15 Miss. Code. R. 19-60-10.4.2 - Qualifications for Licensure
1.
Education
a. Education
qualifications deemed equivalent to those specified in Section
73-38-9
shall be at least a master's degree, e.g., M.S., M.A., or M.Ed., in
speech-language pathology, communicative disorders, or speech and hearing
science, or a doctoral degree in audiology from an institution recognized by
the State Board of Health. Licensees currently licensed as an audiologist with
a master's degree will be "grandfathered" in and will remain licensed so long
as they maintain their national certification. In addition, applicants for an
audiology license who are already licensed as an audiologist in another state
with only a master's degree will be accepted for licensure in Mississippi if
they are currently nationally certified.
b. Institutions recognized by the State Board
of Health within the meaning of Section
73-38-9
shall be those institutions with academic programs accredited by the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association or any other national accrediting body
deemed appropriate by the Board.
2.
Supervised Professional
Employment
a. The applicant must have
obtained the equivalent of nine (9) months of full-time professional experience
(the Supervised Professional Employment) in which bona fide clinical work has
been accomplished in the major professional area (speech-language pathology or
audiology) in which the license is being sought. Fulltime employment is defined
as a minimum of thirty (30) clock hours of work a week. For applicants awarded
a master's degree, the Supervised Professional Employment Plan (SPEP) must
begin after the degree has been awarded. For applicants awarded a doctoral
degree, the Supervised Professional Employment Plan requirement may be met
prior to awarding of the degree, provided the equivalent of the Supervised
Professional Employment Plan is an integral part of the course of study which
leads to the awarding of a doctoral degree. For applicants awarded a doctoral
degree from institutions that do not incorporate the equivalent of the
Supervised Professional Employment Plan into the degree-granting process, the
Supervised Professional Employment Plan must begin after the degree has been
awarded.
b. Professional
experience is construed to mean direct clinical work with patients,
consultations, record keeping, or any other duties relevant to a bona fide
program of clinical work. Eighty percent (80¢) of full-time clinical experience
and one hundred percent (100¢) of part-time clinical experience will be in
direct clinical contact with persons who have communication handicaps. Time
spent in supervision of students, academic teaching, and research, as well as
administrative activity that does not deal directly with management programs of
specific patients or clients will not be counted as professional experience in
this context.
c. An applicant
desiring to complete the Supervised Professional Employment Experience must
apply to the Board for a temporary license on a form available from the Board
and must demonstrate that he is or will be supervised according to Rule 10.4.5
of these regulations.
3.
The National Examinations In
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology:
a. The applicant must have passed a National
Examination in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, either the National
Examination in Speech-Language Pathology or the National Examination in
Audiology. Each year at its first meeting, the Advisory Council will recommend
to the State Board of Health a passing score for the coming year.
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