OPINION
FROEB, Chief Judge, Division 1.
This case involves the effort of appellant to obtain certification in Arizona as a psychologist. In our review of the record and our analysis of the laws and rules relating to certification, we conclude that appellant has been incorrectly denied certification because parts of the certification statutes are unconstitutionally vague and ambiguous and because the Board of Psychologist Examiners has misinterpreted its own rules and the remaining valid portions of the statutes.
A synopsis of the law involved in this appeal seems appropriate at this point. Title 32 (Professions and Occupations), Chapter 19.1 of the Arizona Revised Statutes was passed by the legislature in 1965 and, together with amendments, is found in sections 32-2061 through 32-2087. The laws establish a Board of Psychologist Examiners (§ 32-2062); define certain terms (§ 32-2061); provide the Board with rule-making powers (§ 32-2063); establish qualifications and procedures for certification as a psychologist (§§ 32-2071 through 32-2074); regulate the conduct of certified psychologists (§ 32-2081); provide for hearings (§ 32-2082); recognize certain exemptions (§ 32-2083); bar the practice of medicine by psychologists (§ 32-2084); recognize privileged communications (§ 32-2085), and provide criminal sanctions for certain conduct (§ 32-2087).
[22]*22We are most directly concerned in this case with the provisions relating to certification found in A.R.S. §§ 32-2071 and 32-2072.1 Paragraph 1(c) of § 32-2071 sets forth the academic and degree requirements for certification as a psychologist. It furnishes a standard in general terms which the Board can make more specific by rules enacted under its rule-making power. No professional experience of a given number of years is necessary to meet these qualifications; presumably, a recent graduate with the required academic achievements can obtain certification, provided the academic “credentials” measure up to standards established by the Board.
Section 32-2072 provides, in paragraph D, that if an applicant has three years of professional experience in addition to a satisfactory academic background, “the board shall waive" the credentials examination. Nevertheless, paragraph D requires that an applicant in this category have an academic background equivalent to that of an applicant without three years of professional experience. The only difference is that the applicant need not pass the “credentials examination.”
We shall have more to say about this anomaly; suffice it to state here that the added factor of three years of professional experience has very little impact in the certification process and may well be meaningless under the present statutory scheme.
We turn to the qualifications presented by appellant to the Board. He holds a doctorate of social science (D.S.Sc.) awarded in 1948 by the New School for Social Research located in New York state. The evidence indicates that a Ph.D. is the normal prerequisite for admission to the program at the New School for Social Research but that the Ph.D. requirement was waived because of appellant’s experience and credits. He entered the New School for Social Research after earning an undergraduate degree at Clark University and a master’s degree in psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. As his doctorate degree from the New School for Social Research was awarded in social science, appellant sought certification on the basis that his academic [23]*23training and his degree were the “substantial equivalent” of a “doctoral degree based on a program of studies the content of which was primarily psychological.” See § 32-2071 and § 32-2072.
Appellant’s original application for certification was considered by the Board of Psychologist Examiners on December 14, 1973. It was denied on the ground that his academic training was inadequate. A hearing before the Board, requested by appellant pursuant to § 32-2072(B), was held on March 1, 1974. The Board evaluated the courses shown on appellant’s school transcripts as to whether they fell within the area of psychology. Since the Board found the course titles inconclusive, it asked appellant to contact the schools and obtain descriptions for those courses which he claimed should be categorized as psychological. At a later meeting held on August 7, 1974, the Board considered the materials submitted by appellant and made specific findings concerning the allowed and disallowed course credits.2 The superior court [25]*25denied a trial de novo and, after its review, rejected appellant’s claims and affirmed the order of the Board.
Appellant presents several issues, each of which he contends requires reversal of the decision of the Board of Psychologist Examiners and the judgment of the superior court. In general, these questions relate to (1) the constitutionality of the statutes providing for certification; (2) the validity of rules of the Board; (3) the application of the statutes and the rules by the Board, and (4) the composition of the Board of Psychologist Examiners. We take them up in that order.
Do A.R.S. § 32-2071 and § 32-2072 Violate Due Process of Law Because They are Vague and Ambiguous?
Appellant contends that A.R.S. § 32-2071 and § 32-2072 are so vague and ambiguous that they cannot be understood and they, therefore, deny an applicant for certification due process of law under the state and the federal constitutions. After careful study of these statutes, we partially agree. The certification statutes are set forth in footnote 1.
