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Following is a summary of revisions to implementation language—as approved by the Council For Clinical Certification (CFCC)—for the 2007 Standards and Implementation Procedures for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology, in chronological order with the most recent at the top.
March 2009
Standard II: Institution, Implementation
- Under Evaluation Required: Added the sentence, "d. those who satisfactorily completed graduate course work, clinical practicum, and knowledge and skills requirements in the area for which certification is sought in a program that was not accredited at the time the individual was enrolled, but which became accredited at a later date."
Standard VI: Certification Maintenance
- Updated the paragraph explaining the on-going process of certification maintenance.
July 2008
Throughout the document, the phrase "educated in foreign countries" was changed to "educated outside the United States or its territories."
Standard I: Degree, Implementation
- Added "or a letter from the program director or university registrar confirming that all requirements for the degree have been completed and indicating the date the degree will be conferred."
Standard II: Institution, Implementation
- Under Automatic Approval: Added the sentence, "Applicants eligible for automatic approval must submit an official graduate transcript that verifies the date the graduate degree was awarded."
- Under Evaluation Required: Added the sentence, "Applicants requiring evaluating must submit both graduate and undergraduate transcripts for all courses being submitted for certification purposes."
Standard V: Assessment
- Under V-B: Summative Assessment: Added the sentence, "Exam results submitted for initial certification in audiology must have been obtained no more than five (5) years prior to the submission of the certification application."
Standard VI: Certification Maintenance
- Revision of the certification maintenance interval chart.
- Addition of a paragraph explaining the on-going process of certification maintenance.
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