Psychology License from California to Missouri: Does It Transfer? (2026)

Last verified: 2026-08-07 · source: Missouri State Committee of Psychologists (Division of Professional Registration) ↗

A psychology license transfers from California to Missouri by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the Missouri State Committee of Psychologists (Division of Professional Registration), verify your California license, and meet Missouri's endorsement requirements. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken). Reciprocity applicants (licensed 5 or more years) request an ASPPB score transfer only if their license verifications do not already carry the EPPP score, and then sit for the Missouri jurisprudence exam alone; Endorsement of Score applicants (licensed under 5 years) must request an ASPPB EPPP score transfer and sit for both the jurisprudence and the oral exam.

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Verdict

Licensure by endorsement

This direction has a payoff worth planning around. California is outside PSYPACT, so you have had no compact authorizations to work with — but Missouri participates. Endorse into Missouri through the Missouri State Committee of Psychologists (Division of Professional Registration), make it your licensed home state, and that license becomes an anchor: from there an ASPPB E.Passport and APIT authorization let you serve clients across every other participating state without another full license. The endorsement itself is still an ordinary application — EPPP score accepted, credentials reviewed, Missouri's jurisprudence requirement applied — but what it unlocks afterwards is considerably more than a single state.

What changes, California → Missouri

Side-by-side: California vs Missouri (Psychology (licensed psychologist)), verified 2026-08-07
	California (current)	Missouri (destination)
PSYPACT status	Licensure by endorsement	PSYPACT member — multistate license honored
Application fee	$236 ($236 psychologist initial application fee (2024 fee schedule, the current schedule published by the Board). Separately + $127 for the CPLEE application and + $231 for initial licensure; out-of-state fingerprint hard card processing is $233)	$150 (Application for Licensure/Temporary/Provisional Licensure (Form 375-0332) fee — the same $150 whether applying by reciprocity or by endorsement of score. Fingerprint and criminal-background-check fees are paid separately to IdentoGO/MACHS.)
Processing time	4–6 weeks (Board states processing takes approximately 1.5 months (4-6 weeks) for applications, subsequent documents/correspondence and requested deficiency documents. Because the application, the CPLEE request and the request for initial licensure are each processed separately at that pace, total time from filing to a California license is considerably longer)	The Committee publishes no application processing-time range. It states only that fingerprint results reach the board office in 7–10 days when electronically collected, or up to 8 weeks for mailed fingerprint cards; the applicant is then scheduled for the jurisprudence (and, where required, oral) examination.
Licensing authority	California Board of Psychology (Department of Consumer Affairs)	Missouri State Committee of Psychologists (Division of Professional Registration)

The destination column is what you must satisfy — Missouri sets the rules for this move.

Step by step

Confirm Missouri's current requirements on the Missouri State Committee of Psychologists (Division of Professional Registration) website (linked below) — rules change.
Submit the endorsement application to the Missouri State Committee of Psychologists (Division of Professional Registration) (application linked below).
Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
Submit Form 375-0332 with a 2x2 passport-style photograph and the $150 fee.
Have every jurisdiction of licensure return the Verification of Licensure (Form 375-0335) directly to the Committee.
Submit three mental health professional references from people who have known you at least two years (Form 375-0550).
Provide proof of fingerprint submission for the Missouri State Highway Patrol and FBI criminal background check.
Pass the Missouri jurisprudence examination, plus the oral examination if you are licensed fewer than 5 years and hold no National Register, ABPP or CPQ credential.
Pay the fees ($150 (Application for Licensure/Temporary/Provisional Licensure (Form 375-0332) fee — the same $150 whether applying by reciprocity or by endorsement of score. Fingerprint and criminal-background-check fees are paid separately to IdentoGO/MACHS.)) and allow The Committee publishes no application processing-time range. It states only that fingerprint results reach the board office in 7–10 days when electronically collected, or up to 8 weeks for mailed fingerprint cards; the applicant is then scheduled for the jurisprudence (and, where required, oral) examination..

Official links

Missouri State Committee of Psychologists (Division of Professional Registration) ↗Missouri application ↗License verification ↗Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact ↗

Frequently asked questions

Does Missouri accept a California psychology license?

Do I retake the EPPP moving from California to Missouri?

No — the EPPP is passed once and your score is verified rather than retaken. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken). Reciprocity applicants (licensed 5 or more years) request an ASPPB score transfer only if their license verifications do not already carry the EPPP score, and then sit for the Missouri jurisprudence exam alone; Endorsement of Score applicants (licensed under 5 years) must request an ASPPB EPPP score transfer and sit for both the jurisprudence and the oral exam.

What does the move cost?

$150 (Application for Licensure/Temporary/Provisional Licensure (Form 375-0332) fee — the same $150 whether applying by reciprocity or by endorsement of score. Fingerprint and criminal-background-check fees are paid separately to IdentoGO/MACHS.) (Application for Licensure/Temporary/Provisional Licensure (Form 375-0332) fee — the same $150 whether applying by reciprocity or by endorsement of score. Fingerprint and criminal-background-check fees are paid separately to IdentoGO/MACHS.).

How long will it take?

The Committee publishes no application processing-time range. It states only that fingerprint results reach the board office in 7–10 days when electronically collected, or up to 8 weeks for mailed fingerprint cards; the applicant is then scheduled for the jurisprudence (and, where required, oral) examination. — The Committee publishes no application processing-time range. It states only that fingerprint results reach the board office in 7–10 days when electronically collected, or up to 8 weeks for mailed fingerprint cards; the applicant is then scheduled for the jurisprudence (and, where required, oral) examination..

Sources

Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-08-07.

Reviewed by Billy Reiner, Editor · verified against primary sources 2026-08-07

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