(a) In addition to
the requirements of section 16-100-16, an applicant for license by examination
shall comply with the requirements of this section.
(b) The applicant shall be a graduate of a
college or university that is accredited by a regional or specialized
accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of
Education.
(c) The applicant shall
submit evidence of eligibility for meeting the requirements of ASHA for a
certificate of clinical competence in speech pathology, or audiology, or both.
The evidence of eligibility shall verify that the applicant has completed:
(1) A minimum of three hundred seventy-five
hours of supervised clinical observation and clinical practicum with
individuals who present a variety of communication disorders, which experience
shall have been obtained within the applicant's training institution or in one
of its cooperating programs; and
(2) A clinical fellowship which shall have:
(A) Begun after completion of academic
coursework and clinical observation and clinical practicum;
(B) Consisted of at least thirty-six weeks of
full-time professional experience or its part-time equivalent;
(C) Been completed under the supervision of
an individual who holds the certificate of clinical competence in the area of
practice for which the certificate is sought, or board certification in
audiology from the ABA for an audiologist applicant;
(D) Consisted of primarily clinical
activities; and
(E) Required the
supervisor to periodically conduct a formal evaluation of the applicant's
progress in development of professional skills.
(d) The applicant shall arrange with the
college or university to send directly to the board an official transcript to
verify the applicant's master's degree or its equivalent in speech pathology or
audiology. The equivalent of a master's degree is defined as a bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university and evidence of at least
seventy-five semester hours which shall consist of
(1) At least twenty-seven semester hours in
basic science coursework, which include:
(A)
At least six semester hours in the biological or physical sciences, or both,
and mathematics;
(B) At least six
semester hours in the behavioral or social sciences, or both; and
(C) At least fifteen semester hours in the
basic human communication processes, to include coursework in each of the
following three areas of speech, language, and hearing:
(i) The anatomic and physiologic
bases;
(ii) The physical and
psychophysical bases; and
(iii) The
linguistic and psycholinguistic aspects;
(2) For speech pathologist applicants, at
least thirty-six semester hours in professional coursework, which include:
(A) At least thirty semester hours in courses
for which graduate credit was received, twenty-one of which shall be in the
area of speech pathology;
(B) At
least thirty semester hours in speech pathology, at least six of which shall be
in speech disorders and at least six in language disorders;
(C) At least six semester hours in audiology,
at least three of which shall be in hearing disorders and hearing evaluation
and at least three in habilitative or rehabilitative procedures, or both, with
individuals who have hearing impairment; and
(D) A maximum of six academic semester hours
associated with clinical practicum may be counted toward the minimum of
thirty-six semester hours of professional coursework, but those hours may not
be used to satisfy the minimum of six semester hours in speech disorders, six
semester hours in language disorders, or six semester hours in audiology;
and
(3) For audiologist
applicants, at least thirty-six semester hours in professional coursework,
which include;
(A) At least thirty semester
hours in courses for which graduate credit was received, twenty-one of which
shall be in the area of audiology;
(B) At least thirty semester hours in
audiology, at least six of which shall be in hearing disorders and hearing
evaluation and at least six in habilitative or rehabilitative procedures, or
both, with individuals who have hearing impairment;
(C) At least six semester hours in speech
pathology, at least three of which shall be in speech disorders and at least
three in language disorders. This coursework in speech pathology shall concern
the nature, prevention, evaluation, and treatment of speech and language
disorders not associated with hearing impairment; and
(D) A maximum of six academic semester hours
associated with clinical practicum may be counted toward the minimum of
thirty-six semester hours of professional coursework, but those hours may not
be used to satisfy the minimum of six semester hours in hearing disorders and
evaluation, six hours in habilitative or rehabilitative procedures, or both, or
six hours in speech pathology.
(e) The applicant shall arrange to have sent
directly to the board an official verification of passing the written
examination.
(f) The applicant
shall submit three letters of recommendation from the applicant's supervisors
or colleagues, or both, on the applicant's work experience or university
training in speech pathology or audiology.
(g) A doctor of audiology (AuD) degree or a
board certification in audiology from the ABA meets the eligibility
requirements of an ASHA certificate of clinical competence in audiology.
