EPPP PSYCHOLOGY KME NC EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Do you get a hearing? - ✔✔Yes, if your application is denied or your license is
subject to restrictions/revoked, etc. If you waive your hearing, the board's decision is
final. You do not get a hearing if you fail the exam. The board can close these hearings
to the public to protect client confidentiality.
✔✔If your license is denied or revoked, can you reapply? - ✔✔Yes, after one year has
passed.
✔✔Can you relinquish your license? - ✔✔Yes, but the board can refuse this if you are
under investigation, etc.
✔✔Do you need health services provider license? - ✔✔Yes. Any licensed psychologist
who provides services to the public must have a health services provider certification.
Receive this after you have meet all requirements for permanent licensure.
✔✔Can the board require a background check? - ✔✔Yes, if you are an applicant, or
under investigation.
✔✔Are there any limits on confidentiality? - ✔✔Yes. A judge can compel disclosure.
Child abuse and abuse of a disabled adult must be disclosed.
✔✔Can a psychologist testify in divorce/alimony hearings? - ✔✔Not if they provided
marital counseling to the couple.
✔✔Does a post-doc need a license? - ✔✔No, not if the post-doc meets criteria and if
they have finished their degree.
✔✔How long is an incomplete application active? - ✔✔3 months. Then it is considered
void and the application is considered to have discontinued the process.
✔✔Who is a senior psychologist? - ✔✔Someone who has "achieved longevity" in the
practice of psychology with exemplary behavior... at least 12 years licensed and 10
years practicing w/o disciplinary sanction or pending investigation
✔✔What scores is needed to pass the EPPP? - ✔✔a scaled score of 500 for a licensed
psychologist and 440 for a psychological associate
✔✔What score is needed to pass the state exam? - ✔✔78%
✔✔When would someone need to take an oral exam in NC? - ✔✔upon proof that they
have engaged in a prohibited action as specified in the practice act
, ✔✔What is the policy on retaking exams? - ✔✔you can take no more than 4 times in 12
months, at least 60 days apart
if you fail twice, you cannot practice until licensed
If you fail 4 times you have to totally reapply
✔✔Who is a qualified supervisor? - ✔✔a licensed psychologist, a psychologist
employed by the state since 1979, a doctoral level licensed in the state where
supervisee is practicing, or a licensed psychological associate in some cases
✔✔When is an otherwise qualified supervisor not? - ✔✔if there is evidence that they
aren't qualified, if they haven't adhered to a legal or ethical standard, if there is a lack of
congruence between their field and that of the supervisee, or if they have had
disciplinary action taken against them
✔✔What are the supervisor's responsibilities? - ✔✔There are 10:
1) assess their own ability to meet needs, 2) offer supervision only within their area of
competence; 3) use a supervision contract; 4) make sure the supervisee only does what
they're qualified to do; 5) keep appropriate contact; 6) make sure they are informed; 7)
advice board if a problem; 8) keep records; 9) report supervision to the board; 10) file a
final report
✔✔What is needed in supervision records? - ✔✔date & length of each session;
summary of content & plan, fees charged, if any
✔✔How long should supervision records be kept? - ✔✔For seven years, unless
pending legal issues, then indefinitely.
✔✔What is the purpose of supervision? - ✔✔To ensure that an appropriate professional
standard is being applied to a client's problem, and that laws and ethics are being
follow. It can also include the enhancement and refinement of skills, but not introductory
training.
✔✔What should the supervision process consider? - ✔✔ethical, legal, professional
standards, the supervisee's skills and competency, the supervisee's utilization of
supervision, and the supervisee's ability to function independently
✔✔What are the responsibilities of the supervisee? - ✔✔to attend supervision sessions,
to provide the supervisor with information about services provided, to cooperate with the
supervisor, to notify the board of problems, to file a contract w/i 30 days if supervision
changes
✔✔Do supervisors need to cosign notes? - ✔✔No.
