Transfer Your Psychology License to North Dakota: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)

North Dakota licenses out-of-state psychologists by endorsement rather than by any automatic exchange. The North Dakota State Board of Psychologist Examiners reviews your credentials and accepts your existing EPPP passing score; budget $450 (Application Initiation Form fee payable to NDSBPE, nonrefundable. Add $200 for the ASPPB PLUS online application and, if the EPPP has not already been passed, $600 to the exam owner plus any testing-site fee. The oral examination itself carries a $0 fee; the future North Dakota professional responsibility examination is $50. Limited practice application is $25; annual renewal is $250.) and The board publishes no turnaround time and warns that processing takes 'several days' after the applicant's own work plus primary-source verifications whose timing varies by program and faculty. On receipt of a completed Application Initiation Form from an out-of-jurisdiction licensee the board may grant a provisional license valid six months, extendable for good cause, so the applicant can practise while the file is pending (NDAC 66-02-01-03(3)). for processing. North Dakota 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 North Dakota, and a move here still runs through endorsement.

No. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) — expedited licensure requires documentation confirming the applicant previously passed the national examination required by North Dakota; the passing standard is a scaled score of 500. The board may additionally require the applicant to pass an examination on the ethics, laws and rules regulating psychology practice, and North Dakota's own examination is currently an ORAL examination (no fee), to be replaced once developed by a written North Dakota professional responsibility examination ($50)..

$450 (Application Initiation Form fee payable to NDSBPE, nonrefundable. Add $200 for the ASPPB PLUS online application and, if the EPPP has not already been passed, $600 to the exam owner plus any testing-site fee. The oral examination itself carries a $0 fee; the future North Dakota professional responsibility examination is $50. Limited practice application is $25; annual renewal is $250.) (Application Initiation Form fee payable to NDSBPE, nonrefundable. Add $200 for the ASPPB PLUS online application and, if the EPPP has not already been passed, $600 to the exam owner plus any testing-site fee. The oral examination itself carries a $0 fee; the future North Dakota professional responsibility examination is $50. Limited practice application is $25; annual renewal is $250.).

The board publishes no turnaround time and warns that processing takes 'several days' after the applicant's own work plus primary-source verifications whose timing varies by program and faculty. On receipt of a completed Application Initiation Form from an out-of-jurisdiction licensee the board may grant a provisional license valid six months, extendable for good cause, so the applicant can practise while the file is pending (NDAC 66-02-01-03(3)). — The board publishes no turnaround time and warns that processing takes 'several days' after the applicant's own work plus primary-source verifications whose timing varies by program and faculty. On receipt of a completed Application Initiation Form from an out-of-jurisdiction licensee the board may grant a provisional license valid six months, extendable for good cause, so the applicant can practise while the file is pending (NDAC 66-02-01-03(3))..

Yes — North Dakota was participating as of 2026-08-07. That lets a psychologist licensed in another participating state provide telepsychology to North Dakota clients under an APIT authorization, and work in person in North Dakota for up to 30 days a year under a TAP. It does not license you in North Dakota: relocating still requires endorsement through the North Dakota State Board of Psychologist Examiners.

Only within the compact's limits, and only if you are not moving. Telepsychology into North Dakota 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 North Dakota — you need a North Dakota license by endorsement.