PPLE (PA Psychology Law Exam) By
the Numbers
1 - answer hour(s) per week a postdoc may be supervised by a delegated supervisor
2 - answer hours per week a supervisor must supervise a postdoc
2 - answer hours, at least, per week that pre-doctoral interns must participate in learning
activities
3 - answer contact hours (50-60 min) in ethics required biennially for continuing
education
3 - answer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) required biennially for continuing
education
10 - answercontact hours equals 1 CEU
10 - answerhours toward CEU credits can be earned by scholarly writing; Full maximum
for sole authorship of article or chapter - shared divides maximum by number of authors
15 - answerteaching hours can count toward CEU, at a rate of 1 clock hour for 1 contact
hour; can only claim same course or workshop once every four years.
15 - answersemester hours required for graduate training in psychology
15 - answerhours minimum worked each week to be able to count toward total post-
doctoral hours for licensure
30 - answercontact hours (50-60 min each) required biennially for continuing education
45 - answerhours maximum worked each week to be able to count toward total post-
doctoral hours for licensure
48 - answerhours to make a written report of child abuse after having made immediate
verbal report to ChildLine
375 - answerhours, at least, that pre-doctoral interns must spend in direct patient
contact
375 - answerhours, maximum, that pre-doctoral interns may spend pursuing research
during the pre-doctoral internship
, 450 - answerhours of clinical contact, at least, that doctoral students must complete
before beginning the pre-doctoral internship
1500 - answerhours of pre-doctoral internship experience
1750 - answerpost-doctoral hours to be eligible for licensure
15 - answerdollars is the verification fee
20 - answerdollars to retake the PPLE after the first failure
25 - answerdollars for Certification Fee
80 - answerdollars to register a fictitious/corporate name with the Board
90 - answerdollars to retake the PPLE after the second and any subsequent failiures
105 - answerdollars for Initial Application Fee
165 - answerdollars for continuing education sponsor to apply
300 - answerdollars is the Biennial Renewal Fee
1000 - answerdollars is the fine if a psychologist knows another psychologist is
mentally/physically/or drugedly incompetent and not in treatment
10 - answerdays to report a name or address change
14 - answerdays a psychologist licensed elsewhere can work in PA without permission
30 - answerdays to notify patients and supervisees that license has been suspended or
revoked
30 - answerdays to notify Board of conviction for felony or misdemeanor, or on next
biennial renewal application, whichever comes first
30 - answerdays within which Board must hold hearing after automatically suspending
license without hearing following immediate and clear danger to public health and safety
60 - answerdays before one can retake the PPLE after the second and any subsequent
failures
90 - answerdays (or more often) a postdoctoral supervisor must write
evaluations/progress reports which will be submitted to the board
the Numbers
1 - answer hour(s) per week a postdoc may be supervised by a delegated supervisor
2 - answer hours per week a supervisor must supervise a postdoc
2 - answer hours, at least, per week that pre-doctoral interns must participate in learning
activities
3 - answer contact hours (50-60 min) in ethics required biennially for continuing
education
3 - answer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) required biennially for continuing
education
10 - answercontact hours equals 1 CEU
10 - answerhours toward CEU credits can be earned by scholarly writing; Full maximum
for sole authorship of article or chapter - shared divides maximum by number of authors
15 - answerteaching hours can count toward CEU, at a rate of 1 clock hour for 1 contact
hour; can only claim same course or workshop once every four years.
15 - answersemester hours required for graduate training in psychology
15 - answerhours minimum worked each week to be able to count toward total post-
doctoral hours for licensure
30 - answercontact hours (50-60 min each) required biennially for continuing education
45 - answerhours maximum worked each week to be able to count toward total post-
doctoral hours for licensure
48 - answerhours to make a written report of child abuse after having made immediate
verbal report to ChildLine
375 - answerhours, at least, that pre-doctoral interns must spend in direct patient
contact
375 - answerhours, maximum, that pre-doctoral interns may spend pursuing research
during the pre-doctoral internship
, 450 - answerhours of clinical contact, at least, that doctoral students must complete
before beginning the pre-doctoral internship
1500 - answerhours of pre-doctoral internship experience
1750 - answerpost-doctoral hours to be eligible for licensure
15 - answerdollars is the verification fee
20 - answerdollars to retake the PPLE after the first failure
25 - answerdollars for Certification Fee
80 - answerdollars to register a fictitious/corporate name with the Board
90 - answerdollars to retake the PPLE after the second and any subsequent failiures
105 - answerdollars for Initial Application Fee
165 - answerdollars for continuing education sponsor to apply
300 - answerdollars is the Biennial Renewal Fee
1000 - answerdollars is the fine if a psychologist knows another psychologist is
mentally/physically/or drugedly incompetent and not in treatment
10 - answerdays to report a name or address change
14 - answerdays a psychologist licensed elsewhere can work in PA without permission
30 - answerdays to notify patients and supervisees that license has been suspended or
revoked
30 - answerdays to notify Board of conviction for felony or misdemeanor, or on next
biennial renewal application, whichever comes first
30 - answerdays within which Board must hold hearing after automatically suspending
license without hearing following immediate and clear danger to public health and safety
60 - answerdays before one can retake the PPLE after the second and any subsequent
failures
90 - answerdays (or more often) a postdoctoral supervisor must write
evaluations/progress reports which will be submitted to the board