✔✔Does supervision need to be provided for each client or technique? - ✔✔No
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Do you get a hearing? - ✔✔Yes, if your application is denied or your license is
subject to restrictions/revoked, etc. If you waive your hearing, the board's decision is
final. You do not get a hearing if you fail the exam. The board can close these hearings
to the public to protect client confidentiality.
✔✔If your license is denied or revoked, can you reapply? - ✔✔Yes, after one year has
passed.
✔✔Can you relinquish your license? - ✔✔Yes, but the board can refuse this if you are
under investigation, etc.
✔✔Do you need health services provider license? - ✔✔Yes. Any licensed psychologist
who provides services to the public must have a health services provider certification.
Receive this after you have meet all requirements for permanent licensure.
✔✔Can the board require a background check? - ✔✔Yes, if you are an applicant, or
under investigation.
✔✔Are there any limits on confidentiality? - ✔✔Yes. A judge can compel disclosure.
Child abuse and abuse of a disabled adult must be disclosed.
✔✔Can a psychologist testify in divorce/alimony hearings? - ✔✔Not if they provided
marital counseling to the couple.
✔✔Does a post-doc need a license? - ✔✔No, not if the post-doc meets criteria and if
they have finished their degree.
✔✔How long is an incomplete application active? - ✔✔3 months. Then it is considered
void and the application is considered to have discontinued the process.
✔✔Who is a senior psychologist? - ✔✔Someone who has "achieved longevity" in the
practice of psychology with exemplary behavior... at least 12 years licensed and 10
years practicing w/o disciplinary sanction or pending investigation
✔✔What scores is needed to pass the EPPP? - ✔✔a scaled score of 500 for a licensed
psychologist and 440 for a psychological associate
✔✔What score is needed to pass the state exam? - ✔✔78%
✔✔When would someone need to take an oral exam in NC? - ✔✔upon proof that they
have engaged in a prohibited action as specified in the practice act
, ✔✔What is the policy on retaking exams? - ✔✔you can take no more than 4 times in 12
months, at least 60 days apart
if you fail twice, you cannot practice until licensed
If you fail 4 times you have to totally reapply
✔✔Who is a qualified supervisor? - ✔✔a licensed psychologist, a psychologist
employed by the state since 1979, a doctoral level licensed in the state where
supervisee is practicing, or a licensed psychological associate in some cases
✔✔When is an otherwise qualified supervisor not? - ✔✔if there is evidence that they
aren't qualified, if they haven't adhered to a legal or ethical standard, if there is a lack of
congruence between their field and that of the supervisee, or if they have had
disciplinary action taken against them
✔✔What are the supervisor's responsibilities? - ✔✔There are 10:
1) assess their own ability to meet needs, 2) offer supervision only within their area of
competence; 3) use a supervision contract; 4) make sure the supervisee only does what
they're qualified to do; 5) keep appropriate contact; 6) make sure they are informed; 7)
advice board if a problem; 8) keep records; 9) report supervision to the board; 10) file a
final report
✔✔What is needed in supervision records? - ✔✔date & length of each session;
summary of content & plan, fees charged, if any
✔✔How long should supervision records be kept? - ✔✔For seven years, unless
pending legal issues, then indefinitely.
✔✔What is the purpose of supervision? - ✔✔To ensure that an appropriate professional
standard is being applied to a client's problem, and that laws and ethics are being
follow. It can also include the enhancement and refinement of skills, but not introductory
training.
✔✔What should the supervision process consider? - ✔✔ethical, legal, professional
standards, the supervisee's skills and competency, the supervisee's utilization of
supervision, and the supervisee's ability to function independently
✔✔What are the responsibilities of the supervisee? - ✔✔to attend supervision sessions,
to provide the supervisor with information about services provided, to cooperate with the
supervisor, to notify the board of problems, to file a contract w/i 30 days if supervision
changes
✔✔Do supervisors need to cosign notes? - ✔✔No.
✔✔Does supervision need to be provided for each client or technique? - ✔✔No
