|
The information below is collected from state licensure boards or regulatory agencies responsible for regulating the professions of Speech-Language Pathology and/or Audiology. 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 from an accredited academic institution
Note: For this section, "equivalent" is defined as holding a bachelor's degree and completion of a program of study comprising 39 graduate semester hours with specific distribution requirements; graduate semester hours in practicum may not be counted toward satisfying the 39 semester-hour requirement.
- Three hundred seventy-five hour clinical practicum
- Completion of 1 year of supervised professional experience (1,080 hours in 2 consecutive years)
- Passage of an examination
Exemptions
- Physicians and surgeons
- Trained employees under direction of a physician doing hearing testing
- Hearing aid fitters
- Department of Education credentialed employees of public, private or chartered schools
- Students or trainees appropriately designated as such
- Federal employees
- Any licensed person engaged in the profession for which they are licensed
- Non-residents who are licensed in another state with equivalent standards may provide services for no more than 5 days in any calendar year in cooperation with a state-licensed practitioner.
- Organizations engage in the practice of speech-language pathology, audiology or teaching the hearing impaired as long as it employs such licensed individuals to provide the direct practice.
Reciprocity/Endorsement
The Board may waive the education, experience, and examination requirements for:
- Applicants licensed in another state with equivalent standards
- CCC holders
- Individuals with a bachelor's degree in speech language pathology, audiology or teaching the hearing impaired, who has been employed in this area for at least 9 months within 3 years prior to date of statute enactment (1982-1985).
Interim Practice/Temporary Licensure
N/A
Continuing Education for Licensure Renewal
Twenty clock hours of continuing education per biennial renewal period.
Hearing Aid Dispensing
Audiologists who dispense hearing aids must obtain an HAD license.
Support Personnel
- A licensee must file the name, location, certification of education and training requirements and confirmation that the supervisor and assistant have read the appertaining statutory chapters.
- Prior to the use of an assistant (speech-language pathology or audiology), the licensee must obtain evidence of ONE of the following: (a) completion of 30 semester hours or the equivalent from an accredited institution of higher education in the area of speech-language and hearing as specified for a CCC; (b) the individual has practiced as an assistant in the area of speech-language and hearing since at least June 8, 1989, under the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist; (c) the individual has practiced as an assistant since at least June 8, 1989, under the supervision of a speech-language pathologist or audiologist licensed in another state or D.C. that has requirements for assistants substantially equivalent to in-state requirements.
- A licensee may not supervise more than 3 assistants; supervision must be direct, on-site.
- Prior to assigning a duty to an assistant, a licensee shall perform a task analysis of the expected duties of each assistant the licensee supervises and shall then train the assistant, with an emphasis on competency-based skill acquisition; a minimum of 20 hours of practical training for each duty is required.
- Supervisor must directly observe the assistant's performance in 25% of each clinical session and disclose to clients when services are being rendered by an assistant.
Board Oversight
Department of State, Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs, State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology
Board Composition
The state Board of Examiners in Speech-Language and Hearing shall have 10 members, 9 of whom appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate majority; the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs shall serve in his official capacity as the tenth member of the Board; there shall be 1 licensed speech-language pathologist, 1 licensed audiologist, 1 member who renders professional services as a teacher of the hearing impaired, 2 members at large who are either licensed speech-language pathologists, audiologists or teachers of the hearing impaired (each profession shall not be represented by more than 2 Board members), 2 licensed physicians (1 of which specializes in otolaryngology), and 2 public members; no member of the board shall at the same time be an officer/agent of any statewide association representing the profession under the jurisdiction of this board.
Web site
Pennsylvania State Board of Speech-Language and Hearing Examiners
Questions regarding this document? Call ASHA at 800-498-2071 and ask for the State Advocacy Team.
|