Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 16, § 1399.152.2 - Supervised Clinical Experience

(a) Supervised clinical experience within the meaning of Section 2532.2, subdivision (c) of the Code shall be in the area for which licensure is sought. Speech-language pathology clinical experience shall be under the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist or a speech-language pathologist having qualifications deemed equivalent by the Board. Audiology clinical experience shall be under the supervision of a licensed audiologist or an audiologist having qualifications deemed equivalent by the Board. "Qualifications deemed equivalent by the Board" includes a supervisor who holds the legal authorization to practice in the field for which licensure is sought in the state where the experience is being obtained, if the supervised clinical experience is obtained in a setting which is exempt from the licensure requirements of the Act or out of state.

(b) Two hundred seventy-five (275) clock hours of clinical experience shall be required for licensure as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist for applicants who completed their graduate program on or before December 31, 1992.

(c) Three hundred (300) clock hours of clinical experience in three (3) different clinical settings shall be required for licensure as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist for applicants who completed their graduate program after December 31, 1992.

(d) Twenty-five (25) hours of the required clinical experience may be in the field other than that for which the applicant is seeking licensure (speech-language pathology for an audiologist or audiology for a speech-language pathologist) if such clinical experience is under a supervisor who is qualified in the minor field as provided in subsection (a).

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 16, § 1399.152.2

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section 1399.158 to section 1399.152.2 filed 12-6-99 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 99, No. 50).
2. Amendment of subsection (a), repealer of subsection (d), subsection relettering and amendment of newly designated subsection (d) filed 7-23-2008; operative 8-22-2008 (Register 2008, No. 30).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a) filed 10-28-2015 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2015, No. 44).

Note: Authority cited: Section 2531.95, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 2532.2, Business and Professions Code.

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section 1399.158 to section 1399.152.2 filed 12-6-99 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 99, No. 50).
2. Amendment of subsection (a), repealer of subsection (d), subsection relettering and amendment of newly designated subsection (d) filed 7-23-2008; operative 8-22-2008 (Register 2008, No. 30).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a) filed 10-28-2015 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2015, No. 44).