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General information terms and definitions: Subchapter 4:Licensure
Rule 10.4.1 General Requirements:
1. An application for a license as a speech-language pathologist or
audiologist shall be submitted to the State Board of Health at its principal
office in Jackson on an application form provided by the State Board of
Health.
2. Every application shall be typed or written in ink, signed under the penalty
of perjury, and accompanied by the appropriate fee and by such evidence,
statements, or documents as therein required.
3. Approved applications and all documents filed in support thereof shall be
retained by the State Board of Health.
4. Licenses issued under these regulations shall expire and become invalid
at midnight of the expiration date.
SOURCE: Miss. Code Ann. §73-38-13.
Rule 10.4.2 Qualifications for Licensure:
1. Education
a. Education qualifications deemed equivalent to those specified in
Section 73-38-9 shall be at least a master's degree, e.g., M.S.,
M.A., or M.Ed., in speech-language pathology, communicative disorders, or speech and hearing science or a doctoral degree in
audiology from an institution recognized by the State Board of
Health. Licensees currently licensed as an audiologist with a
master's degree will be "grandfathered" in and will remain licensed
so long as they maintain their national certification. In addition,
applicants for an audiology license who are already licensed as an
audiologist in another state with only a master's degree will be
accepted for licensure in Mississippi if they are currently nationally
certified.
b. Institutions recognized by the State Board of Health within the
meaning of Section 73-38-9 shall be those institutions with
academic programs accredited by the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association or any other national accrediting body deemed
appropriate by the Board.
2. Supervised Professional Employment
a. The applicant must have obtained the equivalent of nine (9) months
of full-time professional experience (the Supervised Professional
Employment) in which bona fide clinical work has been
accomplished in the major professional area (speech-language
pathology or audiology) in which the license is being sought. Fulltime employment is defined as a minimum of thirty (30) clock hours
of work a week. For applicants awarded a master's degree, the
Supervised Professional Employment Plan (SPEP) must begin after
the degree has been awarded. For applicants awarded a doctoral
degree, the Supervised Professional Employment Plan requirement
may be met prior to awarding of the degree, provided the
equivalent of the Supervised Professional Employment Plan is an
integral part of the course of study which leads to the awarding of a
doctoral degree. For applicants awarded a doctoral degree from
institutions that do not incorporate the equivalent of the Supervised
Professional Employment Plan into the degree-granting process,
the Supervised Professional Employment Plan must begin after the
degree has been awarded.
b. Professional experience is construed to mean direct clinical work
with patients, consultations, record keeping, or any other duties
relevant to a bona fide program of clinical work. Eighty percent
(80%) of full-time clinical experience and one hundred percent
(100%) of part-time clinical experience will be in direct clinical
contact with persons who have communication handicaps. Time
spent in supervision of students, academic teaching, and research,
as well as administrative activity that does not deal directly with
management programs of specific patients or clients will not be
counted as professional experience in this context c. An applicant desiring to complete the Supervised Professional
Employment Experience must apply to the Board for a temporary
license on a form available from the Board and must demonstrate
that he is or will be supervised according to Rule 10.4.5 of these
regulations.
3. The National Examinations In Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology:
a. The applicant must have passed a National Examination in
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, either the National
Examination in Speech-Language Pathology or the National
Examination in Audiology. Each year at its first meeting, the
Advisory Council will recommend to the State Board of Health a
passing score for the coming year. |