ECPC Personnel Standards

Discipline: Audiologist
License/Certificate: Audiology License
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/speech-language-pathologists/
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: "Doctor of Audiology degree (Au.D.) or a Ph.D. in audiology from a
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Audiology (5343); Qualifying score: 162
Additional Req Part C
Additional Req Schools

Discipline: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist
License/Certificate: P-12 Special Education Endorsement (content area) + Elementary Education Endorsement (content area)
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: https://opi.mt.gov/Educators/Licensure/Become-a-Licensed-Montana-Educator
Type of License/Certificate: Unspecified
Age Range: PreK - 12th grade
Degree Level Requirement: Bachelor's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Special Education: Core Knowledge and Applications (5354); Qualifying score: 159
Additional Req Part C
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Discipline: Early Childhood Educator
License/Certificate: Early Childhood Permissive Special Competency
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: https://opi.mt.gov/Educators/Licensure/Become-a-Licensed-Montana-Educator
Type of License/Certificate: Unspecified
Age Range: Not specified
Degree Level Requirement: Bachelor's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: "The program ensures successful completion of clinical and student teaching experiences that:
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: PRAXIS Early Childhood Education (5025); Qualifying score: 156
Additional Req Part C: Family Support Specialist certificate through Early Childhood Practitioner Registry
Additional Req Schools

Discipline: Family Therapist
License/Certificate: Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: http://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/bbh#1?4
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Master's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: "(a) 100 individual hours, using a 20:1 ratio of client contact hours to supervision hours of which at least 75 percent are in individual supervision;
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Board's (AMFTRB) Examination in Marital and Family Therapy (no specific scores provided). An applicant must achieve a passing score on the National Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Examination administered by the Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards (AMFTRB).
Additional Req Part C
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Discipline: Nurse
License/Certificate: Registered Nurse
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/nursing/
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Associates
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: All applicants must pass the National Council Licensure Examination - Register Nurse (NCLEX-RN)
Additional Req Part C
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Discipline: Occupational Therapist
License/Certificate: Occupational Therapy License
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/occupational-therapy/
Type of License/Certificate: Licenure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Masters
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: An Occupational Therapist must complete a minimum of six months of supervised fieldwork experience or satisfy any generally recognized past standards that identified minimum fieldwork requirements at the time of graduation.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy Exam
Additional Req Part C
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Discipline: Physical Therapist
License/Certificate: Physical Therapy License
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/physical-therapy-examiners/
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Masters
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE) passing score of 600 Must pass the Montana Physical Therapy jurisprudence examination
Additional Req Part C
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Discipline: Psychologist
License/Certificate: Psychologist
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/psychologists/
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Doctorate
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: "(b) The pre-doctoral internship must be at least 1500 hours in length and be completed in no less
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Examinations for licensure are a computerized national examination and a computerized Montana jurisdictional training course with evaluative aspects, conducted by the board or its representative(s). Acceptable performance on the computerized examination developed by the national licensing program, with the support of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, is a scaled score of 500.
Additional Req Part C
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Discipline: School Psychologist
License/Certificate: School Psychologist
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: https://opi.mt.gov/Educators/Licensure/Educator-Licensure
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Not specified
Degree Level Requirement: Master's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: 1200-hour internship, of which 600 hours were in a school setting
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Praxis Psychology (5391); Qualifying score: 154
Additional Req Part C
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Discipline: Social Worker
License/Certificate: Lincensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: http://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/bbh#1?3
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Master's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: " LCSW supervised work experience hours obtained post-degree must include 3000 total hours. As a
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) clinical examination
Additional Req Part C
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Discipline: Speech Language Pathologist
License/Certificate: Speech-Language Pathologist License
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/speech-language-pathologists/license-information/limited-speech-language-pathologist
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Master's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: During the graduate degree program, have completed a supervised clinical practicum experience; following graduation from the post-graduate degree program, have completed a 36-week speech-language pathology supervised professional experience.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Speech-Language Pathology (5331); Qualifying score: 162
Additional Req Part C
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Discipline: Vision Specialist
License/Certificate: P-12 Special Education Endorsement (content area) + Elementary Education Endorsement (content area)
State Department: NA
State Department Hyperlink: https://opi.mt.gov/Educators/Licensure/Become-a-Licensed-Montana-Educator
Type of License/Certificate: Unspecified
Age Range: PreK - 12th grade
Degree Level Requirement: Bachelor's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Special Education: Core Knowledge and Applications (5354); Qualifying score: 159
Additional Req Part C
Additional Req Schools

Standards for Montana (MT)

Audiologist (Audiologist)

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist (Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist)

Early Childhood Educator (Early Childhood Educator)

Family Therapist (Family Therapist)

Nurse (Nurse)

Occupational Therapist (Occupational Therapist)

Physical Therapist (Physical Therapist)

Psychologist (Psychologist)

School Psychologist (School Psychologist)

Social Worker (Social Worker)

Speech Language Pathologist (Speech Language Pathologist)

Vision Specialist (Vision Specialist)