Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts › Chapter 4 - Licensing of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists › Section 20 CSR 2150-4.052 - Continuing Education Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule details the board's minimum
				  continuing education requirement for renewal or reinstatement of a
				  speech-language pathology and/or audiology license, and specifies the record
				  documentation requirements.
(1) Each licensee shall biennially complete
				and report at least thirty (30) hours of continuing education. A person holding
				licensure in both speech-language pathology and audiology shall biennially
				collect and report at least thirty (30) hours of continuing education in
				speech-language pathology and at least thirty (30) hours in audiology. The
				board shall not issue a renewal of a licensee's certificate of registration
				unless the licensee documents completion of thirty (30) hours of continuing
				education in the immediately preceding reporting period.
(2) The period for completion of the
				continuing education requirements shall be the twenty-four (24)-month period
				beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of each reporting period. Continuing
				education hours cannot be carried over into the next reporting period. A
				licensee who has failed to obtain and report, in a timely fashion, the required
				thirty (30) hours of continuing education shall not engage in the practice of
				speech-language pathology and/or audiology unless an extension is obtained and
				approved pursuant to rule
				20 CSR
				2150-4.054.
(3) Each licensee shall certify by
				attestation, on his/her licensure renewal form, under penalty of perjury, that
				he/she has completed the required thirty (30) hours of continuing education,
				and that the continuing education obtained meets the qualifying criteria
				specified in rule
				20 CSR
				2150-4.053.
(4) Each licensee shall retain records
				documenting his/her attendance at and completion of the required hours of
				continuing education for a minimum of three (3) years after the reporting
				period in which the continuing education was completed. The records shall
				document the titles of the courses taken, dates, locations, course sponsors,
				category of hours earned, and number of hours earned. The board may conduct an
				audit of licensees to verify compliance with the continuing education
				requirement. Licensees shall assist the board in its audit by providing timely
				and complete responses to the board's inquiries.
(5) Reinstatement.
(A) To reinstate the license of a
				speech-language pathologist and/or audiologist whose license has been in a
				noncurrent state for any reason, for a period of three (3) years or less, that
				licensee shall submit, in addition to any other requirements of law, thirty
				(30) hours of continuing education completed in the two (2)-year period
				preceding the reinstatement of the license, as defined in rule
				20 CSR
				2150-4.053; or
(B) To reinstate a license which has been
				noncurrent for any reason, for more than three (3) years, that licensee shall
				submit sixty (60) hours of continuing education completed within the last four
				(4) years as defined in rule
				20 CSR
				2150-4.053 or comply with rule
				20 CSR 2150-4.030
				and any other requirements of law. No license shall be reinstated unless and
				until all required continuing education is obtained and reported to the board
				and all other requirements of law have been satisfied.