The Michigan Board of Psychology licenses psychologists in Michigan. Michigan is a PSYPACT® participating jurisdiction. That means a Michigan license can serve as your declared PSYPACT® home state, and psychologists licensed elsewhere in the compact can already deliver telepsychology to clients located here. Michigan offers a licensure-by-endorsement route for psychologists already licensed elsewhere.
Michigan Psychology License Requirements
A doctoral degree in psychology, with official transcripts sent to the board directly by the institution.
Supervised professional experience as Michigan Board of Psychology defines it. Definitions of qualifying supervision differ between boards — confirm how your hours will be counted before filing.
A passing EPPP score, transferred officially from ASPPB. Note that individual boards set their own passing scores, so a score accepted elsewhere does not automatically satisfy this one.
Licensure by endorsement: Michigan offers licensure by endorsement to psychologists already licensed in another U.S. state or a Canadian province. You submit verification of your current license sent directly by the issuing board, official transcripts, and your EPPP scores. Applicants with ten or more years of licensure in another jurisdiction may also qualify through the ASPPB Certificate of Professional Qualification route.
Standard endorsement — license verification sent directly by the issuing board, transcripts, and EPPP scores.
ASPPB CPQ route, for applicants with ten or more years of licensure elsewhere.
Fingerprint-based criminal background check.
Disclosure and verification of any disciplinary action in any jurisdiction.
No active disciplinary sanction on your current license. Michigan treats an active sanction as disqualifying; resolved sanctions are reviewed case by case.
How Much Does an Michigan Psychology License Cost?
| Fee | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Michigan Board of Psychology before scheduling — out-of-order submissions are typically not refunded. |
Fees above are paid to Michigan and ASPPB. Our service fee is separate — see pricing.
We handle the Michigan 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.
View full pricingHow Long Does It Take to Get an Michigan Psychology License?
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 Michigan.
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 Michigan Board of Psychology.
Where Michigan Applications Get Delayed
An active sanction is disqualifying, not merely a question. Michigan will not license an applicant carrying an active disciplinary sanction on a current license. Resolved matters are reviewed individually — but "resolved" needs to be genuinely resolved, with documentation, before you file.
Missing the CPQ route at ten years. Michigan recognizes the ASPPB Certificate of Professional Qualification for applicants with a decade or more of licensure. If you qualify and do not use it, you are assembling evidence a credential would have supplied.
Assuming PSYPACT® replaces the Michigan license. An APIT® lets a psychologist licensed elsewhere in the compact deliver telepsychology to clients in Michigan. It does not authorize in-person practice here, and it is not a Michigan 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 Michigan Psychology License
Renewal Cycle
Michigan renews psychologist licenses every two years through LARA. Verify your specific renewal date with the Board.
CE Requirement
Michigan requires continuing education on the renewal cycle, and most states mandate specific content areas. Verify the current hour count and required topics with Michigan Board of Psychology — 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 Michigan license is not authorized regardless of how briefly it lapsed. Verify the delinquency and reinstatement procedure with Michigan Board of Psychology.
How Michigan Licenses Psychologists
The Michigan Board of Psychology licenses psychologists in Michigan. 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.
Licensure by Endorsement
Michigan offers licensure by endorsement to psychologists already licensed in another U.S. state or a Canadian province. You submit verification of your current license sent directly by the issuing board, official transcripts, and your EPPP scores. Applicants with ten or more years of licensure in another jurisdiction may also qualify through the ASPPB Certificate of Professional Qualification route.
Routes worth checking before you file:
- Standard endorsement — license verification sent directly by the issuing board, transcripts, and EPPP scores.
- ASPPB CPQ route, for applicants with ten or more years of licensure elsewhere.
One general caution: endorsement is not a transfer. The board still evaluates whether your education, supervised experience, examination, and professional history are equivalent to its own standards, and it can conclude that they are not. Older training histories and non-standard program structures draw the most scrutiny.
PSYPACT® and Michigan
Michigan is a participating jurisdiction, which is useful in both directions.
If you hold a Michigan license, Michigan 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 Michigan — no Michigan 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 Michigan license held by someone who lives elsewhere does not make Michigan 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, fingerprint sequencing, and Michigan Board of Psychology correspondence through to issuance. Where Michigan is your intended PSYPACT® home state, we file the E.Passport and APIT® on top of it.
Michigan Psychology License FAQ
Is Michigan a PSYPACT state?
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Do I still need a Michigan license if I have an APIT?
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If I hold a Michigan license but live in another state, can Michigan be my PSYPACT home state?
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Does Michigan offer licensure by endorsement?
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How much does a Michigan 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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