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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
- Master's degree or equivalent
Note: Evidence of completion of 60 semester hours; 12 in courses pertaining to normal development of speech, language, and hearing; 30 hours pertaining to communication disorders; 30 of the 60 hours must be on the graduate level
- Three hundred hour clinical practicum
- Nine months full-time supervised professional experience
- Passage of an examination
Exemptions
- Federal employees
- Students
- Credentialed public school employees or other state employees
- Physicians
- Persons under the supervision of a physician
- Persons under the supervision of a licensed audiologist
- Persons engaged in counseling laryngectomees
- Nurses trained to perform audiometric screening tests and under the supervision of a physician or licensed audiologist
- Hearing aid dealers
Reciprocity
The examination shall be waived for CCC holders and for persons who have met the educational, practical, experience, and examination requirements of another state/jurisdiction with equivalent requirements.
Interim Practice/Temporary Licensure
Clinical fellows must obtain a temporary license.
Continuing Education Requirement for Licensure Renewal
N/A
Hearing Aid Dispensing
Audiologists who dispense must obtain an HAD license.
Support Personnel
- For registration, speech-language pathology assistants must present evidence of completion of an associate's degree in SLP Assisting or evidence of successful completion of a bachelor's degree, as well as several courses in Speech-Language Assisting developed by the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges and a passing score on a competency test approved by the Board.
- A licensed speech-language pathologist employed full-time may supervise no more than two assistants at any one time; a licensed speech-language pathologist employed part-time may supervise no more than one assistant at any one time; licensed supervisors must submit the application and annual fee for registration to the Assistant to the Board.
- The Assistant must wear a badge that includes the job title "Speech Pathology Assistant".
- When services are to be rendered by an Assistant, the patient or family must be informed in writing.
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.
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