Psychology License from Rhode Island to North Dakota: Does It Transfer? (2026)

A psychology license transfers from Rhode Island to North Dakota by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the North Dakota State Board of Psychologist Examiners, verify your Rhode Island license, and meet North Dakota's endorsement requirements. 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)..

No — the EPPP is passed once and your score is verified rather than retaken. 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))..

No. PSYPACT never transfers a license, including between two participating states. It authorizes telepsychology into North Dakota (APIT) and in-person practice there for up to 30 days a year (TAP) while your license stays in Rhode Island. Relocating to North Dakota requires licensure by endorsement from the North Dakota State Board of Psychologist Examiners like any other applicant.

While your Rhode Island license remains active and is your home-state license, a PSYPACT authorization can cover North Dakota clients by telepsychology, and a TAP covers up to 30 days a year of in-person work there. Those are the compact's limits, and they end when Rhode Island stops being your licensed home state — they are a bridge during a transition, not a substitute for the North Dakota license.