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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
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Subtitle G. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO HEARING, SPEECH, AND DYSLEXIA |
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Chapter 403. LICENSED DYSLEXIA PRACTITIONERS AND LICENSED DYSLEXIA THERAPISTS |
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Subchapter C. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS |
Sec. 403.104. ELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSED DYSLEXIA PRACTITIONER LICENSE
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(a) To be eligible for a licensed dyslexia practitioner license, an applicant must have:
(1) earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited public or private institution of higher education;
(2) successfully completed at least 45 hours of course work in multisensory structured language education from a training program that meets the requirements of Section 403.106;
(3) completed at least 60 hours of supervised clinical experience in multisensory structured language education;
(4) completed at least five demonstration lessons of the practice of multisensory structured language education, each observed by an instructor from a training program that meets the requirements of Section 403.106 and followed by a conference with and a written report by the instructor; and
(5) successfully completed a national multisensory structured language education competency examination approved by the department and administered by a national certifying professional organization.
(b) Clinical experience required under Subsection (a)(3) must be obtained under:
(1) the supervision of a qualified instructor or an instructor from an accredited training program that meets the requirements of Section 403.106; and
(2) guidelines approved by the department.