The statutes involved appear to provide two avenues to certification. One, set forth in § 32-2071(l)(c), is purely academic and the other, set forth in § 32-2072(D), is academic and professional. It would be reasonable to assume that the three years of professional experience called for in § 32-2072(D) would enable applicants having the required experience to be certified with lesser academic credentials than those seeking certification under § 32-2071(lXc). Otherwise, there would be no purpose to § 32-2072(D). Yet, read literally, § 32-2072(D) requires similar, if not identical, academic credentials. The vagueness and ambiguity present in § 32-2072(D), therefore, makes certification uncertain and speculative for an applicant having three years of professional experience and, thus, denies him due process of law. The case of appellant demonstrates this. His professional experience, far exceeding three years, was never an issue in the case.3
Section 32-2072(D) requires a doctor’s degree or its equivalent. Yet, that is also what § 32-2071(lXc) requires. In each case we construe the statute to mean that the degree or its equivalent must be based on “a program of studies the content of which was primarily psychological.” If the doctor’s degree or its equivalent may be based on a program which is not “primarily psychological” but which is substantially equivalent “in both subject matter and extent of training,” then it is wholly unclear what this program might be.
We think our reading of § 32-2071(l)(c) is what was intended by the legislature.
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OPINION
FROEB, Chief Judge, Division 1.
This case involves the effort of appellant to obtain certification in Arizona as a psychologist. In our review of the record and our analysis of the laws and rules relating to certification, we conclude that appellant has been incorrectly denied certification because parts of the certification statutes are unconstitutionally vague and ambiguous and because the Board of Psychologist Examiners has misinterpreted its own rules and the remaining valid portions of the statutes.
A synopsis of the law involved in this appeal seems appropriate at this point. Title 32 (Professions and Occupations), Chapter 19.1 of the Arizona Revised Statutes was passed by the legislature in 1965 and, together with amendments, is found in sections 32-2061 through 32-2087. The laws establish a Board of Psychologist Examiners (§ 32-2062); define certain terms (§ 32-2061); provide the Board with rule-making powers (§ 32-2063); establish qualifications and procedures for certification as a psychologist (§§ 32-2071 through 32-2074); regulate the conduct of certified psychologists (§ 32-2081); provide for hearings (§ 32-2082); recognize certain exemptions (§ 32-2083); bar the practice of medicine by psychologists (§ 32-2084); recognize privileged communications (§ 32-2085), and provide criminal sanctions for certain conduct (§ 32-2087).
[22]*22We are most directly concerned in this case with the provisions relating to certification found in A.R.S. §§ 32-2071 and 32-2072.1 Paragraph 1(c) of § 32-2071 sets forth the academic and degree requirements for certification as a psychologist. It furnishes a standard in general terms which the Board can make more specific by rules enacted under its rule-making power. No professional experience of a given number of years is necessary to meet these qualifications; presumably, a recent graduate with the required academic achievements can obtain certification, provided the academic “credentials” measure up to standards established by the Board.
Section 32-2072 provides, in paragraph D, that if an applicant has three years of professional experience in addition to a satisfactory academic background, “the board shall waive" the credentials examination. Nevertheless, paragraph D requires that an applicant in this category have an academic background equivalent to that of an applicant without three years of professional experience. The only difference is that the applicant need not pass the “credentials examination.”
We shall have more to say about this anomaly; suffice it to state here that the added factor of three years of professional experience has very little impact in the certification process and may well be meaningless under the present statutory scheme.
We turn to the qualifications presented by appellant to the Board. He holds a doctorate of social science (D.S.Sc.) awarded in 1948 by the New School for Social Research located in New York state. The evidence indicates that a Ph.D. is the normal prerequisite for admission to the program at the New School for Social Research but that the Ph.D. requirement was waived because of appellant’s experience and credits. He entered the New School for Social Research after earning an undergraduate degree at Clark University and a master’s degree in psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. As his doctorate degree from the New School for Social Research was awarded in social science, appellant sought certification on the basis that his academic [23]*23training and his degree were the “substantial equivalent” of a “doctoral degree based on a program of studies the content of which was primarily psychological.” See § 32-2071 and § 32-2072.
