Pennsylvania Licensing Requirements for Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists

The information below is collected from state licensure boards or regulatory agencies responsible for regulating the professions of speech-language pathology and/or audiology. The information is reviewed on an annual basis. Please be advised that laws, regulations, and policies may change at any time, so always check with your state for the most up-to-date information.

Initial Licensure

Audiology (Began January 1, 2015)

Doctoral degree from an accredited academic program
Completion of supervised professional experience
Passage of an examination

Note: Audiologists who dispense hearing aids must obtain a hearing aid dealer certificate, but are not required to take the qualifying examination. Audiologists may fit hearing aids under an audiology license.

Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology

Master's degree from an accredited academic program
Three hundred seventy-five hour clinical practicum
Completion of a supervised professional experience (1,260 hours within 2 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 engaged 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,however, such organizations or corporations must file a certification with the Board that it submits itself to the rules and regulations of the Board.

Reciprocity

The Board may waive the education and examination requirements for:

Applicants licensed in another state with equivalent standards
Certificate of Clinical Competence 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

A provisional license will be granted to applicants who:

Have met the speech-language pathology licensure requirements except for supervised professional experience or who are completing the supervised professional experience necessary to receive an ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence;
Have met the audiology licensure requirements or are completing an additional post-graduate professional experience;
Hold a valid license in another state.

Continuing Education

Twenty clock hours of continuing education per biennial renewal period.

Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact

Pennsylvania is not a member state of the Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact. Information on the current status of the ASLP-IC can be found on the ASLP-IC website.