Reopen EPPP Only Application for Approval for Licensure

For EPPP Only Applicants who have passed the EPPP

1. Once the approved applicant has passed the EPPP, the application will be administratively closed.  
2. The application may be reopened within 36 months for the purpose of having additional supervised professional experience (SPE) hours required under A.R.S. 32-2071(D) approved for licensure. 
3. When the applicant is ready, they may email a written request to reopen their EPPP Only application for the purpose of approval of supervised professional experience (SPE) for licensure. There is no fee to the Arizona Board to reopen the application. Applicants should email the request to the Board's Licensing Specialist at [email protected]. 
4. Verification of the SPE the applicant is applying towards licensure (usually postdoc hours but may be preinternship hours) must be submitted by the supervisor directly to the Board's office via email at [email protected]. (For preinternships, the DCT is the appropriate verifier.)
5. Amount of hours required:  Per A.R.S. § 32-2071(D), 3,000 hours of SPE are required for licensure. These may be any combination of preinternship, additional internship or postdoc hours. The internship verification would have already been approved with the EPPP Only application. Therefore, for example, if an applicant's internship verification was for 1,500 hours, an additional 1,500 hours of SPE are required to meet the 3,000 hours requirement. If the internship verification was for 2,000 hours, only 1,000 additional hours of SPE are required. See the Board's Forms page to download the appropriate SPE verification form. Follow the instructions on the Forms page and on the verification itself. The requirements and the verification form for preinternship SPE hours are different than for a postdoc SPE.  
6. Additionally, the applicant will need to submit a new NPDB self-query processed within 30 days. NPDB self-queries are valid for 6 months. 
7. If the completed reference forms in the applicant's file are dated more than 12 months prior to the request to reopen the application, new references will be needed. References are valid for 12 months and must be within that time frame at the time the Board reviews the reopened application. 
8. Once the written request, new NPDB, new references if applicable, and verification of SPE are received, the reopened application is administratively complete and will be placed on the next available Application Review Committee agenda for substantive review. The reopened application will go through the same approval process as the original EPPP Only application. If the Committee recommends approval, the application will be placed on the Board's Consent Agenda. If approved by the Board, the applicant's license will be issued.