Appellant’s original application for certification was considered by the Board of Psychologist Examiners on December 14, 1973. It was denied on the ground that his academic training was inadequate. A hearing before the Board, requested by appellant pursuant to § 32-2072(B), was held on March 1, 1974. The Board evaluated the courses shown on appellant’s school transcripts as to whether they fell within the area of psychology. Since the Board found the course titles inconclusive, it asked appellant to contact the schools and obtain descriptions for those courses which he claimed should be categorized as psychological. At a later meeting held on August 7, 1974, the Board considered the materials submitted by appellant and made specific findings concerning the allowed and disallowed course credits.2 The superior court [25]*25denied a trial de novo and, after its review, rejected appellant’s claims and affirmed the order of the Board.
Appellant presents several issues, each of which he contends requires reversal of the decision of the Board of Psychologist Examiners and the judgment of the superior court. In general, these questions relate to (1) the constitutionality of the statutes providing for certification; (2) the validity of rules of the Board; (3) the application of the statutes and the rules by the Board, and (4) the composition of the Board of Psychologist Examiners. We take them up in that order.
Do A.R.S. § 32-2071 and § 32-2072 Violate Due Process of Law Because They are Vague and Ambiguous?
Appellant contends that A.R.S. § 32-2071 and § 32-2072 are so vague and ambiguous that they cannot be understood and they, therefore, deny an applicant for certification due process of law under the state and the federal constitutions. After careful study of these statutes, we partially agree. The certification statutes are set forth in footnote 1.
The statutes involved appear to provide two avenues to certification. One, set forth in § 32-2071(l)(c), is purely academic and the other, set forth in § 32-2072(D), is academic and professional. It would be reasonable to assume that the three years of professional experience called for in § 32-2072(D) would enable applicants having the required experience to be certified with lesser academic credentials than those seeking certification under § 32-2071(lXc). Otherwise, there would be no purpose to § 32-2072(D). Yet, read literally, § 32-2072(D) requires similar, if not identical, academic credentials. The vagueness and ambiguity present in § 32-2072(D), therefore, makes certification uncertain and speculative for an applicant having three years of professional experience and, thus, denies him due process of law. The case of appellant demonstrates this. His professional experience, far exceeding three years, was never an issue in the case.3
Section 32-2072(D) requires a doctor’s degree or its equivalent. Yet, that is also what § 32-2071(lXc) requires. In each case we construe the statute to mean that the degree or its equivalent must be based on “a program of studies the content of which was primarily psychological.” If the doctor’s degree or its equivalent may be based on a program which is not “primarily psychological” but which is substantially equivalent “in both subject matter and extent of training,” then it is wholly unclear what this program might be.
We think our reading of § 32-2071(l)(c) is what was intended by the legislature. We do not understand the provision to require a doctor’s degree and only a doctor’s degree. We read it to allow the substantial equivalent of a doctor’s degree so long as the content is “primarily psychological.” In the context of a statute authorizing certification of psychologists, it would be illogical to require a doctor’s degree but permit it to be something less than “primarily psychological.”
Another vague and ambiguous provision is that which relates to the “credentials examination.” Section 32-2072(A) describes the examination to be for the purpose of determining the “adequacy of training and experience.” Since the examination is “waived” as to an applicant who would seek certification based on three years of experience, it is wholly uncertain how the “experience” of an applicant under § 32-2071(l)(c) should be evaluated if he is not required to have experience (unless it is to examine whatever “experience” the applicant may have obtained in satisfaction of academic criteria required for certification). [26]*26Moreover, the concept of waiving the credentials examination for applicants seeking certification under § 32-2072(D) is illogical since it would seem all the more compelling to evaluate work experience and academic training under an alternate certification which is not based on academic qualifications alone. While it is not our function to question the wisdom of such a law, the legislative intent is shrouded in vagueness and ambiguity.
In summary, we think it is impossible to determine the legislative intent, as it relates to criteria for certification, in paragraph 3 of A.R.S. § 32-2071 and paragraphs A and D of A.R.S. § 32-2072. It follows that a psychologist would likewise be unable to tell what is required for certification. Reluctant as we are to find that ambiguities in legislation rise to the level of unconstitutionality, we cannot salvage these portions of the certification statutes by judicial interpretation, for to do so would itself be legislation which is not our function. We are well aware of the difficulty facing the legislature in setting out the qualifications for professional practice in the field of psychology. See, for example, our opinion in Bilbrey v. Industrial Commission, 27 Ariz.App. 473, 556 P.2d 27 (1976). Nevertheless, the matter cannot be left either to the courts or to the Board of Psychologist Examiners, as the matter is one for the legislature.
