Nevada 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. Must be over 21 years old
2. Master's degree or equivalent training/experience
   Note: For the purposes of this section, to qualify under equivalent training/experience, the applicant must submit evidence of at least 60 semester credits in courses related to the normal development, function, and use of speech and language or hearing, including, but not limited to, the management of disorders of speech or hearing and the legal, professional, and ethical practices of audiology or speech-language pathology; at least 24 of the 60 credits, excluding credits for a thesis or dissertation, must have been obtained for courses directly relating to speech-language pathology or audiology.
3. Three hundred clock hour clinical practicum
4. Passage of an examination
   Note: No postgraduate professional experience is required.

Exemptions

1. Physicians or persons under the direct supervision of a physician
2. Hearing aid specialists
3. Persons credentialed by the state department of education
4. Federal employees
5. Graduate student intern, pursuing a graduate degree in audiology or speech-language pathology
6. Registered nurses employed as school nurse
7. Current certificate holders from Council on the Education of the Deaf and working as a teacher of the deaf.

Reciprocity

The Board may waive the examination requirement to persons who:

1. Are licensed in a state in which the licensing requirements at the time the license was issued are substantially equivalent to this chapter
   OR
2. CCC holders

Interim Practice/Temporary Licensure

The Board shall issue a temporary license to persons licensed in another state upon application and payment of the fee who meet all requirements for licensure in this state except for passing the examination.

Continuing Education for Licensure Renewal

Fifteen hours per annual renewal cycle; may not carry over excess credits from one renewal period to another.

Hearing Aid Dispensing

Audiologists who dispense must obtain an HAD license.

Support Personnel

N/A

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.