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

Minnesota issues a single psychology licence in the statute read: the licensed psychologist.

Subdivision 1 bars the independent practice of psychology without that licence, unless the person is exempt under section 148.9075, whose text was not among the sources read.

For a new graduate, every clause of the subdivision 2 checklist must be met before independent practice can start, and the statute read names no separate provisional or trainee credential for the years in between; 148.925 subd.

6 frames that period as an individual preparing for licensure.

Subdivisions 3 and 4 are legacy provisions: subd.

3(a) let anyone already licensed in this state as a licensed consulting psychologist or a licensed psychologist before August 1, 1991 qualify at renewal; subd.

3(b) was the master's-level graduate-entry route, which closed to anyone who had not entered a graduate program before November 1, 1991 and required meeting subd.

2 clauses (1) to (5); and subd.

4 is the conversion path for those legacy licensees who later earn a doctorate.

The degree clause has two parts: the doctorate must be earned, with a major in psychology, from a regionally accredited educational institution, and it is the institution that must meet the standards the board has established by rule.

Those rule standards sit in Minn.

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7200, which was not in the sources read, so whether a particular institution and degree satisfy them is a question for the board.

The same standard reappears in the legacy conversion route, which asks for an official transcript documenting the conferral sent directly from the educational institution to the board (subd.

4(2), (6)).

As written, the postdoctoral year still stands in Minnesota.

The statute asks for at least one full year, or the part-time equivalent, of postdoctoral supervised psychological employment, and it polices the calendar: no less than 12 months and no more than 60, with a board variance possible if the employment runs past 60 months (subd.

2(7)).

The clause counts duration rather than hours, so no hour figure appears in the statute read.

Nothing in the statute read lets internship or practicum hours stand in for the postdoctoral year, and the employment must be postdegree supervised psychological employment as 148.925 subd.

2 defines it: paid or volunteer work experience and postdegree training under a primary supervisor, inside the supervision rules of that section.

Every applicant must pass an examination in psychology, pass a separate professional responsibility examination on the practice of psychology, and pass any further examinations board rules require.

The statute read names neither the EPPP nor a passing score; those details sit in board rule (Minn.

R.

7200), which was not in the sources read, so confirm the current exam name and pass mark with the board.

No EPPP Part 2 requirement was found in the sources read.

The question is time-limited in any case: ASPPB's single integrated EPPP replaces both parts for first-time takers from fall 2027, and from April 1, 2028 it is the only version available.

Supervised employment must total 100 hours and include two hours per week of regularly scheduled in-person consultations; on full-time experience one hour is individual time with the primary supervisor and the second may be with a designated supervisor (subd.

5).

The board can excuse a week lost to a supervisor's illness and prorate the weekly requirement for part-time applicants.

Supervision is documented in-person consultation with facilitative and evaluative components, though subd.

1 says it may include telesupervision between primary or designated supervisors and the supervisee.

Subd.

3's first four routes require competence both in supervision in the practice of psychology and in the activities being supervised, and they cover a Minnesota-licensed doctoral psychologist; a psychologist licensed or certified in another jurisdiction; a Minnesota psychologist licensed before August 1, 1991; and an employee of a regionally accredited institution or government body with a doctoral degree with a major in psychology, provided the supervision and the supervised activities occur within that institution or body.

A designated supervisor is a master's or doctorally prepared mental health professional.

During the postdegree year the applicant is not shut out of the work: subd.

6 lets individuals preparing for licensure perform any of the services specified in section 148.89, as long as the services are performed as part of their training.

The statute read does not enumerate those services, so the practical boundary of a supervisee's work is a question for the board and the training program.

The licence requirement still gates independent practice (148.907 subd.

1).

On prescribing, the Minnesota section records no RxP: no prescriptive authority appears in the sources read.

Minnesota joined PSYPACT through MN SB 193, which the PSYPACT Commission map, as read in September 2026, lists as enacted May 25, 2021, effective May 26, 2021: a member in effect.

A Minnesota licensed psychologist can use the compact for telepsychology or for temporary in-person practice in participating states, through ASPPB's E.Passport or Interjurisdictional Practice Certificate plus the matching PSYPACT authorization.

PSYPACT is doctoral-only.

With no current master's-level licence in the state, nothing in Minnesota is cut off from the compact, but a compact authorization is an addition to the Minnesota licence, never a substitute for it.

At renewal a licensee must give the board satisfactory evidence of completed continuing education, and the board sets the number of hours required each year by rule (148.911(a)).

That figure sits in Minn.

R.

7200, which was not in the sources read, so the hour total for a given renewal period is a question for the board.

What the statute fixes is content: at least four of the required hours must build competence to address the psychological needs of individuals from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, with topics that include culture, clients' cultures, social diversity and oppression, cultural humility, and human diversity (148.911(b)).

The section's latest history line is the 2021 amendment, 1Sp2021 c 7 art 4 s 2.

Minnesota has no current master's-level psychology licence.

The Licensed Psychological Practitioner statute, 148.908, was repealed by 1Sp2017 c 6 art 11 s 56.

Subdivision 3 of 148.907 is closed history, in two routes: subd.

3(a) qualified anyone already licensed in this state as a licensed consulting psychologist or a licensed psychologist before August 1, 1991, at the time of license renewal; and subd.

3(b) was the graduate-entry route — enter a graduate program before November 1, 1991, earn a master's degree before December 31, 1997 while meeting subd.

2 clauses (1) to (5), and complete a post-master's supervised year before December 31, 1998, with Minnesota residence on October 31, 1992 (subd.

3(c)).

No one can enter either route today; the dates have passed, and subdivision 4, the conversion path to doctoral level, is open only to licensees already holding that legacy status.

It asks for a doctorate with a major in psychology, a predoctoral internship meeting board-rule standards, and a further year of supervised psychological employment after the master's degree that may not include the internship.