| (a) Unless otherwise indicated, an applicant must submit
all required information and documentation of credentials on current
department-approved forms.
(b) An applicant for a speech-language pathology license
must submit the following required documentation:
(1) a completed application on a department-approved
form;
(2) if not previously submitted when applying for an
intern's license, an original or certified copy of the transcript(s),
which shows all relevant course work and which shows the applicant
possesses a minimum of a master's degree with a major in one of the
areas of communicative sciences or disorders;
(3) if the applicant graduated from a college or university
with a program not accredited by the ASHA Council on Academic Accreditation,
an original signed letter from ASHA stating the Council for Clinical
Certification accepted the course work and clinical experience;
(4) if the applicant's transcript is in a language
other than English or the degree was earned at a foreign university,
an original evaluation form from an approved transcript evaluation
service stating that the applicant's degree is a master's degree or
higher with a major in one of the areas of communicative sciences
or disorders;
(5) a Report of Completed Speech-Language Pathology
Internship Form completed by the applicant's department-approved supervisor
and signed by both the applicant and the department-approved supervisor;
(6) if the internship was completed out-of-state, one
of the following documents regarding the supervisor must be submitted:
(A) if that state requires licensure, a copy of the
supervisor's valid license to practice in that state; or
(B) if that state does not require licensure, an original
letter from ASHA stating the supervisor held the Certificate of Clinical
Competence when the applicant completed the internship;
(7) a Praxis Exam Score Report showing the applicant
passed the examination described in §111.21;
(8) proof of successfully completing the jurisprudence
examination under §111.23; and
(9) the initial application fee required under §111.160.
(c) If not previously submitted when applying for an
assistant or intern license, an applicant for a speech-language pathology
license must submit a completed legible set of fingerprints, on a
department-approved form, to the Department of Public Safety for the
purpose of obtaining criminal history record information. An applicant
must successfully pass a criminal history background check pursuant
to Texas Occupations Code, Chapters 51 and 53, and the department's
criminal conviction guidelines.
(d) Waiver of Clinical Experience and Examination Requirements.
An applicant who currently holds the ASHA Certificate of Clinical
Competence may submit official documentation from ASHA of the Certificate
of Clinical Competence as evidence that the applicant meets the clinical
experience and examination requirements as set out in the Act and
this subchapter for a speech-language pathology license. Such an applicant
must submit:
(1) an original or certified copy of a signed letter
from ASHA, which verifies the applicant currently holds the Certificate
of Clinical Competence in the area of speech-language pathology;
(2) an original or certified copy of the transcript(s)
showing the conferred degree of all relevant course work which also
verifies that the applicant possesses a minimum of a master's degree
with a major in one of the areas of communicative sciences or disorders;
(3) the required documents under subsection (b)(1)
and (8) and subsection (c); and
(4) the initial application fee required under §111.160.
(e) Upgrade from Intern License to Full License. An
applicant, who holds a current Texas intern in speech-language pathology
license, may upgrade to a speech-language pathology license by submitting:
(1) a completed upgrade application on a department-approved
form;
(2) the required documents under subsection (b)(2),
(5), and (7) and subsection (c); and
(3) the initial application fee required under §111.160.
(f) An applicant must complete all licensing requirements
within one year from the date the application was submitted. After
that year an applicant will be required to submit a new application
and all required materials in addition to paying a new application
fee.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §111.35 adopted to be effective October 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 4441; amended to be effective May 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 2544; amended to be effective August 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 5172 |
