PhD/PsyD "License eligible"

[Jobless Ph.D.]

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In looking at job announcements, if a site says that it will take licensed or "license eligible" people, what exactly does the "eligible" part mean? Does that mean completed a PhD/PsyD, internship, and postdoc (if required for the state) but not taken the EPPP or Jurisprudence exams, or does that mean licensed in another state and either eligible for reciprocity or need to go through the process for the new state in which you are seeking licensure?

Thanks.

 

[erg923]

Varies some I'm sure, but generally "eligible" means you HAVE at least passed EPPP. It generally means that you should be able to licensed in the state with the filing of formal paperwork and payment to the state board....which sometimes takes 2-3 months.

If the state has an oral and/or jurisprudence, then it probably means that you should be eligible to take it...which means you would have had to have passed the EPPP.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

Varies some I'm sure, but generally "eligible" means you HAVE at least passed EPPP. It generally means that you should be able to licensed in the state with the filing of formal paperwork and payment to the state board....which sometimes takes 2-3 months.

If the state has an oral and/or jurisprudence, then it probably means that you should be eligible to take it...which means you would have had to have passed the EPPP.

Yep, that's my take as well--everything short of any state-specific tests such as jurisprudence, so it'd entail having finished/passed your degree, internship, necessary postdoc hours (if required in that state), and the EPPP.

 

[Jobless Ph.D.]

Yep, that's my take as well--everything short of any state-specific tests such as jurisprudence, so it'd entail having finished/passed your degree, internship, necessary postdoc hours (if required in that state), and the EPPP.

Thank you both! That's very helpful.