Wyoming BCBA Requirements: Hours, Exams & Step-by-Step Guide

In Wyoming, anyone who wants to use the title “Behavior Analyst” with humans must hold both:

1. National BCBA certification (from the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, BACB), and
2. A state license as a behavior analyst issued by the Wyoming State Board of Psychology.

Wyoming does not set its own separate hour totals (like “1,500 direct + 1,500 supervised”). Instead, it requires you to have current BCBA certification, and it relies on the BACB’s fieldwork (experience) requirements.

Below is a step‑by‑step outline, with the exact type of hours and key statutory wording.

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1. How Wyoming’s law is structured for behavior analysts

Wyoming’s Psychology and Behavior Analysts Practice Act defines:

• “Licensed behavior analyst” as a person licensed under the Act for the practice of behavior analysis. (law.justia.com)
• “Certifying entity” as the BACB or another approved credentialing body whose certification programs ensure the necessary education and experience to protect the public. (law.justia.com)

For licensure in behavior analysis, the law states that the Board shall issue a behavior analyst license to an applicant who:

• Files an application on the Board’s form, with the appropriate fee, and
• Provides evidence of competence that complies with the Board’s rules, including that the applicant “holds a current certification as a board certified behavior analyst” verified with the certifying entity. (codes.findlaw.com)

So, the only experience/fieldwork hours Wyoming requires are whatever the BACB requires to grant BCBA certification.

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2. Step 1 – Earn BCBA certification (national level)

2.1 Education

To be eligible for BCBA certification, you must:

• Hold at least a master’s degree in behavior analysis, education, psychology, or a related field, and
• Complete ABAI‑verified or otherwise BACB‑approved graduate coursework in behavior analysis. (ww2.georgiasouthern.edu)

(Programs typically advertise themselves as “ABAI Verified Course Sequence” or equivalent.)

2.2 Fieldwork (experience) hours – the actual numbers

The BACB has two main fieldwork options that qualify you for the BCBA exam. As of late 2025, they are:

Option A – Supervised Fieldwork

• Total fieldwork required: 2,000 hours.
• Hours per month: You must accrue at least 20 and no more than 130 hours of fieldwork per calendar month. (studocu.com)
• Supervision requirement: At least 5% of your fieldwork hours each month must be directly supervised by a qualified supervisor (BCBA or other BACB‑approved supervisor). (scribd.com)
• Contacts with supervisor: Minimum of 4 supervisor–trainee contacts per month, including at least one observation of you working with a client (live or via recording). (scribd.com)
• Type of activities (restricted vs. unrestricted): At least about 60% of all fieldwork hours must be “unrestricted” activities—assessment, intervention design, data analysis, report writing, etc.—not just direct 1:1 therapy. (scribd.com)
• Individual vs. group supervision: At least half of your supervised hours must be individual, not group. (scribd.com)

Option B – Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork

• Total fieldwork required: 1,500 hours.
• Hours per month: Same minimum and maximum per month (20–130 hours). (scribd.com)
• Supervision requirement: At least 10% of your hours per month must be supervised (double the supervision intensity of standard Supervised Fieldwork). (scribd.com)
• Contacts with supervisor: At least 6 supervisor–trainee contacts per month, including at least one observation with a client. (scribd.com)
• Unrestricted vs. restricted activities and individual supervision: Same general pattern as above—≥60% unrestricted activities and ≥50% of supervised time individual. (scribd.com)

Combining fieldwork types

You can use either:

• 2,000 hours Supervised Fieldwork, or
• 1,500 hours Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork, or
• A combination of the two, so long as you meet the BACB’s combination rules. (scribd.com)

Crucially, all of these are supervised fieldwork hours. There is not a split like “1,500 direct experience + 1,500 supervised hours” in current BCBA policy. Instead, your total fieldwork hours include both your independent work and the supervised time, with a required minimum supervision percentage each month.

Wyoming’s law reinforces this by stating that unlicensed people pursuing ABA experience must do so in accordance with the experience requirements of the certifying entity (i.e., the BACB). (law.justia.com)

2.3 BCBA exam and certification

Once you have:

• Completed the degree and coursework, and
• Finished the required BACB fieldwork hours (2,000 supervised or 1,500 concentrated, or an approved mix),

you sit for the BCBA certification exam. Passing the exam, plus meeting BACB ethics and background requirements, leads to BCBA certification. (studocu.com)

Only after you hold current BCBA certification can you qualify for a Wyoming behavior analyst license.

