Psychology License from Montana to Texas: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Last verified: 2026-08-07 · source: Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council) ↗
A psychology license transfers from Montana to Texas by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council), verify your Montana license, and meet Texas's endorsement requirements. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) — 22 TAC 463.30(c) provides that an applicant who took the EPPP in another jurisdiction is not required to retake it provided the score meets the Council's current minimum (500 computer-based, per 463.31); every applicant must still pass the Texas Jurisprudence Examination (85% cut-off) before a license is granted, and it must be passed no more than six months before applying.
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This direction has a payoff worth planning around. Montana is outside PSYPACT, so you have had no compact authorizations to work with — but Texas participates. Endorse into Texas through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council), 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, Texas's jurisprudence requirement applied — but what it unlocks afterwards is considerably more than a single state.
What changes, Montana → Texas
| Montana (current) | Texas (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| PSYPACT status | PSYPACT enacted — not yet issuing | PSYPACT member — multistate license honored |
| Application fee | $175 (Application fee stated on the Board's license-information page for both Psychologist and Psychologist Licensed by Experience. A postdoctoral supervision application is a separate $25 where applicable; renewal is $600 active / $1,200 late. Background-check costs are not published here.) | $425 (22 TAC 885.1: 'LP Application (including reciprocity applications)' totals $425 ($410 base + $10 Texas.gov + $5 Office of Patient Protection). The psychologist Jurisprudence Exam fee is $39 and the fingerprint criminal history check is billed separately by the vendor. All fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable.) |
| Processing time | Neither the Board's license-information page nor its statutes page states a processing-time range for psychologist applications. | 4–6 weeks (Council states most applications take an average of 30-40 days to fully process and asks applicants not to inquire until six weeks have elapsed. Its published FY2025 figures for psychologist applications were 1 day minimum, 310 days maximum, 43-day median, 46-day average.) |
| Licensing authority | Montana Board of Psychologists (Department of Labor & Industry, Business Standards Division) | Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council) |
The destination column is what you must satisfy — Texas sets the rules for this move.
Step by step
- Confirm Texas's current requirements on the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council) website (linked below) — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council) (application linked below).
- Arrange license verification from your current state.
- Pass the Texas Jurisprudence Examination before submitting the application; the passing result is valid for six months.
- Submit a self-query report from the National Practitioner Data Bank.
- Complete the fingerprint-based criminal history record check triggered after the online application is submitted.
- Have official doctoral transcripts sent directly from the university.
- Supervised-experience documentation is waived for an applicant actively licensed as a doctoral-level psychologist in good standing who has practiced in another jurisdiction for at least five years (22 TAC 463.10(e)).
- An active ASPPB CPQ satisfies all licensure requirements except the jurisprudence exam; active ABPP specialist certification satisfies all except the EPPP and the jurisprudence exam.
- Pay the fees ($425 (22 TAC 885.1: 'LP Application (including reciprocity applications)' totals $425 ($410 base + $10 Texas.gov + $5 Office of Patient Protection). The psychologist Jurisprudence Exam fee is $39 and the fingerprint criminal history check is billed separately by the vendor. All fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable.)) and allow 4–6 weeks (Council states most applications take an average of 30-40 days to fully process and asks applicants not to inquire until six weeks have elapsed. Its published FY2025 figures for psychologist applications were 1 day minimum, 310 days maximum, 43-day median, 46-day average.).
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Does Texas accept a Montana psychology license?
A psychology license transfers from Montana to Texas by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council), verify your Montana license, and meet Texas's endorsement requirements. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) — 22 TAC 463.30(c) provides that an applicant who took the EPPP in another jurisdiction is not required to retake it provided the score meets the Council's current minimum (500 computer-based, per 463.31); every applicant must still pass the Texas Jurisprudence Examination (85% cut-off) before a license is granted, and it must be passed no more than six months before applying.
Do I retake the EPPP moving from Montana to Texas?
No — the EPPP is passed once and your score is verified rather than retaken. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) — 22 TAC 463.30(c) provides that an applicant who took the EPPP in another jurisdiction is not required to retake it provided the score meets the Council's current minimum (500 computer-based, per 463.31); every applicant must still pass the Texas Jurisprudence Examination (85% cut-off) before a license is granted, and it must be passed no more than six months before applying.
What does the move cost?
$425 (22 TAC 885.1: 'LP Application (including reciprocity applications)' totals $425 ($410 base + $10 Texas.gov + $5 Office of Patient Protection). The psychologist Jurisprudence Exam fee is $39 and the fingerprint criminal history check is billed separately by the vendor. All fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable.) (22 TAC 885.1: 'LP Application (including reciprocity applications)' totals $425 ($410 base + $10 Texas.gov + $5 Office of Patient Protection). The psychologist Jurisprudence Exam fee is $39 and the fingerprint criminal history check is billed separately by the vendor. All fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable.).
How long will it take?
4–6 weeks (Council states most applications take an average of 30-40 days to fully process and asks applicants not to inquire until six weeks have elapsed. Its published FY2025 figures for psychologist applications were 1 day minimum, 310 days maximum, 43-day median, 46-day average.) — Council states most applications take an average of 30-40 days to fully process and asks applicants not to inquire until six weeks have elapsed. Its published FY2025 figures for psychologist applications were 1 day minimum, 310 days maximum, 43-day median, 46-day average..
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-08-07.
- Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council — Applying for a Psychology License (application types, including the Oklahoma reciprocity application) ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- TBHEC Consolidated Rulebook for Psychology (22 TAC 463.2, 463.10, 463.13, 463.30, 463.31 and 885.1 fee schedule) ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- TBHEC — Licensed Psychologist Checklist & Licensure Process (NPDB, fingerprints, transferred EPPP score, CPQ/ABPP) ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- TBHEC — Current Application Processing Timelines (30-40 day average; FY2025 psychologist statistics) ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- TBHEC — Psychology Forms and Publications (Oklahoma Licensed Psychologist Reciprocity Application and documentation checklist) ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- Montana Board of Psychologists — Psychologist and Psychologist by Experience license information (requirements, exams, $175 application fee) ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- Montana Board of Psychologists — board home (license types, apply/renew, PSYPACT) ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- Montana Code Annotated 37-1-304 — Licensure by endorsement (substantially equivalent out-of-state license; reciprocity agreements may not lower Montana standards) ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- Montana Code Annotated 37-17-302 — Qualifications for licensure as a psychologist ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
Reviewed by Billy Reiner, Editor · verified against primary sources 2026-08-07
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