Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) For
persons applying for a license in audiology prior to January 1, 2009, an
applicant for licensure shall have completed not less than nine months of
supervised experience of a scope and nature satisfactory to the State Board for
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology after all requirements for the master's
degree are completed.
(1) Duration. Within
any two-year period following completion of an educational program that meets
the requirements of section
75.4 of this Part, an applicant
must accrue nine months of acceptable experience with not more than two
employers.
(2) Credit toward the
experience requirement may be given for part-time employment accumulated at the
rate of not less than two days per week and consisting of not less than 15
hours per week for continuous periods of not less than six months.
The department may excuse the requirement that such
experience be continuous where such continuous experience cannot be completed
due to the COVID-19 crisis.
(3) Supervision.
(i) Supervision shall include meeting with
and observing the applicant on a regular basis to review and evaluate the
supervised experience and to foster professional development.
(ii) Supervision shall be provided by the
organization in which the applicant is working, and by an individual who is
licensed in New York in audiology, except that supervision of experience
acquired in another state or in an exempt setting as defined in section
8207 of the
Education Law, may be provided by a person holding the Certificate of Clinical
Competence of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.
(b) For persons
applying for a license in audiology on or after January 1, 2009, an applicant
who has met the professional educational requirement for licensure by
satisfactorily completing master's degree program shall complete the experience
requirements set forth in paragraph (1) of this subdivision and for an
applicant who has met the professional education requirement for licensure by
satisfactorily completing a doctoral degree program shall complete the
experience requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of this subdivision.
(1) Master's degree path. An applicant who
has met the professional educational requirement for licensure by
satisfactorily completing the master's degree program requirements prescribed
in section 75.4 of this Part, or its
equivalent, shall complete 1,420 hours of supervised experience of a scope and
nature satisfactory to the State Board for Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology.
(i) Duration. Within any four-year
period following completion of a master's degree program, or its equivalent, an
applicant shall complete the experience requirements prescribed in this
subdivision and such experience shall be obtained with not more than two
employers.
(ii) Credit. Credit
toward the experience requirement may be given for part-time employment,
accumulated at the rate of not less than 12 hours per week for continuous
periods of not less than six months. The department may excuse the requirement
that such experience be continuous where such continuous experience cannot be
completed due to the COVID-19 crisis.
(2) Doctoral degree path. No experience shall
be required of an applicant who has met the professional educational
requirement for licensure through satisfactory completion of a registered or
accredited doctoral degree program in audiology, as prescribed in section
75.4 of this Part, or its
equivalent, as determined by the department.
(3) Supervision.
(i) Supervision shall include meeting with
and observing the applicant on a regular basis to review and evaluate the
supervised experience and to foster professional development.
(ii) Supervision shall be provided by an
individual who is licensed in New York State in audiology, except that
supervision of experience acquired outside New York State or in an exempt
setting as defined in section
8207 of the
Education Law, may be provided by a person approved for supervision by an
acceptable certifying agency as defined in section
52.37 of this Title, or by a person
holding the Certificate of Clinical Competence of the American Speech-Language
Hearing Association, or by a person holding Board Certification in Audiology
from the American Board of Audiology.
