Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 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.
