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 2150-4.055 - Applicants for Provisional Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides the requirements for
				  speech-language pathology and audiology provisional licensure pursuant to
				  section
				  345.022,
				  RSMo.
(1) Applicants for
				provisional licensure are required to make application on forms prepared by the
				board.
(2) No application will be
				considered unless fully and completely made out on the specified form and
				properly attested.
(3) Applications
				shall be sent to the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, PO Box
				4, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
(4)
				The fee for provisional licensure shall be an appropriate fee, to be
				established by the board. The fee shall be sent in the form of a bank draft,
				post office money order or express money order payable on a United States Bank
				made payable to the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts. Personal
				and/or corporate checks will not be accepted. No application will be processed
				until the licensure fee is received.
(5) The applicant shall attach to the
				application a recent photograph not larger than three and one-half inches by
				five inches (3 1/2" x 5").
(6)
				Applicants for provisional licensure must submit the following documentation:
(A) Proof of receipt of a master's or
				doctoral degree from an institution accredited by the American
				Speech-Language-Hearing Association accrediting body, in the area for which
				licensure is sought. Documentation shall be provided on the board-prescribed
				form and submitted directly to the board from the program director of the
				accredited institution;
(B)
				Applicants shall provide, on forms prescribed by the board, a plan for
				completion of the supervised postgraduate professional experience. This form
				must be signed by a supervisor holding current permanent Missouri licensure, in
				the area in which the applicant seeks licensure. The plan shall consist of at
				least thirty-six (36) weeks of fulltime professional experience. A minimum of
				thirty-five (35) hours of work per week constitutes full-time employment. If
				the applicant works twenty-nine to thirty-four (29-34) hours per week, the
				length of the experience must be at least forty-eight (48) weeks. If the
				applicant works twenty-two to twenty-eight (22-28) hours per week, the length
				of the experience must be at least sixty (60) weeks. If the applicant works
				fifteen to twenty-one (15-21) hours per week, the length of the experience must
				be at least seventy-two (72) weeks;
(C) At the conclusion of the supervised
				postgraduate experience period, the supervisor and the provisional licensee
				shall sign and submit a board prescribed report which documents completion of
				the experience; and
(D)
				Verification of licensure or registration to practice in another state or
				territory shall be submitted to the board directly from the
				licensing/registration agency.