The Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners licenses psychologists in Colorado. Colorado is a PSYPACT® participating jurisdiction. That means a Colorado license can serve as your declared PSYPACT® home state, and psychologists licensed elsewhere in the compact can already deliver telepsychology to clients located here. Confirm the available pathway with Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners before filing.
Colorado Psychology License Requirements
A doctoral degree in psychology, with official transcripts sent to the board directly by the institution.
Supervised professional experience: 1,500 hours of post-doctoral supervised experience.
A passing EPPP score. Colorado sets its passing score at 500 — a score that satisfied another state's lower cut does not automatically satisfy Colorado.
An active license in another jurisdiction, verified directly by that board, if you are applying as an out-of-state psychologist. Confirm with Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners whether an endorsement route is available to you and what it requires.
The Colorado jurisprudence examination (online). The Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination covers the mental health statutes, Board rules, confidentiality and privilege, prohibited activities, emergency procedures, and disciplinary provisions. It is taken online for a modest fee, which makes it one of the easier state-law examinations to schedule around.
Fingerprint-based criminal background check.
Disclosure and verification of any disciplinary action in any jurisdiction.
How Much Does an Colorado Psychology License Cost?
| Fee | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination | $18 | Taken online. Verify the current amount with DORA. |
| EPPP or score transfer | $0 | Charged by ASPPB, not by the state. ASPPB has signalled an additional skills component alongside the existing knowledge examination — confirm the current structure and cost with ASPPB rather than budgeting from an older figure. |
| Licensure verification from each prior jurisdiction | $0 | Charged by each issuing board. Every board that has ever licensed you must send one, including lapsed licenses. Amounts vary by state. |
| Fingerprint / background check | $0 | Vendor-dependent. Verify with Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners before scheduling — out-of-order submissions are typically not refunded. |
Fees above are paid to Colorado and ASPPB. Our service fee is separate — see pricing.
We handle the Colorado application end-to-end.
Eligibility screening, document prep, board follow-ups, and tracking — so you don't lose a board meeting cycle to a missing form.
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Typical Processing
Three to six months from a complete filing is a common range, and complex files run longer. The board cannot begin substantive review until out-of-state verifications and official transcripts have arrived.
Recommended Lead Time
Start at least six months before you need to practise in Colorado.
Published processing targets rarely survive contact with a file that has a documentation gap in it. The controllable part is the front end — pathway determination, transcripts requested with correct routing, and verifications ordered from every board that has ever licensed you. Confirm current targets directly with Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners.
Where Colorado Applications Get Delayed
The fixed 31 August odd-year expiration. Colorado renews the whole profession on one date. If your license issues in, say, July of an odd year, you renew weeks later at full fee. Not avoidable, but worth expecting.
Colorado's EPPP cut is 500. Individual states set their own passing scores. A score accepted by your original licensing state may not clear Colorado's threshold.
The 1,500 post-doctoral hours are post-doctoral. Colorado registers Psychologist Candidates precisely so this period is documented as it happens. Applicants reconstructing it after the fact from another state's records have more work to do.
Assuming PSYPACT® replaces the Colorado license. An APIT® lets a psychologist licensed elsewhere in the compact deliver telepsychology to clients in Colorado. It does not authorize in-person practice here, and it is not a Colorado license.
Forgetting a lapsed license. Verification is required from every jurisdiction that has ever licensed you, including licenses you let expire years ago. An omission stalls the file and raises a candour question that is far more troublesome than the verification would have been.
Transcripts sent by the applicant. Boards and ASPPB alike require official transcripts sent directly by the institution or its clearinghouse. A sealed envelope you forward is not accepted, and the failure is silent — you believe it is delivered while the file waits.
Assuming another state's supervised-hours count transfers. Definitions of qualifying supervision differ meaningfully between boards. Hours that satisfied your original licensure may be counted differently here.
Renewing Your Colorado Psychology License
Renewal Cycle
Colorado psychology licenses expire on 31 August of odd-numbered years — a fixed profession-wide date rather than each licensee's anniversary. A license issued shortly before that date renews almost immediately.
CE Requirement
Colorado requires continuing education on the renewal cycle, and most states mandate specific content areas. Verify the current hour count and required topics with Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners — mandated subject lists change more often than the hour totals do. If you also hold an ASPPB E.Passport, its three hours of telepsychology-specific CE are a separate requirement on a separate cycle and do not satisfy state CE.
Late Grace Period
Practising on a lapsed Colorado license is not authorized regardless of how briefly it lapsed. Verify the delinquency and reinstatement procedure with Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners.
How Colorado Licenses Psychologists
The Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners licenses psychologists in Colorado. As in every state, licensure rests on a doctoral degree in psychology, supervised professional experience, and examination — but the specifics differ more than psychologists expect, particularly in how supervised hours are defined and whether a state-specific jurisprudence examination applies.
Applying From Out of State
Confirm with Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners which pathway applies to you before filing. Where a state has no formal endorsement route, an out-of-state psychologist applies through the standard process, and the practical difference is in which evidence the board will accept rather than whether an application is required.
The Jurisprudence Examination
Colorado requires a state jurisprudence examination, administered in online form. The Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination covers the mental health statutes, Board rules, confidentiality and privilege, prohibited activities, emergency procedures, and disciplinary provisions. It is taken online for a modest fee, which makes it one of the easier state-law examinations to schedule around. Endorsement does not generally exempt applicants from it — a state-law examination is precisely the thing another state's license cannot evidence.
PSYPACT® and Colorado
Colorado is a participating jurisdiction, which is useful in both directions.
If you hold a Colorado license, Colorado can serve as your declared PSYPACT® home state. With an ASPPB E.Passport and an Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT®) on top of it, your telepsychology practice reaches every other participating jurisdiction without a separate license in each.
If you are licensed elsewhere in the compact, your APIT® already authorizes telepsychology to clients located in Colorado — no Colorado license needed for that work. It does not authorize in-person practice here. For temporary in-person work that is the separate IPC and TAP® route, capped at 30 calendar days per calendar year.
One constraint matters more than it first appears: under the APIT® you must be physically located in your declared home state while delivering telepsychology. A Colorado license held by someone who lives elsewhere does not make Colorado a workable home state. Choose the state you actually sit in.
What We Handle
Pathway determination before you spend a non-refundable fee, transcript and EPPP score routing, verification requests to every jurisdiction that has ever licensed you, jurisprudence examination scheduling, fingerprint sequencing, and Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners correspondence through to issuance. Where Colorado is your intended PSYPACT® home state, we file the E.Passport and APIT® on top of it.
Colorado Psychology License FAQ
Is Colorado a PSYPACT state?
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Do I still need a Colorado license if I have an APIT?
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If I hold a Colorado license but live in another state, can Colorado be my PSYPACT home state?
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Do I have to take the Colorado jurisprudence exam?
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How much does a Colorado psychology license cost?
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What Working with Us Costs
Transparent, a la carte service fees. The state board and ASPPB fees listed above are paid directly to those organizations. Our concierge fee is separate and is the only thing you pay us.
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