Change in Requirements for PSYPACT Participation

As a result of good advocacy work, The PSYPACT Commission recently changed the criteria for the E.Passport. This is a significant change since the E.Passport is required for participation in PSYPACT.  The change specifically involves individuals who received their doctorate prior to January 1, 1985.
 
Old language required graduation from an APA accredited program or a program jointly designated by the National Register and ASPPB (essentially programs that were on their way to accreditation). Unfortunately, a number of our more experienced and more senior psychologists graduated in the 1980s at a time when some programs were not yet APA accredited. The proposed changed was to allow psychologists to have graduated from a regionally accredited program prior to some specific date.
 
The PSYPACT Commission did change the criteria  for psychologists who graduated with a doctoral degree from a regionally accredited program prior to January 1, 1985. The PSYPACT Commission deemed that an individual who graduated from a regionally accredited program prior to January 1, 1985 and has been continuously licensed is deemed to have met the E.Passport educational requirements.
 
The change was effective immediately.  The specific language change is immediately below:

 
“6. Do I have to have graduated from an APA/CPA accredited or Joint Designated program?*

Yes. Eligibility requirements state that the degree program must have been accredited by the American Psychological Association/ Canadian Psychological Association or designated by the ASPPB National Register Joint Designation Project (https://www.asppb.net/page/JointDesignation) at the time your degree was conferred in order to be eligible.
Please note: Applicants who have been continuously licensed (active or inactive) to practice psychology at the independent level in one or more ASPPB member jurisdictions since January 1, 1985, based on a doctoral degree in psychology from a regionally accredited institution, are deemed to have met the educational requirements for the E. Passport and/or Interjurisdictional Practice Certificate (IPC).” 
 
*(see: https://www.asppb.net/page/telepsychology)