Two limits matter to a relocating clinician.

The HSPP credential is not included in the reciprocity application: the endorsement takes its own application, its own $100 fee, Form A internship proof and the post-internship documentation.

And for interim practice, the board issues the limited scope temporary psychology permit under IC 25-33-1-4.5 to an applicant not currently licensed to practise psychology in Indiana who holds an unsupervised psychology licence in another state.

Licences expire September 1st on even years and, once renewed, run two years to August 31st; an initial licence is valid only for the remainder of the renewal period in effect at issuance (IC 25-33-1-10(f)).

There is no inactive status.

A licence lapsed for less than three (3) years renews on payment of the fee; beyond three years, reinstatement runs through IC 25-1-8-6(d) and costs a $200 renewal and application fee plus proof of twenty hours of continuing education for every year the licence was invalid, for HSPP holders.

CE itself attaches only to the endorsement: forty (40) hours per two-year period, and for the 2024-26 cycle 6 hours in ethics with no less than 3 Category I ethics and a minimum of twenty (20) credit hours in Category I courses.

An HSPP issued mid-cycle owes a prorated amount under 868 IAC 1.1-15-10.

Three mechanics end or gate an application.

An application whose requirements are not submitted within one (1) year after filing is abandoned, and a later filing is treated as a new application.

Approval to sit the EPPP lapses one (1) calendar year after the board issues it, and the board grants no extensions.

And disclosure is mandatory: the application requires the applicant's U.S. social security number under Ind.

Code 4-1-8-1 and 25-1-5-11(a).

The psychologist, re-examination, reciprocity and limited-scope permit applications each list a criminal background check; the temporary-permit and HSPP application lists read do not.

Fees: $100 for the psychologist application and for the HSPP endorsement, $50 for a temporary permit or re-examination, and $100 to renew every two years.