Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) The educational qualifications
for licensure as an audiologist pursuant to
RSA
137-F:13, I, shall be as follows:
(1) At least one of the following
degrees in the specialized area of audiology shall be:
a.A master's degree; or
b.A doctoral degree;
(2) The degree shall
have been received from an educational institution or organization
recognized by any of the following:
a.Academy of Dispensing
Audiology;
b.Audiology
Foundation of America;
c.American Academy of Audiology;
or
d.American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association;
(3) At least 75 semester credit
hours of study shall be completed, as evidenced by an official
transcript, covering:
a.The
biological and physical sciences and mathematics;
b.The behavior and/or social
sciences; and
c.The
nature, prevention, evaluation, and treatment of speech, language,
hearing, and related disorders.
(4) At least 27 of the 75 semester
credit hours shall be in basic science course work;
(5) At least 36 of the 75 semester
credit hours shall be in professional course work;
(6) Applicants shall complete at
least 350 hours of supervised clinical practicum that concerns the
evaluation and treatment of children and adults with disorders of
speech, language, and hearing;
(7) At least 250 hours of the
supervised clinical practicum shall be completed in
audiology;
(8) Applicants
shall provide evidence of the completion of at least 9 consecutive
months, at an average of no less than 30 hours per week, of clinical
experience in audiology under the direct supervision of a board
certified clinical audiologist; and
(9) The requirement in (7) above
may also be fulfilled by part-time clinical experience as follows:
a.An average of at least 15-19
hours per week over 18 months;
b.An average of at least 20-24
hours per week over 15 months; or
c.An average of at least 25-29
hours per week over 12 months.
(b) The clinical experience
required pursuant to (a)(6) - (9) above shall additionally follow the
completion of the requirements described in (a)(1) - (4)
above.
(c) For purposes
of commencing the clinical experience required pursuant to (a)(6) -
(9) above, completion of the second full year of a doctor or
audiology degree program shall be considered by the board to be the
equivalent of a master's degree.
(d) In lieu of the requirements
described in (a)(2) - (10) above, an applicant may submit evidence of
having earned the Certificate of Clinical Competency in Audiology
(C.C.C.-A).
The amended version of this section by
New
Hampshire Register Volume 37, Number 10, eff.
2/21/2017
is not yet available.
