Title XXII — OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

337.010. Definitions. — As used in sections 337.010 to 337.090 the following terms mean: (1) "Committee", the state committee of psychologists; (2) "Department", the department of commerce and insurance; (3) "Division", the division of professional registration; (4) "Internship",…

337.015. Practice of psychology regulated — practice of psychology, defined. — 1. No person shall represent himself as a psychologist in the state of Missouri unless he is validly licensed and registered under the provisions of this chapter. No person shall engage in the practice…

337.018. Criminal background check, fingerprint submission. — 1. The state committee of psychologists may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking licensure as a licensed psychologist, provisional licensed psychologist, and temporary license …

337.020. Temporary, provisional or permanent licenses, application, qualifications, examinations, fees. — 1. Each person desiring to obtain a license, whether temporary, provisional or permanent, as a psychologist shall make application to the committee upon such forms and in suc…

337.021. Educational and experience requirements for licensure, certain persons. — 1. The provisions of this section shall govern, except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, the education and experience requirements for initial licensure as a psychologist for the followi…

337.025. Educational and experience requirements for licensure, certain persons. — 1. The provisions of this section shall govern the education and experience requirements for initial licensure as a psychologist for the following persons: (1) A person who has not matriculated in …

337.027. Educational requirements deemed met, when. — For purposes of commencing and obtaining the postdegree supervised experience as provided in sections 337.010 to 337.090, an applicant shall be deemed to have met the educational requirements, either upon the conferral of the …

337.029. Licenses based on reciprocity to be issued, when — health service provider certification eligibility. — 1. A psychologist licensed in another jurisdiction who has had no violations and no suspensions and no revocation of a license to practice psychology in any jurisdicti…

337.030. License renewal, registration fee, proof of compliance — late registration, penalty — lost certificate, how replaced — fees, amount, how set — inactive license issued, when. — 1. Each psychologist licensed pursuant to the provisions of sections 337.010 to 337.090, who ha…

337.033. Limitations on areas of practice — relevant professional education and training, defined — criteria for program of graduate study — health service provider certification, requirements for certain persons — automatic certification for certain persons. — 1. A licensed psyc…

337.035. Denial, revocation, or suspension of license, grounds for — interested third party, defined. — 1. The committee may refuse to issue any certificate of registration or authority, permit or license required pursuant to this chapter for one or any combination of causes stat…

337.041. Discrimination prohibited. — No official, employee, board, commission, or agency of the state of Missouri, county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision shall discriminate between persons licensed under sections 337.010 to 337.090 and chapter 334 …

337.045. Exempted professions and occupations — temporary practice authorized. — Nothing in sections 337.010 to 337.090 shall in any way limit: (1) Qualified members of other professional groups such as teachers, clergy, practitioners of medicine, practitioners of chiropractic, p…

337.050. State committee of psychologists created — members, qualifications, compensation, removal — rules, procedure — seal — continuing education, proof for license renewal, types of continuing education. — 1. There is hereby created and established a "State Committee of Psycho…

337.055. Privileged communications, when. — Any communication made by any person to a licensed psychologist in the course of professional services rendered by the licensed psychologist shall be deemed a privileged communication and the licensed psychologist shall not be examined …

337.060. Licensed psychologists not to practice medicine. — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing persons licensed and registered as psychologists to engage in any manner in the practice of medicine as defined in the laws of this state. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B…

337.065. Violations, penalty, refund of fees — duties of committee — injunctions — civil immunity, when — venue. — 1. Any person found guilty of violating any provision of sections 337.010 to 337.090 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished…

337.068. Complaints of prisoners — disposition of certain records. — 1. If the committee finds merit to a complaint by an individual incarcerated or under the care and control of the department of corrections or who has been ordered to be taken into custody, detained, or held und…

337.070. Local governments prohibited from taxing or licensing psychologists. — No person who has been licensed by the committee as a psychologist in this state shall be taxed or made liable to pay any municipal or other corporation tax or license fee of any description whatever …

337.085. Fees, collection, disposition, use. — 1. There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "State Committee of Psychologists Fund". All fees of any kind and character authorized under sections 337.010 to 337.090 to be charged by the committee or…

337.090. License or directory not to include degree on which license was issued. — The committee and division in issuing licenses and in publishing the directory as provided in section 324.032 shall not include or list the degree upon which the license or certificate was issued. …

337.093. Application of law. — Nothing in the provisions of this act* is intended to repeal or modify those provisions of sections 337.010 to 337.090, which provide for the licensure of psychologists. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 31) *"This act" (H.B. 564, 1993) contained numer…

337.100. Citation of law — findings — purpose. — 1. Sections 337.100 to 337.165 shall be known as the "Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact". The party states find that: (1) States license psychologists, in order to protect the public through verification of education, training…

337.1000. Purpose. — 1. Sections 337.1000 to 337.1075 shall be known and may be cited as the "Social Work Licensure Compact". 2. The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Regulated Social Workers by improving public access to competent Social Work Servic…

