Maine State Characteristics of Licensure Law

The information below is collected from state licensure boards or regulatory agencies responsible for regulating the professions of SLP and/or AUD. It is intended for informational use only, and should not be construed as legal advice.

Contact the state's licensure board or regulatory agency for exact licensure, certification, or registration requirements in your jurisdiction.

Initial Licensure Requirements

1. Master's degree or its equivalent that is consistent with the requirements for the ASHA CCC (including specific coursework required)
2. Supervised 350-hour clinical practicum (requirements mirror AHSA CCC required)
3. Supervised professional employment
4. Written examination

Exemptions

1. Physicians
2. Hearing aid dealers
3. Persons credentialed as a speech-language or hearing clinician issued by the Department of Education within public schools
4. Federal employees
5. Students properly identified as speech-language pathology or audiology interns or trainees

Reciprocity

The Board may waive the examination requirement and grant licensure to any applicant with a current license in another state with equivalent standards.

Interim Practice/Temporary Licensure

1. A nonresident who is not licensed in the state but meets the qualifications and requirements for application for licensure may provide speech-language pathology or audiology services for no more than 5 days in any calendar year in cooperation with a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist.
2. A nonresident who is licensed in another state with equivalent standards or CCC holders may offer services for not more than 60 days in any calendar year if performed in cooperation with a licensed individual.
3. Clinical fellows may receive a temporary license.

Continuing Education for Licensure Renewal

License renewal requires 25 hours of approved continuing education activities within the 2-year license period; licensees may carry over accumulated credits to apply to the next license period.

Hearing Aid Dispensing

Licensed audiologists are exempt from examination and training requirements but still must register with the hearing aid dealers board.

Support Personnel

Speech-language Pathology Assistants: (Registration) Individuals must demonstrate:

1. An associate's degree in the field of communication disorders or its equivalent
2. Completion of a practicum under supervision of a Board-licensed speech-language pathologist
3. Passage of a proficiency evaluation administered by an associate's degree program or possession of a support personnel credential from ASHA
4. Thirty percent direct and indirect supervision is required for the first 90 workdays; following the initial 90 days, a minimum of 20% supervision is required with no less than 10% being direct supervision of face-to-face patient contact.
5. A supervising speech-language pathologist must complete at least 10 hours of approved professional education in the area of supervision if he/she registers a speech-language pathology assistant and may supervise up to 2 assistants.

Note

• The abbreviation SLP or SP stands for Speech Language Pathology or Pathologist, as appropriate, the abbreviation AUD stands for Audiology or Audiologist, as appropriate, and the abbreviation HAD stands for Hearing Aid Dealer.
• All jurisdictions require applicants to achieve a passing score on a national exam, and all but Nevada, North Dakota, and Virginia require applicants to complete a post graduate professional experience requirement.
• The term "clinical fellow," used throughout, means a person completing the post graduate professional experience requirement.

Questions concerning data contained in this document can be addressed by calling 800-498-2071 and asking to speak to someone on the State Policy Team.