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 B - LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION › Section 45.13 - Renewal of license; inactive status of license; required continuing education

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Unless
					 renewed for the upcoming biennium, licenses issued under this subchapter expire
					 at the end of the current biennium.
(b) Licenses, provisional licenses,
					 certifications and documentation from the Board will be sent to the address
					 provided to the Board by the licensee. Whenever the licensee changes an address
					 of record, the licensee shall notify the Board in writing within 10 days after
					 making the address change.
(c) The
					 licensee shall renew his license in the manner prescribed by the Board and pay
					 the required fee, as provided by
					 45.1 (relating to fees). Unless a
					 licensee requests that a license be placed on inactive status, at the end of a
					 biennial period it will be marked expired until it is renewed or
					 reactivated.
(d) When a license is
					 renewed after the expiration date, a late fee, as provided for by section 225
					 of the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs Fee Act (63 P.S. §
												1401-225), will be charged for each month or
					 part of a month that the licensee has engaged in practice beyond the expiration
					 date. A licensee who practices under an expired license may be subject to
					 criminal prosecution under section 18 of the act (63 P.S. §
												1718).
(e) A license that is not renewed at the end
					 of a biennium will be marked expired unless a licensee who does not intend to
					 practice in this Commonwealth requested that the license be placed on inactive
					 status.
(f) A licensee who fails to
					 renew a license or who requests to be placed on inactive status will not be
					 sent Board notifications until the license is renewed or reactivated.
(g) An application for renewal of a license
					 will not be granted unless the licensee has certified that the licensee has
					 completed the required continuing education hours under §
											45.501 (relating to credit hour
					 requirements), including at least 2 hours of approved continuing education in
					 child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with §
											45.408(b)
					 (relating to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training
					 requirement). If requested by the Board, an application for renewal shall also
					 include the documentation required under §
											45.504 (relating to reporting
					 completion of continuing education).
(h) An application for reactivation of an
					 inactive or lapsed license shall also include the documentation required under
					 §
											45.504 for the preceding biennial
					 period.
The provisions of this §
													45.13 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)).