Section 61-14B-15.1 - Requirements for licensure; apprentice in speech and language. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)

61-14B-15.1. Requirements for licensure; apprentice in speech and language. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)

A license to practice as an apprentice in speech and language shall be issued by the board to a  person who files a completed application accompanied by the required fees and documentation and provides satisfactory evidence that the applicant:

A.     is working toward full licensure pursuant to the provisions of the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act;

B.     has a baccalaureate degree in speech-language pathology or communicative disorders or an equivalent degree or a baccalaureate degree in another field with thirty semester hours of credit in speech-language pathology or communicative disorder;

C.     is enrolled in and successfully completes graduate classes in speech-language pathology or communicative disorders at a minimum rate of nine semester hours per year and is accepted into a master's level program in speech-language pathology or communicative disorders within two years of initial licensing;

D.     maintains a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average in the master's degree course and other work;

E.     is supervised by a person licensed as a speech-language pathologist who has a minimum of two years experience as a speech-language pathologist; and

F.     receives a minimum of ten percent direct supervision and ten percent indirect supervision.