# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 12 — Educator Licensure

### Chapter 04 — Specialists

#### Regulation .09 School Psychologist.

*COMAR 13A.12.04.09*

A. Definition. “School psychologist” means an individual who is licensed to provide psychological services to children in a public or State-approved nonpublic school setting and supervises interns and psychometrists.

B. Education. An applicant for licensure as a school psychologist shall:

  (1) Complete 3 semester hours or State-approved CPD credits in special education coursework; and

  (2) Complete one of the following pathways to licensure:

    (a) Option I:

      (i) Submit a master’s degree or higher in school psychology from a Maryland-approved program; and

      (ii) Qualifying scores on the Maryland-approved test for school psychologist.

    (b) Option II:

      (i) Submit a master’s degree or higher and complete an out-of-State-approved program in school psychology, culminating a minimum of a 1,200-hour internship in school psychology; and

      (ii) Submit qualifying scores on the Maryland-approved test for school psychologist.

    (c) Option III: Submit a valid Nationally Certified School Psychologist certificate issued by the National School Psychology Certification Board.

    (d) Option IV:

      (i) Submit a master’s degree or higher from an institution of higher education; and

      (ii) Submit a valid professional license in school psychology from another state and verification of at least 27 months of effective performance as a school psychologist during the past 7 years, on the basis of which application is being made for a comparable Maryland license.