Transfer Your Psychology License to New Hampshire: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)
Last verified: 2026-08-07 · source: New Hampshire Board of Psychologists (Office of Professional Licensure and Certification) ↗
To practice in New Hampshire you need a New Hampshire license, obtained by endorsement through the New Hampshire Board of Psychologists (Office of Professional Licensure and Certification): license verification, doctoral transcript, supervised-experience review, and your EPPP score accepted as already passed ($358 (Psychologist / Psychologist Tele-Pass application fee from the Board's published fee table, which includes the mandatory $28 Professional Health Program surcharge. The Board's older Psyc 303.03(b) out-of-state checklist still prints $300; the fee table is the newer figure. A temporary psychologist licence is $150. Criminal-background-check costs are the applicant's and are separate.), processing Neither the Board of Psychologists pages nor the out-of-state applicant checklist states a processing-time estimate for psychologist applications.). New Hampshire participates in PSYPACT, but that only covers telepsychology and up to 30 days a year of temporary in-person work — it does not license you in New Hampshire, and a move here still runs through endorsement.
Moving to New Hampshire from a specific state?
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Verdict
PSYPACT member — multistate license honored
Be precise about what you are actually trying to do in New Hampshire, because the two mechanisms answer different questions. If you are staying licensed and resident elsewhere and want to see New Hampshire clients by telehealth, New Hampshire's PSYPACT participation is the relevant route and you never touch the New Hampshire Board of Psychologists (Office of Professional Licensure and Certification) — you work through ASPPB and the commission instead. If you are moving to New Hampshire, or want an unrestricted New Hampshire license for any other reason, the compact contributes nothing at all and the endorsement steps below are your path.
New Hampshire's out-of-state pathway is rule Psyc 303.03(b): an applicant already licensed elsewhere who also holds at least one qualifying credential — ASPPB CPQ, ABPP, or National Register of Health Service Psychologists — files a short application (application pages, photograph, CV, background check, fee) with either individual licence verifications from every jurisdiction or an ASPPB PLUS packet. That is endorsement based on credentials, not reciprocity: an out-of-state psychologist without one of those three credentials falls back to the standard initial application with its full education, internship, post-doctoral experience and essay-examination requirements. PROVENANCE CAVEAT: www.oplc.nh.gov (and the NH legislature rules server) refused all requests from the research network on 2026-08-07 — Akamai HTTP 403 — so every source here is an Internet Archive snapshot of the official OPLC pages. The fee is taken from the newest available snapshot of the Board's fee table (2026-01-15) and conflicts with the $300 printed on the older 2025 checklist; re-confirm both the fee and the status of the Psychologist Jurisprudence Examination against the live site at the next quarterly refresh. New Hampshire is a PSYPACT participating state, which grants only APIT telepsychology and 30-day TAP in-person authority and never a New Hampshire licence.
New Hampshire requirements at a glance
| Exam | EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) — filed as an Official EPPP Score Verification, and Psyc 303.03(b) applicants may instead have ASPPB submit a completed PLUS packet on their behalf. New Hampshire's Psychologist Jurisprudence Examination was still listed as pending enactment by the Board in the OPLC examination-services notice effective 12 May 2025, and the Board's out-of-state checklist for credentialed applicants does not require the essay examination that standard initial applicants take |
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| Fees | $358 (Psychologist / Psychologist Tele-Pass application fee from the Board's published fee table, which includes the mandatory $28 Professional Health Program surcharge. The Board's older Psyc 303.03(b) out-of-state checklist still prints $300; the fee table is the newer figure. A temporary psychologist licence is $150. Criminal-background-check costs are the applicant's and are separate.) |
| Processing time | Neither the Board of Psychologists pages nor the out-of-state applicant checklist states a processing-time estimate for psychologist applications. |
Step by step
- Confirm New Hampshire's current requirements on the New Hampshire Board of Psychologists (Office of Professional Licensure and Certification) website — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the New Hampshire Board of Psychologists (Office of Professional Licensure and Certification) (application linked on this page).
- Arrange license verification from your current state.
- Hold a license from another jurisdiction and submit a Verification of Licensure for every jurisdiction in which you have ever held a psychology licence or certification, or have ASPPB send a completed PLUS packet.
- Provide evidence from the authorizing body of at least one current qualifying credential: an ASPPB CPQ, an ABPP diplomate, or National Register of Health Service Psychologists listing.
- Submit the licensure application pages with the specified photograph and a resume or curriculum vitae.
- Complete and pay for a criminal background check, required of all new applicants since 1 July 2017.
