2005 Minnesota Statutes - 148.5175 — Temporary licensure.

     148.5175 Temporary licensure. 


    (a) The commissioner shall issue temporary licensure as a 
 speech-language pathologist, an audiologist, or both, to an 
 applicant who has applied for licensure under section 148.515, 
 148.516, 148.517, or 148.518 and who: 


    (1) submits a signed and dated affidavit stating that the 
 applicant is not the subject of a disciplinary action or past 
 disciplinary action in this or another jurisdiction and is not 
 disqualified on the basis of section 148.5195, subdivision 3; 
 and 


    (2) either: 


    (i) provides a copy of a current credential as a 
 speech-language pathologist, an audiologist, or both, held in 
 the District of Columbia or a state or territory of the United 
 States; or 


    (ii) provides a copy of a current certificate of clinical 
 competence issued by the American Speech-Language-Hearing 
 Association or board certification in audiology by the American 
 Board of Audiology. 


    (b) A temporary license issued to a person under this 
 subdivision expires 90 days after it is issued or on the date 
 the commissioner grants or denies licensure, whichever occurs 
 first.  


    (c) Upon application, a temporary license shall be renewed 
 once to a person who is able to demonstrate good cause for 
 failure to meet the requirements for licensure within the 
 initial temporary licensure period and who is not the subject of 
 a disciplinary action or disqualified on the basis of section 
 148.5195, subdivision 3. 


    HIST: 1996 c 363 s 7; 2000 c 460 s 24; 2003 c 87 s 27,52; 2004 
 c 279 art 1 s 12