Kentucky Statutes 334A.183 – Licensure requirements for speech-language pathologist
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(1) 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.
(2) 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).
(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
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 334A.183
- Board: means the Kentucky Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. See Kentucky Statutes 334A.020
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
(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.
(2) 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).