Transfer Your Psychology License to Vermont: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)
Last verified: 2026-08-07 · source: Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners (Office of Professional Regulation, Vermont Secretary of State) ↗
Your psychology license does not transfer to Vermont automatically — you apply to the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners (Office of Professional Regulation, Vermont Secretary of State) for licensure by endorsement. The board verifies your active license, doctoral degree, and supervised experience and accepts your existing EPPP score rather than re-testing you. Expect $240 (OPR fee chart (updated 2025-07-01), Psychology section: Psychologist - Doctorate (code 048) application fee $240; the $195 figure in the adjacent column is the biennial renewal fee, expiring January 31 of even years. A temporary psychologist licence (048-Temp) has a $60 application fee and does not renew.), processing ~1 weeks (OPR states applicants licensed in another state should allow a minimum of five full business days for processing (the Psychologist Application Instructions say 3-5 business days), and that times vary with volume. A 90-day provisional license may be issued when outstanding license verification is the only remaining deficiency.). Vermont 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 Vermont, and a move here still runs through endorsement.
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Verdict
PSYPACT member — multistate license honored
Be precise about what you are actually trying to do in Vermont, because the two mechanisms answer different questions. If you are staying licensed and resident elsewhere and want to see Vermont clients by telehealth, Vermont's PSYPACT participation is the relevant route and you never touch the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners (Office of Professional Regulation, Vermont Secretary of State) — you work through ASPPB and the commission instead. If you are moving to Vermont, or want an unrestricted Vermont license for any other reason, the compact contributes nothing at all and the endorsement steps below are your path.
Vermont offers two transfer routes for the doctoral Psychologist-Doctorate licence. Standard Endorsement is for applicants licensed in a jurisdiction OPR finds substantially equivalent; Fast Track Endorsement, doctorate applicants only, is open to anyone actively licensed to practice independently and in good standing elsewhere for three or more years. Both drop the transcript, supervised-hour and EPPP re-verification burden of the examination path, but neither is full reciprocity because the jurisprudence exam and license verification are mandatory and the Board still reviews equivalence. The board publishes no list of named reciprocal states, so reciprocity_partners is empty. Vermont's fee chart lists the renewal fee before the application fee — the doctoral psychologist application fee is $240, not $195. Master's-level Psychologist-Master licensure is a separate credential and is out of scope. PSYPACT gives telepsychology and 30-day temporary in-person authority only; compact_member and compact_status are assembler-provided.
Vermont requirements at a glance
| Exam | EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) — the Endorsement and Fast Track Endorsement paths require only the online application, license verifications and the Vermont jurisprudence exam, while the examination path requires the EPPP at a passing score of 500. Every path requires Vermont's open-book jurisprudence exam, taken inside the online application, with fewer than six incorrect answers to pass |
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| Fees | $240 (OPR fee chart (updated 2025-07-01), Psychology section: Psychologist - Doctorate (code 048) application fee $240; the $195 figure in the adjacent column is the biennial renewal fee, expiring January 31 of even years. A temporary psychologist licence (048-Temp) has a $60 application fee and does not renew.) |
| Processing time | ~1 weeks (OPR states applicants licensed in another state should allow a minimum of five full business days for processing (the Psychologist Application Instructions say 3-5 business days), and that times vary with volume. A 90-day provisional license may be issued when outstanding license verification is the only remaining deficiency.) |
Step by step
- Confirm Vermont's current requirements on the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners (Office of Professional Regulation, Vermont Secretary of State) website — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners (Office of Professional Regulation, Vermont Secretary of State) (application linked on this page).
- Arrange license verification from your current state.
- Apply through the OPR Online Services System and pay the nonrefundable application fee.
- Take the open-book Vermont jurisprudence exam within the online application and upload the answer sheet; fewer than six incorrect answers is a pass.
- Have official verification of licensure sent directly to OPR from your initial state of licensure and your most recent state of licensure.
- For Fast Track Endorsement (doctorate applicants only), verify active licensure or certification to practice independently, in good standing, in another jurisdiction for three or more years immediately preceding the application.
- Qualify for standard Endorsement by holding a license or certificate in a jurisdiction whose qualifications OPR finds substantially equivalent to Vermont's.
