Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 45 - STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY › Subchapter G - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 45.501 - Credit hour requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Each
					 speech-language pathologist or audiologist shall have completed 20 clock hours
					 of continuing education per license during each preceding biennial period,
					 including at least 2 hours of approved courses in child abuse recognition and
					 reporting in accordance with §
											45.408(b)
					 (relating to child abuse recognition and re-porting-mandatory training
					 requirement). Excess clock hours may not be carried over to the next
					 biennium.
(b) Up to 10 clock hours
					 of approved continuing education credit per biennial renewal period may be
					 granted on a case-by-case basis for services as a lecturer or speaker, and for
					 publication of articles, books and research relating to the practice of
					 speech-language pathology or audiology. A licensee seeking continuing education
					 credit under this subsection shall submit a written request with a copy of the
					 lecture, presentation, article, book or research and a fee for continuing
					 education approval as required under
					 45.1 (relating to fees). The
					 request shall be submitted 180 days prior to the expiration of the biennial
					 renewal period for which the licensee is seeking credit. An instructor of a
					 program approved under
					 45.505 (relating to approval of
					 continuing education programs) will receive credit to the same extent that an
					 attendee will receive credit and is not required to apply for approval under
					 this subsection.
(c) Unless granted
					 a waiver under
					 45.502 (relating to exemption and
					 waiver), the Board will not renew or reactivate any speech-language pathologist
					 or audiologist license until the continuing education requirement for the
					 current biennial renewal period has been completed.
(d) A licensee may not receive credit for
					 participation in substantially the same program more than once during a single
					 renewal cycle.
The provisions of this §
													45.501 amended under sections 5(2)
						  and (7), 7(d)(1), 8(a) and 8.1 of the Speech-Language Pathologists and
						  Audiologists Licensure Act (63 P.S. §§
														1705(2) and
						  (7),
						  1707(d)(1), 1708(a) and
						  1708.1); and section 810(a)(3) and (7) of The Administrative Code of 1929
						  (71
						  P.S. §
														279.1(a)(3) and
						  (7)).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
													43b.16a (relating to schedule of
						  civil penalties-audiologists and speech-language pathologists); 49 Pa. Code
						  §
													45.13 (relating to renewal of
						  license; inactive status of license; required continuing education); 49 Pa.
						  Code §
													45.14 (relating to reactivation of
						  licensure status); and 49 Pa. Code §
													45.503 (relating to continuing
						  education requirement for reactivation of inactive and lapsed
						  licenses).