Delaware · Profession dossier

Delaware psychologists

Delaware licenses psychologists, registers supervised psychological assistants, participates in PSYPACT, and also offers an interstate telehealth registration for eligible practitioners outside an applicable compact route.

Public research guide—not professional advice.Verified against the cited official sources on 2026-08-11. Informational only; not legal, clinical, employment, tax, or billing advice.Editorially cross-checked by a second research agent. Professional approval was confirmed by the project owner on 2026-08-11; reviewer identity and credentials are retained outside this public guide.This remains informational research—not legal, clinical, employment, tax, or billing advice, and not approval by a regulator, licensing board, or payer.
Source verification
2026-08-11
Next scheduled review
2026-09-11
Independent cross-check
Cross-checked
Professional review
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Regulator

Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Credential names: Psychologist, Psychological Assistant, PSYPACT Authority to Practice, Psychologist Interstate Telehealth Registration

Claim-level evidence

What the official sources support

Applicability and exclusions are shown with each finding. “Qualified” or “conflicting” findings are not simplified into an operational answer.

Authority, credentials, and scope

Regulator, governing authority, credential names, regulated titles, scope boundaries, exemptions, and prohibited activities.

Two in-state levels

Published research · Confirmed

The Board issues a psychologist license and a psychological assistant registration with different experience and supervision authority.

Applies to
Use for Psychologist, Psychological Assistant, PSYPACT Authority to Practice, Psychologist Interstate Telehealth Registration research in DE.
Known exclusions
A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
Effective date
No separate future date recorded
Fact checked
2026-08-11

Application and practice status

Application, education, examination, background check, fees, temporary authority, endorsement, and supervised versus independent practice.

Psychologist qualifications

Published research · Confirmed

The examination route requires qualifying doctoral education, the EPPP, a state and federal criminal background check, and the Board’s required experience evidence.

Applies to
Use for Psychologist, Psychological Assistant, PSYPACT Authority to Practice, Psychologist Interstate Telehealth Registration research in DE.
Known exclusions
A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
Effective date
No separate future date recorded
Fact checked
2026-08-11

Supervision and workforce evidence

Supervisor qualifications, written agreements, settings, hours, reporting, license verification, and hiring or credentialing evidence.

Assistant supervision

Published research · Confirmed

A psychological assistant practices under a Board-approved Delaware psychologist who assumes professional, legal, and ethical responsibility for the assistant’s services.

Applies to
Use for Psychologist, Psychological Assistant, PSYPACT Authority to Practice, Psychologist Interstate Telehealth Registration research in DE.
Known exclusions
A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
Effective date
No separate future date recorded
Fact checked
2026-08-11

Cross-border and practice structure

Telehealth location rules, registration, compact privileges, ownership, entity naming, fee sharing, and multidisciplinary practice.

Operational PSYPACT route

Published research · Confirmed

Delaware recognizes PSYPACT privileges as a separate interstate authority route and directs verification searches to the PSYPACT Commission.

Applies to
Use for Psychologist, Psychological Assistant, PSYPACT Authority to Practice, Psychologist Interstate Telehealth Registration research in DE.
Known exclusions
A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
Effective date
No separate future date recorded
Fact checked
2026-08-11

Client-facing operations and records

Disclosure, consent, telehealth, emergencies, advertising, confidentiality, access, retention, minors, subpoenas, closure, fees, billing, and termination.

Registration and compact are alternatives

Published research · Confirmed

The interstate telehealth registration is unavailable when the practitioner is actively licensed in a state participating in a compact with Delaware that covers the profession.

Applies to
Check full Delaware licensure, compact authority, and interstate telehealth registration as separate and potentially exclusive routes.
Known exclusions
A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
Effective date
No separate future date recorded
Fact checked
2026-08-11

Maintenance, complaints, and monitoring

Renewal, continuing education, audits, inactive status, reinstatement, complaints, discipline, effective dates, exclusions, and unresolved interpretations.

Two in-state levels

Published research · Confirmed

The Board issues a psychologist license and a psychological assistant registration with different experience and supervision authority.

Applies to
Use for Psychologist, Psychological Assistant, PSYPACT Authority to Practice, Psychologist Interstate Telehealth Registration research in DE.
Known exclusions
A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
Effective date
No separate future date recorded
Fact checked
2026-08-11

Open implementation questions

Confirm before acting

  • Confirm how the controlling board applies its rules to the proposed facts, setting, services, and payer arrangement.

Monitoring

What gets rechecked

  • Recheck board notices, applications, fees, compact activity, and rulemaking monthly.

Corrections

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Send the controlling official section, form, bulletin, or dated regulator instruction through the public corrections route.

Report a correction

Printable tools

Credential, telehealth, and supervision worksheets

Credential and license-maintenance checklistWS-DE-LICENSE-MAINTENANCE · printable

Track verification, renewal, continuing education, audits, inactive status, and reinstatement.

Telehealth and cross-border decision treeWS-DE-TELEHEALTH · printable

Document the client location, practitioner authority, registration or privilege, consent, emergency plan, and payer rule.

Hiring and supervision checklistWS-DE-HIRING-SUPERVISION · printable

Collect credential evidence and document role, supervision, setting, hours, reporting, and payer enrollment.

Official authority

Sources used in this dossier