147.153  Requirements for license.

Each applicant for a license as a speech pathologist or audiologist shall meet all of the following requirements:

1.  For a license as a speech pathologist:

a.  Possess a master's degree or its equivalent from an accredited school, college or university with a major in speech pathology.

b.  Show evidence of completion of not less than three hundred hours of supervised clinical training in speech pathology as a student in an accredited school, college or university.

c.  Show evidence of completion of not less than nine months clinical experience under the supervision of a licensed speech pathologist following the receipt of the master's degree.

2.  For a license as an audiologist:

a.  Possess a master's degree or its equivalent from an accredited school, college or university with a major in audiology.

b.  Show evidence of completion of not less than three hundred hours of supervised clinical training in audiology as a student in an accredited school, college or university.

c.  Show evidence of completion of not less than nine months clinical experience under the supervision of a licensed audiologist following the receipt of the master's degree.

3.  Pass an examination administered by the board to assure the applicant's professional competence in speech pathology or audiology.

Section History: Early form

  [C77, 79, 81, § 147.153; 81 Acts, ch 66, § 2, 3]


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