- Pay the fees ($240 (OPR fee chart (updated 2025-07-01), Psychology section: Psychologist - Doctorate (code 048) application fee $240; the $195 figure in the adjacent column is the biennial renewal fee, expiring January 31 of even years. A temporary psychologist licence (048-Temp) has a $60 application fee and does not renew.)) and allow ~1 weeks (OPR states applicants licensed in another state should allow a minimum of five full business days for processing (the Psychologist Application Instructions say 3-5 business days), and that times vary with volume. A 90-day provisional license may be issued when outstanding license verification is the only remaining deficiency.).
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Frequently asked questions
Does my psychology license transfer to Vermont?
Your psychology license does not transfer to Vermont automatically — you apply to the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners (Office of Professional Regulation, Vermont Secretary of State) for licensure by endorsement. The board verifies your active license, doctoral degree, and supervised experience and accepts your existing EPPP score rather than re-testing you. Expect $240 (OPR fee chart (updated 2025-07-01), Psychology section: Psychologist - Doctorate (code 048) application fee $240; the $195 figure in the adjacent column is the biennial renewal fee, expiring January 31 of even years. A temporary psychologist licence (048-Temp) has a $60 application fee and does not renew.), processing ~1 weeks (OPR states applicants licensed in another state should allow a minimum of five full business days for processing (the Psychologist Application Instructions say 3-5 business days), and that times vary with volume. A 90-day provisional license may be issued when outstanding license verification is the only remaining deficiency.). Vermont 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 Vermont, and a move here still runs through endorsement.
Do I have to retake the EPPP to get licensed in Vermont?
No. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) — the Endorsement and Fast Track Endorsement paths require only the online application, license verifications and the Vermont jurisprudence exam, while the examination path requires the EPPP at a passing score of 500. Every path requires Vermont's open-book jurisprudence exam, taken inside the online application, with fewer than six incorrect answers to pass.
How much does it cost to get a Vermont psychology license by endorsement?
$240 (OPR fee chart (updated 2025-07-01), Psychology section: Psychologist - Doctorate (code 048) application fee $240; the $195 figure in the adjacent column is the biennial renewal fee, expiring January 31 of even years. A temporary psychologist licence (048-Temp) has a $60 application fee and does not renew.) (OPR fee chart (updated 2025-07-01), Psychology section: Psychologist - Doctorate (code 048) application fee $240; the $195 figure in the adjacent column is the biennial renewal fee, expiring January 31 of even years. A temporary psychologist licence (048-Temp) has a $60 application fee and does not renew.).
How long does Vermont take to process an endorsement application?
~1 weeks (OPR states applicants licensed in another state should allow a minimum of five full business days for processing (the Psychologist Application Instructions say 3-5 business days), and that times vary with volume. A 90-day provisional license may be issued when outstanding license verification is the only remaining deficiency.) — OPR states applicants licensed in another state should allow a minimum of five full business days for processing (the Psychologist Application Instructions say 3-5 business days), and that times vary with volume. A 90-day provisional license may be issued when outstanding license verification is the only remaining deficiency..
Is Vermont a PSYPACT state?
Yes — Vermont was participating as of 2026-08-07. That lets a psychologist licensed in another participating state provide telepsychology to Vermont clients under an APIT authorization, and work in person in Vermont for up to 30 days a year under a TAP. It does not license you in Vermont: relocating still requires endorsement through the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners (Office of Professional Regulation, Vermont Secretary of State).
Can I practice in Vermont using PSYPACT instead of getting licensed?
Only within the compact's limits, and only if you are not moving. Telepsychology into Vermont 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 Vermont — you need a Vermont license by endorsement.
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-08-07.
- Vermont OPR — Psychological Examiner Applications & Renewals (endorsement, Fast Track Endorsement, out-of-state psychologist path, 90-day provisional license, processing time) ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- Vermont OPR — Psychologist Application Instructions, February 2026 (Apply by Examination / Apply by Endorsement / Fast Track Endorsement, jurisprudence exam, EPPP) ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
- Vermont OPR — Initial Licensing/Renewal Fees & Dates and 90 Day Initial Licensing Policy (updated 2025-07-01) ↗ (accessed 2026-08-07)
Reviewed by Billy Reiner, Editor · verified against primary sources 2026-08-07
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