Applicants for Provisional Licensure

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" × 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-LanguageHearing 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 full-time 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 AND INSURANCE 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. (7) Provisional licensees who change their clinical fellowship site, clinical fellowship supervisor, or the number of hours worked per week, must submit, on forms prescribed by the board, the revised plan for completion of the supervised postgraduate professional experience, no later than four (4) weeks after initiating the change. The change must be approved by the board in order to receive credit. (8) Applicants seeking provisional licensure in both speechlanguage pathology and audiology shall meet the qualifications and submit the required documentation as stated above for both professions. (9) The provisional license is valid for one (1) year. The license may be renewed one (1) time with board approval. Applicants may apply for provisional licensure renewal pursuant to 20 CSR 2150-4.056. (10) When an applicant has filed his/her application and the appropriate fee for provisional licensure, and the application is denied by the board or subsequently withdrawn by the applicant, the fee will be retained by the board as a service charge. (11) An applicant may withdraw his/her application for provisional licensure anytime prior to the board’s vote on his/ her candidacy for licensure. AUTHORITY: sections 345.022 and 345.030, RSMo Supp. 2007.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-4.055. Original rule filed July 12, 1996, effective Jan. 30, 1997. Amended: Filed July 25, 2000, effective Dec. 30, 2000. Amended: Filed March 18, 2005, effective Sept. 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2150-4.055, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Nov. 7, 2007, effective May 30, 2008. *Original authority: 345.022, RSMo 1995, amended 1998, 2005 and 345.030, RSMo 1973, amended 1981, 1995, 1998, 2007.