| (a) Continuing professional education is required for
the following licenses under this chapter:
(1) speech-language pathology license;
(2) intern in speech-language pathology license;
(3) assistant in speech-language pathology license;
(4) audiology license;
(5) assistant in audiology license; and
(6) dual license in speech-language pathology and audiology.
(b) The intern in audiology license is exempt from
the continuing professional education requirements.
(c) A continuing education unit (CEU) is the basic
unit of measurement used to credit individuals with continuing education
activities for licensure. One CEU is defined as 10 clock hours of
participation in an approved continuing education experience.
(d) Pursuant to 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC)
Chapter 59, a continuing education hour (clock hour) shall be 50 minutes
of attendance in an approved continuing education course.
(e) The following minimum continuing education hours
and units are required to renew a license:
(1) License issued for a two-year term: 20 clock hours
(two CEUs), with 2 clock hours (0.2 CEUs) in ethics;
(2) Dual license in speech-language pathology and audiology
(two-year term): 30 clock hours (three CEUs), with 2 clock hours (0.2
CEUs) in ethics;
(3) Intern in speech-language pathology license (one-year
term): 10 clock hours (1 CEUs), with 1 clock hour (0.1 CEU) in ethics;
(4) Retired voluntary charity care license (two-year
term): 10 clock hours (one CEUs), with 1 clock hour (0.1 CEUs) in
ethics; and
(5) Retired voluntary charity care license for a dual
license in speech-language pathology and audiology (two-year term):
15 clock hours (1.5 CEUs), with 1 clock hour (0.1 CEUs) in ethics.
(f) Continuing education hours earned before the original
effective date of a license are not acceptable.
(g) Earned continuing education hours exceeding the
minimum requirement in a previous renewal period shall first be applied
to the continuing education requirement for the current renewal period.
(1) A maximum of 10 additional clock hours may be accrued
during a license period to be applied to the next consecutive renewal
period. Two of the 10 additional clock hours of the rollover hours
may be in ethics.
(2) A maximum of 15 additional clock hours may be accrued
by dual speech-language pathology and audiology licensees during a
license period to be applied to the next consecutive renewal period.
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