Michigan State Characteristics of Licensure Law

Last updated April 2008

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

Michigan does not regulate the professions of Speech-Language Pathology.

Initial Licensure Requirements

Audiology

1. Master's or doctoral degree in audiology from a regionally accredited college or university approved by the Board
2. Completion of at least 9 months of supervised clinical experience in audiology
3. Successful completion of an examination in audiology (score 600)
4. Applicants with an AuD degree must submit an official transcript from an accredited educational institution approved by the board
5. If an applicant has held CCC or ABA certification up to September 1, 1995, then they are deemed to have met the education, clinical experience and examination requirements.

Exemptions

1. Individuals employed by a regionally accredited college or university and involved in research or teaching of communication disorders, as long as the individual does not engage in the practice of audiology or hold himself/herself out as licensed or otherwise authorized under this article as an audiologist
2. Individuals employed by the department of community health from conducting hearing sensitivity screenings
3. Individuals certified by an agency acceptable to the occupational health standards commission from engaging in hearing screening as part of a hearing conservation program under the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act
4. A certified, registered, or otherwise statutorily recognized member of another profession, including a person licensed in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery and an unlicensed person to whom tasks have been delegated under his or her supervision
5. Licensed hearing aid dealers (so long as the individual does not hold himself out to the public as possessing a license issued or title protected under this article

Reciprocity/Endorsement

1. Applicants currently licensed in another state with substantially equivalent requirements or ASHA CCCs or ABA certification will be presumed to meet the education, clinical experience and exam requirements for Michigan as will Canadian audiologists certified by the Canadian Association of Speech Language Pathologists.
2. Foreign trained applicants must prove substantially equivalent education requirements via an accredited credential evaluation agency and must be authorized to practice in the jurisdiction where the individual was educated or is a citizen. Applicants must also pass a test of the English language and complete 9 months supervised clinical experience in the United States.

Interim Practice/Temporary Licensure

Individuals with a degree but who have yet to complete the 9 months of supervised clinical experience shall submit an application for a limited license; applicants must be a graduate of an accredited education program in audiology and have been accepted for training by an audiologist with a state license, ASHA CCC's or ABA certification.

Continuing Education for Licensure Renewal

Twenty clock hours of CE per 2-year period; retain documents for 3 years after renewal; failure to complete CE requirement is considered a violation of the Public Health Code.

Hearing Aid Dispensing

Audiologists may dispense under their audiology license.

Support Personnel

N/A

Board Oversight

Department of Community Health, Audiology Board

Board Composition

The Board shall comprise nine members. There shall be five audiologists, two physician/osteopathic members holding a certificate of qualification from the American Board of Otolaryngology, and two public members, neither of whom is an audiologist or physician or has family or financial ties to an audiologist or physician.

Web site

Michigan Department of Community Health

Questions regarding this document? Call ASHA at 800-498-2071 and ask for the State Advocacy Team.