You must complete the entire application for the discipline and level of licensure sought in the BOARDAL, Applicant Portal. There are instructions within each application that include information related to required documents.

No. If you follow the instructions and read the application before you submit your application, you are ready to submit your application. Board staff cannot advise you regarding how the academic review committee or Board will act on your application.

The Board can copy the transcript from one file for a second application. All other required forms and supplemental documentation must be submitted with the new application.

Any state licensure, certification or registration in a behavioral health field must be verified in the application.  Any credential held in the last ten years in professions other than behavioral health must be verified. Failure to disclose all licenses, certifications or registrations currently or ever held may result in denial of your application.

Please be aware that there may be a fee associated with a verification. You should contact the credentialing entity first to make sure you submit any fee required for a written verification.

If the online verification from the official site of the regulatory entity issuing the credential includes all Board required information, it can be uploaded in place of the form.

The Board will only accept licensure forms.

If you have been certified by this Board in the past and have either 1) an active license or 2) a certification that has expired or was never granted, the transcript may be able to be taken from the other file.  All other documents need to be completed and submitted with the new application.

The Board requires course descriptions to review the content of the courses you took for your degree, so the descriptions must be for the actual course you took. All accredited colleges and universities keep the course catalogs for every year that they were accredited. You can contact your school’s library reference section and request that they locate the correct catalog, copy the pages you need and send them to you.

There is no way to accurately predict how long it will take to process your application. Missing information will necessarily delay the processing of your application. If the application is administratively and substantively complete, the applicant will be authorized to test (if they haven't previously taken an approved exam). Once the applicant takes and passes the exam, their application is approved. You will be notified of each step in the process.

All fees are non-refundable. Under certain conditions, an application may be withdrawn. The request can be made in the BOARDAL, Applicant Portal.