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334A.183 Licensure requirements for speech-language pathologist.
(1)
(2)
To be eligible for initial interim licensure by the board as a speech-language
pathologist, the applicant shall:
(a) Provide a certified university transcript conferring a master's degree or
doctorate degree in the area of speech-language pathology or communication
disorders, or substantive equivalent. The board shall promulgate
administrative regulations to specify the required course work; or
(b) Provide documentation of completion of degree requirements, including a
supervised direct clinical practicum with individuals presenting with a variety
of disorders of communications and swallowing. The experience shall be
obtained with a training institution or in one (1) of its cooperating programs.
To be eligible for initial licensure by the board as a speech-language pathologist, the
applicant shall:
(a) Provide a certified university transcript conferring a master's degree or
doctorate degree in the area of speech-language pathology or communication
disorders, or substantive equivalent. The board shall promulgate
administrative regulations to specify the required course work;
(b) Provide documentation of completion of a postgraduate professional
experience approved by the board pursuant to administrative regulations
promulgated pursuant to this chapter; and
(c) Pass a national examination approved by the board at the time of the
application for licensure or provide documentation of national certification.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2008.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). Subsection (3) of this statute as it
appeared in 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 4 has been renumbered as subsection (2)(c)
as it appears here following codification under the authority of KRS 7.136(1)(a).
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