§ 4457 - Licensure; applications; eligibility
§ 4457. Licensure; applications; eligibility
Applicants for licenses under this chapter shall submit an application to the department on a form furnished by the department, along with payment of the specified fee and evidence of the eligibility qualifications established by the board which shall include, at a minimum:
(1) A master's degree or equivalent in audiology or speech-language pathology from an educational institution approved by the department with course work completed in areas specified by rule.
(2) Completion of a supervised clinical practicum, the length and content of which shall be established by rule.
(3) Completion of a period, as determined by rule, of postgraduate professional training as approved by the department.
(4) Passing an examination in audiology or speech-language pathology approved by the department, which, in the case of the audiology examination, shall include a section which is equivalent to the hearing aid dispensers examination described in section 3295 of this title. Audiologists who have passed an examination chosen by the department are not required to take the hearing aid dispensers examination required by section 3295. (Added 2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 45, eff. July 1, 2003; amended 2005, No. 214 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. July 1, 2007.)