Psychologists in Texas are licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (TSBEP), which operates under the umbrella of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Texas requires a doctoral degree, two years of supervised experience including one post-doctoral year, a passing EPPP score, and its own open-book Jurisprudence Examination covering the Psychologists' Licensing Act and Council rules. Texas is a PSYPACT® participating jurisdiction, which means a Texas license can serve as your declared home state — and for psychologists building a multi-state telepsychology practice, that makes Texas one of the more useful licenses to hold.
Texas Psychology License Requirements
A doctoral degree in psychology, with official transcripts sent to the Council directly by the institution.
Two years of supervised professional experience, of which at least one year must be post-doctoral.
A passing EPPP score. Texas requires a scaled score of 500.
The Texas Jurisprudence Examination, covering the Psychologists' Licensing Act and Council rules. It is open-book, and it must be taken no more than six months before you submit your licensure application.
The Board's oral examination component, which uses case vignettes and ethical scenarios. Verify the current format and passing standard with the Council — this component has changed over time.
Fingerprint-based criminal background check.
Disclosure of any disciplinary action in any jurisdiction.
How Much Does an Texas Psychology License Cost?
| Fee | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Application and supporting documents | $425 | Submitted with the application package to the Council. Verify the current amount on the BHEC site before filing — fee schedules are updated periodically. |
| Texas Jurisprudence Examination | $39 | Open-book, taken through the Council's vendor. Must be completed within the six months preceding your application submission. |
| EPPP | $0 | Charged by ASPPB, not by Texas. Note that ASPPB has signalled an additional skills-component fee alongside the existing knowledge examination — confirm the current structure and cost with ASPPB directly rather than budgeting from an older figure. |
| Fingerprint / criminal background check | $0 | Vendor-dependent. Verify with the Council before scheduling; out-of-order submissions are typically not refunded. |
| Initial license issuance | $0 | Charged separately from the application fee. Verify the current amount with the Council. |
Fees above are paid to Texas and ASPPB. Our service fee is separate — see pricing.
We handle the Texas 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 Texas Psychology License?
Typical Processing
Three to six months once all materials are received, including examination results and the background check.
Recommended Lead Time
Start at least six months before your intended start of practice in Texas.
The Jurisprudence Examination's six-month validity window is the scheduling constraint that trips people up. Sit it too early and it expires before your application is ready; sit it too late and it delays submission. It needs to be sequenced against the rest of the file rather than knocked out first.
Where Texas Applications Get Delayed
Sitting the Jurisprudence Examination outside its window. It must be taken no more than six months before you submit your application. Applicants who sit it early "to get it out of the way" routinely have to retake and pay again.
The post-doctoral year. Texas requires two years of supervised experience with at least one post-doctoral. Applicants whose training concentrated hours pre-doctorally can meet a raw total and still fall short of the post-doctoral component.
The EPPP scaled score of 500. Texas sets a specific threshold. A score that satisfied another state's cut does not automatically satisfy Texas.
Assuming PSYPACT® replaces the Texas license. It does not work that way. An APIT® lets a psychologist licensed elsewhere in the compact deliver telepsychology to clients in Texas. It does not authorize in-person practice in Texas, and it is not a Texas license.
Forgetting that home state means physical location. If you use Texas as your PSYPACT® home state, you must be physically located in Texas while delivering telepsychology under the APIT®. Psychologists who hold a Texas license but live elsewhere cannot use Texas as their home state in practice.
Background-check sequencing. Fingerprints generally must be captured after the application is on file. Out-of-order submissions are not refunded and may not transfer.
Renewing Your Texas Psychology License
Renewal Cycle
Texas psychology licenses renew annually. Verify your specific renewal date with the Council.
CE Requirement
Texas requires continuing education each renewal cycle, including mandated content in ethics and, for some licensees, additional specified areas. Verify the current hour count and mandatory topics with the Council. Note that if you also hold an ASPPB E.Passport, its three hours of telepsychology-specific CE are a separate requirement and do not automatically satisfy Texas CE.
Late Grace Period
Texas provides a late-renewal window with penalty fees before a license becomes delinquent. Practising on an expired license is not authorized regardless. Verify current terms with the Council.
How Texas Licenses Psychologists
The Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists sets licensure standards for psychologists in Texas, operating under the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, which handles the administrative machinery — applications, fees, and enforcement — across several behavioral health professions. Applications run through the Council rather than through TSBEP directly.
Examinations
Texas requires more examination than most states. Beyond the EPPP — for which Texas sets a scaled passing score of 500 — applicants sit a state Jurisprudence Examination covering the Psychologists' Licensing Act and Council rules. It is open-book, which makes it sound trivial, and it is not the difficulty that causes problems. It is the timing: the Jurisprudence Examination must be taken no more than six months before you submit your licensure application. Sit it too early and it lapses; sit it too late and it holds up submission. There is also an oral examination component using case vignettes and ethical scenarios — confirm its current format with the Council, as this element has changed over time.
Supervised Experience
Texas requires two years of supervised professional experience with at least one year post-doctoral. The post-doctoral component is a separate requirement, not merely a portion of the total, and applicants whose training front-loaded hours before the doctorate can satisfy the two-year total while failing the post-doctoral piece.
PSYPACT® and Texas
Texas is a participating jurisdiction, and that cuts both ways usefully.
If you hold a Texas license, Texas can serve as your declared PSYPACT® home state. With an ASPPB E.Passport and an APIT® on top of it, you can deliver telepsychology into every other participating jurisdiction without a separate license in each. For a psychologist building a multi-state telehealth practice, that makes the Texas license unusually load-bearing.
One constraint matters more than it first appears: under the APIT® you must be physically located in your declared home state while delivering telepsychology. Holding a Texas license while living in Oregon does not let you use Texas as a home state in practice. Choose the home state you actually sit in.
If you are licensed elsewhere in the compact, your APIT® already authorizes telepsychology to clients located in Texas — no Texas 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.
Renewals and CE
Texas renews psychology licenses annually with a continuing-education requirement including mandated ethics content. If you also hold an E.Passport, note that its three hours of telepsychology-specific CE are an ASPPB requirement on a separate cycle — satisfying one does not satisfy the other, and the two deadlines are easy to conflate.
What We Handle
Eligibility and supervised-hours review against the post-doctoral requirement, transcript and EPPP score routing, Jurisprudence Examination scheduling inside its validity window, fingerprint sequencing, Council correspondence through to issuance, and — where Texas is your intended PSYPACT® home state — the E.Passport and APIT® filings that sit on top of it.
Texas Psychology License FAQ
Is Texas a PSYPACT state?
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When should I take the Texas Jurisprudence Examination?
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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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