- Pay the fees ($358 (Psychologist / Psychologist Tele-Pass application fee from the Board's published fee table, which includes the mandatory $28 Professional Health Program surcharge. The Board's older Psyc 303.03(b) out-of-state checklist still prints $300; the fee table is the newer figure. A temporary psychologist licence is $150. Criminal-background-check costs are the applicant's and are separate.)) and allow Neither the Board of Psychologists pages nor the out-of-state applicant checklist states a processing-time estimate for psychologist applications..
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Coming from a specific state?
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Frequently asked questions
Does my psychology license transfer to New Hampshire?
To practice in New Hampshire you need a New Hampshire license, obtained by endorsement through the New Hampshire Board of Psychologists (Office of Professional Licensure and Certification): license verification, doctoral transcript, supervised-experience review, and your EPPP score accepted as already passed ($358 (Psychologist / Psychologist Tele-Pass application fee from the Board's published fee table, which includes the mandatory $28 Professional Health Program surcharge. The Board's older Psyc 303.03(b) out-of-state checklist still prints $300; the fee table is the newer figure. A temporary psychologist licence is $150. Criminal-background-check costs are the applicant's and are separate.), processing Neither the Board of Psychologists pages nor the out-of-state applicant checklist states a processing-time estimate for psychologist applications.). New Hampshire participates in PSYPACT, but that only covers telepsychology and up to 30 days a year of temporary in-person work — it does not license you in New Hampshire, and a move here still runs through endorsement.
Do I have to retake the EPPP to get licensed in New Hampshire?
No. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) — filed as an Official EPPP Score Verification, and Psyc 303.03(b) applicants may instead have ASPPB submit a completed PLUS packet on their behalf. New Hampshire's Psychologist Jurisprudence Examination was still listed as pending enactment by the Board in the OPLC examination-services notice effective 12 May 2025, and the Board's out-of-state checklist for credentialed applicants does not require the essay examination that standard initial applicants take.
How much does it cost to get a New Hampshire psychology license by endorsement?
$358 (Psychologist / Psychologist Tele-Pass application fee from the Board's published fee table, which includes the mandatory $28 Professional Health Program surcharge. The Board's older Psyc 303.03(b) out-of-state checklist still prints $300; the fee table is the newer figure. A temporary psychologist licence is $150. Criminal-background-check costs are the applicant's and are separate.) (Psychologist / Psychologist Tele-Pass application fee from the Board's published fee table, which includes the mandatory $28 Professional Health Program surcharge. The Board's older Psyc 303.03(b) out-of-state checklist still prints $300; the fee table is the newer figure. A temporary psychologist licence is $150. Criminal-background-check costs are the applicant's and are separate.).
How long does New Hampshire take to process an endorsement application?
Neither the Board of Psychologists pages nor the out-of-state applicant checklist states a processing-time estimate for psychologist applications. — Neither the Board of Psychologists pages nor the out-of-state applicant checklist states a processing-time estimate for psychologist applications..
Is New Hampshire a PSYPACT state?
Yes — New Hampshire was participating as of 2026-08-07. That lets a psychologist licensed in another participating state provide telepsychology to New Hampshire clients under an APIT authorization, and work in person in New Hampshire for up to 30 days a year under a TAP. It does not license you in New Hampshire: relocating still requires endorsement through the New Hampshire Board of Psychologists (Office of Professional Licensure and Certification).
Can I practice in New Hampshire using PSYPACT instead of getting licensed?
Only within the compact's limits, and only if you are not moving. Telepsychology into New Hampshire is covered by APIT; in-person work is capped at 30 days per calendar year under a TAP. Beyond that — and for any relocation to New Hampshire — you need a New Hampshire license by endorsement.
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-08-07.
- NH Board of Psychologists — Checklist for Psyc 303.03(b) applicants holding licenses from other states and qualifying credentials — read via Internet Archive snapshot dated 2025-06-07 because www.oplc.nh.gov returned HTTP 403 to the research network on 2026-08-07 ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- NH OPLC — Board of Psychologists License Fees ($358 Psychologist/Psychologist Tele-Pass application fee incl. $28 PHP surcharge) — read via Internet Archive snapshot dated 2026-01-15 ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- NH OPLC — Applications for Psychologists (application packet, verification of licensure form, official EPPP score verification, Psyc 303.03(b) checklist, reciprocity link) — read via Internet Archive snapshot dated 2026-01-16 ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- NH OPLC — examination services notice effective 12 May 2025 ('Psychologist Jurisprudence Examination (Once enacted by the Board)') — read via Internet Archive snapshot dated 2025-05-31 ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- NH OPLC — Board of Psychologists home (board scope, licence information index) — read via Internet Archive snapshot dated 2025-05-23 ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
Reviewed by Billy Reiner, Editor · verified against primary sources 2026-08-07
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