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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 30. Board of Audiology And Speech-Language Pathology
Chapter 21. Regulations Governing Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
4/17/2025

18VAC30-21-60. Qualifications for initial licensure.

A. The board may grant an initial license to an applicant for licensure in audiology or speech-language pathology who:

1. Holds a current and unrestricted Certificate of Clinical Competence issued by ASHA; or

2. Submits evidence of the following:

a. Documentation of graduation from a program accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of ASHA or an equivalent accrediting body recognized by the board;

b. Passage of the qualifying examination from an accrediting body recognized by the board; and

c. Evidence of six months of practice pursuant to a provisional license as described in 18VAC30-21-70 and submission of recommendation for licensure from the applicant's supervisor during practice as a provisional licensee.

B. The board may grant a license to an applicant as a school speech-language pathologist who holds a master's degree in speech-language-pathology.

C. The board may refuse to issue a license to any applicant who has been determined to have committed an act in violation of 18VAC30-21-160.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 23, eff. August 10, 2016; amended, Virginia Register Volume 39, Issue 7, eff. January 5, 2023; Volume 41, Issue 10, eff. February 13, 2025.

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