Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0520 - Education
Subtitle 0520-02 - State Board of Education Teacher Regulations
Chapter 0520-02-04 - Educator Preparation
Section 0520-02-04-.12 - REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL SERVICE PERSONNEL LICENSE

(a) The applicant shall hold a bachelor's degree and the applicant shall be a licensed educator or shall have completed at least 18 semester hours in education, psychology, or sociology.

(b) The applicant shall complete 12 semester hours including course work in each of the following:

(c) The applicant shall complete one of the following:

(a) Applicants new to the field seeking initial professional school service personnel licensure shall complete a graduate degree in speech-language pathology from a state or regionally accredited institution of higher education with a speech-language graduate level program approved by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. They must also achieve a passing score on the examination required by the State Board of Education in Rule 0520-02-04-.05. Fully licensed teachers who are serving on employment standard waivers as speech-language teachers shall meet these requirements to be licensed as a school speech-language pathologist.

(b) Speech-language pathologists who hold a valid license issued by Tennessee or an out-of-state licensing Board of Communication Disorders and Sciences or who hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association may be issued the professional school service personnel license upon application. There are no additional requirements.

(c) Speech-language teachers who have a graduate degree or master's equivalence in speech-language pathology and hold a valid Tennessee teacher license with a speech-language endorsement may be issued the professional school service personnel license upon application.

(d) Fully licensed bachelor's level speech-language teachers employed prior to July 1, 2000 may apply for the professional school services personnel license upon completion of the requirements for the master's equivalence. Candidates must earn at least five (5) graduate level semester hours each year and they must complete all program requirements prior to July 1, 2010.

(e) Speech-language pathologists who have a graduate degree in speech-language pathology and hold a valid out-of-state educational credential issued before September 1, 2000, may be issued the professional school services personnel license upon application. Applicants with valid credentials issued on or after that date shall pass the examination required by the State Board of Education.

(a) Applicants new to the field seeking initial professional school services personnel licensure shall complete a graduate degree in audiology from a state or regionally accredited institution of higher education with a graduate level program approved by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

(b) Audiologists who hold a valid license issued by Tennessee or an out-of-state licensing Board of Communication Disorders and Sciences or who hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association may be issued the professional school services personnel license upon application. There are no additional requirements.

(c) Audiologists who have a graduate degree in audiology and hold a valid out-of-state educational credential issued before September 1, 2000, may be issued the professional school service personnel license upon application. Applicants with valid credentials issued on or after that date shall pass the examination required by the State Board of Education.