Which step involves gaining licensure in your state?

• A. Gaining licensure in your state
• B. Sitting the national exam
• C. Completing continuing education hours
• D. Completing a DPd

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that licensure is granted by the state and represents the legal permission to practice there. The step involved in gaining licensure in your state is the process of applying for and receiving that state license from the appropriate regulatory board. This happens after you have met any national credential requirements, such as completing your program and, in many cases, passing a national exam.

Sitting the national exam is about earning a national credential, not the state license itself. Completing continuing education hours is what you do to maintain licensure once you have it, not to obtain it initially. Completing a DPd isn’t the licensure step either; it’s an advanced credential pathway that doesn’t by itself grant state licensure.

So, the act of obtaining the state license is the specific step that involves licensure in your state.