Section 120. Annual renewal of licensure

Part V. Licensure Renewal; Reinstatement

Every license issued by the board shall expire each year on June 30.

1. Every licensee who intends to continue to practice shall, on or before the expiration date of the license, submit to the board a license renewal form supplied by the board and the renewal fee prescribed in 18VAC125-20-30.

2. Licensees who wish to maintain an active license shall pay the appropriate fee and verify on the renewal form compliance with the continuing education requirements prescribed in 18VAC125-20-121. First-time licensees by examination are not required to verify continuing education on the first renewal date following initial licensure.

3. A licensee who wishes to place his license in inactive status may do so upon payment of the fee prescribed in 18VAC125-20-30. No person shall practice psychology in Virginia unless he holds a current active license. An inactive licensee may activate his license by fulfilling the reactivation requirements set forth in 18VAC125-20-130.

4. Licensees shall notify the board office in writing of any change of address of record or of the public address, if different from the address of record. Failure of a licensee to receive a renewal notice and application forms from the board shall not excuse the licensee from the renewal requirement.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR565-01-2 § 5.1, eff. June 22, 1988; amended, Volume 07, Issue 10, eff. March 13, 1991; Volume 09, Issue 07, eff. January 27, 1993; Volume 10, Issue 07, eff. January 27, 1994; Volume 13, Issue 21, eff. August 6, 1997; Volume 16, Issue 02, eff. November 10, 1999; Volume 17, Issue 18, eff. June 20, 2001; Volume 19, Issue 10, eff. February 26, 2003; Volume 25, Issue 17, eff. July 1, 2009; Volume 26, Issue 04, eff. November 25, 2009; Volume 28, Issue 19, eff. June 20, 2012.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.