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3. Step 2 – Apply for Wyoming behavior analyst licensure

Once you are a BCBA, you apply to the Wyoming State Board of Psychology for a Behavior Analyst license.

3.1 Application and forms

The Board’s “Forms” page states that it licenses Psychologists, Behavior Analysts and Assistant Behavior Analysts, and provides a specific “Application for Licensure” for Board Certified Behavior Analysts and Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts. (psychology.wyo.gov)

To apply as a Behavior Analyst, you will typically need to:

1. Complete the BCBA/BCaBA Application for Licensure (online Google form hosted by the Board). (psychology.wyo.gov)
2. Pay the application fee specified on the form or in Board materials.
3. Arrange verification of current BCBA certification to be sent directly from the BACB (the “certifying entity”) to the Board; the statute requires the Board to verify you hold “current certification as a board certified behavior analyst.” (codes.findlaw.com)
4. Submit fingerprint cards for state and national criminal history checks; the Board notes that legible fingerprint cards are required from all applicants. (psychology.wyo.gov)

The application itself does not ask you to re-document your fieldwork hours in state terms; it asks you to show that the BACB has already certified you.

3.2 Statutory wording on BCBA licensure

The governing statute on behavior analyst licensure provides that the Board issues a license when an applicant:

• Applies “upon a form and in a manner as prescribed by the board,”
• Pays “the appropriate fee,” and
• Provides evidence of competence that includes holding current BCBA certification verified with the certifying entity (for behavior analysts) or current BCaBA certification (for assistant behavior analysts). (codes.findlaw.com)

Again, there is no separate Wyoming‑specific hour count in this provision. The Board simply adopts BACB certification as the competence standard.

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4. Step 3 – Licensure by endorsement (if you’re already licensed elsewhere)

If you are already licensed as a behavior analyst in another state, Wyoming offers licensure by endorsement:

• The Board may issue a license to someone who is currently licensed as a behavior analyst in another jurisdiction, in good standing, and whose jurisdiction’s requirements are comparable to Wyoming’s, provided the applicant meets the other requirements of the Act. (codes.findlaw.com)

This still assumes you maintain current BCBA certification, because Wyoming’s core requirement is tied to that certification.

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5. Step 4 – Maintaining and renewing your Wyoming license

To keep practicing legally in Wyoming:

• You must maintain your BCBA certification (including its continuing education and ethics requirements).
• You must renew your Wyoming license on the Board’s schedule and terms.

Secondary guidance summarizing Wyoming’s system notes that your Wyoming license renewal depends on keeping BCBA certification in good standing, meaning that if your BCBA lapses or is revoked, your Wyoming license is at risk. (onlineabaprograms.org)

The Board also has authority to discipline psychologists, behavior analysts, and assistant behavior analysts for unethical conduct, fraud in applying for licensure, endangering clients, certain criminal convictions, and similar grounds. (codes.findlaw.com)

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6. What Wyoming does and does not specify about hours

Putting it all together:

• Wyoming does not say “you must complete X hours of direct experience and Y hours of supervised experience” in its own statute or public Board materials for behavior analysts.
• Instead, Wyoming law consistently refers to:
  • People pursuing ABA experience being supervised according to “the experience requirements of the certifying entity,” (law.justia.com) and
  • Licensure requiring current BCBA (or BCaBA) certification verified with that certifying entity. (codes.findlaw.com)

Therefore, for a BCBA seeking Wyoming licensure as a behavior analyst, the operative hour requirements are:

• Either at least 2,000 hours of supervised fieldwork, with at least 5% monthly supervision, or
• 1,500 hours of concentrated supervised fieldwork, with at least 10% monthly supervision,
• Plus minimum monthly hours, required supervisor contacts, client observations, and required proportions of unrestricted activities and individual supervision. (studocu.com)

Those hours are defined by the BACB, but adopted in practice by the Wyoming State Board of Psychology through its requirement that you be a current BCBA.