A statute denies due process of law in violation of the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution and article 2, § 4 of the Arizona Constitution when it is so vague that men of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application. Southwest Engineering Co. v. Ernst, 79 Ariz. 403, 291 P.2d 764 (1955); State v. Cota, 99 Ariz. 233, 408 P.2d 23 (1965). In State Compensation Fund v. De La Fuente, 18 Ariz.App. 246, 501 P.2d 422 (1972), we quoted 82 C.J.S. Statutes § 64 (1953):
An act must be complete in all its terms when it leaves the legislature; so that those charged with the administration of such act are amenable to the courts for failure to put it into effect or for its maladministration, and so that everyone may know by reading the law what his rights are and how it shall operate when put into execution; and the court cannot supply material and essential omissions.
We think this statement is fitting to our determination that paragraph 3 of A.R.S. § 32-2071 and paragraphs A and D of A.R.S. § 32-2072 are unconstitutionally vague and ambiguous.
Do A.R.S. § 32-2071 and § 32-2072 Constitute an Unlawful Delegation of Legislative Authority to an Administrative Agency?
It is well established that the legislature may not delegate its power to make laws to any other person or body,, except when authorized by the Constitution. Crane v. Frohmiller, 45 Ariz. 490, 45 P.2d 955 (1935). Nevertheless, where the legislature declares policies and fixes primary standards by statute, it may validly confer on administrative officers power to fill in the details by prescribing rules to promote the spirit of the legislation and its complete operation. Employment Security Commission v. Arizona Citrus Growers, 61 Ariz. 96, 144 P.2d 682 (1944); State v. Gee, 73 Ariz. 47, 236 P.2d 1029 (1951). A statute which gives unlimited regulatory power to a commission, board or agency with no prescribed restraints or criterion or guide to action offends the Constitution as an unlawful delegation of legislative power. State v. Marana Plantations, 75 Ariz. 111, 252 P.2d 87 (1953). But the legislature may delegate a large measure of authority to an administrative agency for administration of a statute enacted pursuant to the state’s police power, and the standards for the exercise of such authority need not be set forth expressly if they may reasonably be inferred from the statutory scheme. State v. Arizona Mines Supply Co., 107 Ariz. 199, 484 P.2d 619 (1971).
Appellant contends that the statutes in question offend the rule against delegating legislative power because they are to broad. He argues that giving the Board [27]*27power to define which programs of studies are “primarily psychological” and which are “substantially equivalent” to a doctorate violates the constitutional doctrine. We disagree. It is a proper administrative function to give this terminology meaning and definition through appropriate rules inasmuch as these details are peculiarly within the expertise of the Board. National Psychological Ass’n v. University of New York, 8 N.Y.2d 197, 203 N.Y.S.2d 821, 168 N.E.2d 649 (1960).
Appellant refers us to a decision of the Florida Supreme Court which held that similar powers given to the Florida Board of Examiners of Psychology constituted an unlawful delegation of legislative authority. Husband v. Cassel, Fla., 130 So.2d 69 (1961). Specifically, the court found that the unlimited power to examine without guidelines, to determine which universities were approved as to their degree and to decide what constituted “an equivalent degree” in the field of psychology, all violated the constitutional principle requiring the legislature to fix standards. In view of our determination that portions of the Arizona law are unconstitutional on other grounds, we will not undertake to dwell on the unlawful delegation issue except to say that, under Arizona law, we do not find objectionable the power given to the Board to define the meaning of the phrases “primarily psychological” and “substantial equivalent of a doctoral degree.”
