Florida Statutes 468.1185 – Licensure
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(1) The department shall license any applicant whom the board certifies is qualified to practice speech-language pathology or audiology and who has paid the initial licensure fee.
1(2) The board shall certify for licensure any applicant who has:
(a) Satisfied the education and supervised clinical requirements of s. 468.1155.
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 468.1185
- Audiologist: means a person licensed under this part to practice audiology. See Florida Statutes 468.1125
- Board: means the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. See Florida Statutes 468.1125
- Department: means the Department of Health. See Florida Statutes 468.1125
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
- Speech-language pathologist: means a person licensed under this part to practice speech pathology. See Florida Statutes 468.1125
(b) Satisfied the professional experience requirement of s. 468.1165.
(c) Passed the licensure examination required by s. 468.1175.
(d) An applicant for an audiologist license who has obtained a doctoral degree in audiology has satisfied the education and supervised clinical requirements of paragraph (a) and the professional experience requirements of paragraph (b).
(3) The board may refuse to certify any person applying for licensure under this section who is under investigation in any jurisdiction for an act which would constitute a violation of this part or chapter 456 until the investigation is complete and disciplinary proceedings have been terminated.
(4) The board may refuse to certify any applicant who has violated any of the provisions of s. 468.1245.
(5) A person licensed as an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist in another state who is practicing under the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact pursuant to s. 468.1335, and only within the scope provided therein, is exempt from the licensure requirements of this section.