Section 16-98-23 - Examination and licensure(a) The applicant shall submit a photostat or certified copy of a doctoral degree in psychology or educational psychology and an official transcript from an approved program or an accredited institution. If the doctoral degree is not awarded to the applicant immediately upon graduation the applicant shall submit a notorized statement from the dean of the graduate division of the approved program or accredited institution from which the applicant graduated stating that the applicant is a holder of a doctoral degree in psychology or educational psychology, and the date the doctoral degree will be issued.(b) The applicant who is a holder of a doctoral degree from an accredited institution shall submit letters signed by the supervisor under whom the applicant interned, specifying the dates of internship, hours of internship, and whether the supervisor is a licensed psychologist, a psychologist who holds a diplomate certificate issued by the ABPP, or the holder of a doctoral degree in psychology from an accredited institution who has had two years of postdoctoral experience in the work supervised.(c) The applicant who is a holder of a doctoral degree from an accredited institution shall also submit letters signed by the supervisor under whom the applicant completed the postdoctoral experience, specifying the dates of the postdoctoral experience, hours of postdoctoral experience, and whether the supervisor is a licensed psychologist, a psychologist who holds a doctoral degree in psychology or educational psychology from an accredited institution, granted prior to 1970 and is listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, or a diplomat, by examination, of the ABPP.(d) The applicant shall submit a recent photograph showing the applicant's head and shoulders only, approximately 21/2" x 21/2" in size.[Eff 10/5/70; am and ren § 16-98-23, 6/25/81; am and comp 12/20/85; am and comp 11/25/88] (Auth: HRS § 465-6) (Imp: HRS § 465-7)