To summarize our holding on the issue of constitutionality, we find paragraph 3 of A.R.S. § 32-2071 and paragraphs A and D of A.R.S. § 32-2072 to be vague and ambiguous and, therefore, unconstitutional as denying appellant due process of law in obtaining certification. In so deciding, we uphold the remaining paragraphs of § 32-2071 and § 32-2072 under both the Arizona and the United States constitutions. This holding will allow the Board to continue to certify applications as psychologists on the basis of academic background but will bar consideration of professional experience as a factor unless the legislature enacts new legislation so providing. It will prohibit the giving of the “credentials examination” set forth in the statute, but not the making of such inquiry as may be necessary to determine the adequacy of academic achievements set forth in § 32-2071(l)(c). We do not reach the question of whether a statute providing for certification only on the basis of academic background is a denial of due process when applied to an applicant who has had significant experience in the field but who fails to meet the academic criteria.
Based upon the Present Record is Appellant Entitled to Certification under A.R.S. § 32-2071(lXc)?
The course credits listed in footnote 2 show that appellant has pursued a full academic career. Nevertheless, he does not possess a doctorate in psychology. Since appellant does not have “[a] doctoral degree based on a program of studies the content of which was primarily psychological,” he sought equivalency certification. To a large extent the proceedings before the Board were devoted to investigation of the content of the courses taken by appellant to determine if the courses fell within the field of psychology or some other academic discipline. Numerous courses of a psychological nature were discounted by the Board because they were taken by appellant while earning his undergraduate degree (see the note appearing just before question 4 in the findings of the Board which are set forth in footnote 2). Moreover, in determining the percentage that the allowed credits in the psychological area bear to the total credits earned by appellant, the Board, instead of using 90 semester hours, used the total of all credits earned by appellant as the divisor. We shall elaborate upon this, but the effect is to penalize an applicant who, in addition to completing the minimum requirements, has pursued his general education further and taken courses in other fields of study.
[28]*28Rules 1 and 2 of the Board in effect during the proceedings before the Board4 must be considered at this point, since the Board determined that appellant failed to meet the standards which they establish.
Rule 1 purports to define a program as “primarily psychological” if 65 per cent of the credits are either “in a department of psychology” or are “essentially psychological.” Although the rule does not expressly state whether these criteria are to apply to an application based upon substantial equivalency as well as to an application based upon a doctoral degree in psychology, it is apparent that the Board used these criteria in evaluating the substantial equivalency application submitted by appellant. For purposes of this appeal we shall accept these criteria and apply them ourselves.
Rule 2 purports to define “substantial equivalency” and is thus essential to understanding the action taken by the Board in this case.5 It is clear that a master’s degree from an accredited institution is required. Appellant has this. It is also clear that the applicant must have a total of 90 semester hours’ course work, which includes the hours earned toward the master’s degree. Appellant has this and considerably more. The rule also requires “appropriate practicum of research experience.” There is no issue concerning this.
We now return to the requirement of Rule 1 discussed earlier that 65 per cent of the courses be “primarily psychological.” We must ask, 65 per cent of what? We shall assume, without deciding, that the number to be used as the divisor should only include courses of study pursued after obtaining the undergraduate degree.6 According to the findings of the Board appellant was granted 63 credits toward certification. See footnote 2. He clearly has earned more than 90 credits for academic work pursued after obtaining his undergraduate degree. The issue, then, is whether, in arriving at the 65 per cent necessary for certification, it is appropriate for the Board to use as a divisor any number greater than 90. We hold that it would not be appropriate, since to do so would defy common sense and logic and, as we have previously said, penalize an applicant who has taken more courses than the minimum required. Therefore, under Rule 2 the correct divisor is 90, the correct dividend is 63 based on the findings of the Board, and the resulting quotient is 70. Seventy per cent under the rules of the Board entitles appellant to certification so long as the requirements of paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) of § 32-2071 are satisfied. We, therefore, reverse the judgment of the superior court and direct it to enter a new judgment that appellant has complied with A.R.S. § 32-2071(l)(c).
Since we have determined that appellant has satisfied the requirements of Rules 1 and 2, it is not necessary in this case to [29]*29consider whether either rule suffers from constitutional or legal infirmity.
Two additional issues remain for brief mention. The first is whether the Board of Psychologist Examiners was legally constituted when it acted upon appellant’s application. It is clear from the record that the issue was not timely raised in the trial court and, thus, we will not consider it on appeal. The second is whether appellant has standing to raise the issue of constitutionality when he seeks affirmative relief under the statutes in question. We hold in these circumstances that he does.
Reversed and remanded.
OGG, J., concurs.