337.1005. Definitions. — As used in this Compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Active Military Member" means any individual with full-time duty status in the active armed forces of the United States including members of the Nationa…

337.1010. State participation in the compact. — 1. To be eligible to participate in the compact, a potential Member State must currently meet all of the following criteria: (1) License and regulate the practice of Social Work at either the clinical, master's, or bachelor's catego…

337.1015. Social worker participation in the compact. — 1. To be eligible for a Multistate License under the terms and provisions of the Compact, an applicant, regardless of category must: (1) Hold or be eligible for an active, Unencumbered License in the Home State; (2) Pay any …

337.1020. Issuance of a multistate license. — 1. Upon receipt of an application for a Multistate License, the Home State Licensing Authority shall determine the applicant's eligibility for a Multistate License in accordance with section 337.1015 of this Compact. 2. If such applic…

337.1025. Authority of an interstate compact commission and member state licensing authorities. — 1. Nothing in this Compact, nor any Rule of the Commission, shall be construed to limit, restrict, or in any way reduce the ability of a Member State to enact and enforce laws, regul…

337.1030. Reissuance of a multistate license by a new home state. — 1. A Licensee can hold a Multistate License, issued by their Home State, in only one Member State at any given time. 2. If a Licensee changes their Home State by moving between two Member States: (1) The Licensee…

337.1035. Military families. — An Active Military Member or their spouse shall designate a Home State where the individual has a Multistate License. The individual may retain their Home State designation during the period the service member is on active duty. ­­-------- (L. 2023 …

337.1040. Adverse actions. — 1. In addition to the other powers conferred by State law, a Remote State shall have the authority, in accordance with existing State due process law, to: (1) Take Adverse Action against a Regulated Social Worker's Multistate Authorization to Practice…

337.1045. Establishment of social work licensure compact commission. — 1. The Compact Member States hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all Member States that have enacted the compact known as the Social Work Licensure Compact Commis…

337.105. Definitions. — As used in this compact, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Adverse action", any action taken by a state psychology regulatory authority which finds a violation of a statute or regulation that is identified by the state psychology regulatory authority as…

337.1050. Data system. — 1. The Commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated Data System. 2. The Commission shall assign each applicant for a Multistate License a unique identifier, as determined by the Rules of the Commis…

337.1055. Rulemaking. — 1. The Commission shall promulgate reasonable Rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of the Compact. A Rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction h…

337.1060. Oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement. — 1. (1) The executive and judicial branches of State government in each Member State shall enforce this Compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the Compact. (2) Except as otherwise provided in …

337.1065. Effective date, withdrawal, and amendment. — *1. The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh Member State. (1) On or after the effective date of the Compact, the Commission shall convene and review the e…

337.1070. Construction and severability. — 1. This Compact and the Commission's rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the Compact. Provisions of the Compact expressly authorizing or requiri…

337.1075. Consistent effect and conflict with other state laws. — 1. A Licensee providing services in a Remote State under a Multistate Authorization to Practice shall adhere to the laws and regulations, including laws, regulations, and applicable standards, of the Remote State w…

337.110. Home state licensure. — 1. The home state shall be a compact state where a psychologist is licensed to practice psychology. 2. A psychologist may hold one or more compact state licenses at a time. If the psychologist is licensed in more than one compact state, the home s…

337.115. Compact privilege to practice telepsychology. — 1. Compact states shall recognize the right of a psychologist, licensed in a compact state in conformance with section 337.110, to practice telepsychology in receiving states in which the psychologist is not licensed, under…

337.120. Compact temporary authorization to practice. — 1. Compact states shall also recognize the right of a psychologist, licensed in a compact state in conformance with section 337.110, to practice temporarily in distant states in which the psychologist is not licensed, as pro…

337.125. Conditions of telepsychology practice in a receiving state. — A psychologist may practice in a receiving state under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology only in the performance of the scope of practice for psychology as assigned by an appropriate…

337.130. Adverse actions. — 1. A home state shall have the power to impose adverse action against a psychologist's license issued by the home state. A distant state shall have the power to take adverse action on a psychologist's temporary authorization to practice within that dis…

337.135. Additional authorities invested in a compact state's psychology regulatory authority. — 1. In addition to any other powers granted under state law, a compact state's psychology regulatory authority shall have the authority under this compact to: (1) Issue subpoenas, for …

337.140. Coordinated licensure information system. — 1. The commission shall provide for the development and maintenance of a coordinated licensure information system (coordinated database) and reporting system containing licensure and disciplinary action information on all psych…

337.145. Establishment of the psychology interjurisdictional compact commission. — 1. The compact states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission. (1) The commission is a body politic and an instrumentality o…

337.150. Rulemaking. — 1. The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. 2. If a majority of the…

337.155. Oversight, dispute resolution and enforcement. — 1. (1) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each compact state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact's purposes and intent. …