Sec. 401.308. PROVISIONAL LICENSE; CERTIFICATE OF CLINICAL COMPETENCE WAIVER  


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  • (a) The board may grant a provisional license to an applicant who:

    (1) is licensed in good standing as a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist in another state that has licensing requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter;

    (2) has passed a national or other examination recognized by the board relating to speech-language pathology or audiology; and

    (3) is sponsored by a license holder with whom the provisional license holder may practice under this section.

    (b) An applicant for a provisional license may be excused from the requirement of Subsection (a)(3) if the board determines that compliance with that requirement is a hardship to the applicant.

    (c) A provisional license is valid until the date the board approves or denies the provisional license holder's application for a license.

    (d) The board shall issue a license under this chapter to a provisional license holder:

    (1) who passes the examination required by Section 401.305;

    (2) for whom the board verifies satisfaction of the academic and experience requirements for a license under this chapter; and

    (3) who satisfies any other license requirements under this chapter.

    (e) The board shall complete the processing of a provisional license holder's application for a license not later than the 180th day after the date the provisional license is issued.

    (f) The board may waive the examination requirement and issue a license to an applicant who holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.