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§ 54.1-2603. License required.

A. In order to practice audiology or speech pathology, it shall be necessaryto hold a valid license.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 2 of § 54.1-2601 or anyBoard regulation, the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology shalllicense, as school speech-language pathologists, persons licensed by theBoard of Education with an endorsement in speech-language pathology and amaster's degree in speech-language pathology. The Board of Audiology andSpeech-Language Pathology shall issue licenses to such persons withoutexamination, upon review of credentials and payment of an application fee inaccordance with regulations of the Board for school speech-languagepathologists.

Persons holding such licenses as school speech-language pathologists, withoutexamination, shall practice solely in public school divisions; holding alicense as a school speech-language pathologist pursuant to this sectionshall not authorize such persons to practice outside the school setting or inany setting other than the public schools of the Commonwealth, unless suchindividuals are licensed by the Board of Audiology and Speech-LanguagePathology to offer to the public the services defined in § 54.1-2600.

The Board shall issue persons, holding dual licenses from the Board ofEducation with an endorsement in speech-language pathology and from the Boardof Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology as school speech-languagepathologists, a license which notes the limitations on practice set forth inthis subsection.

Persons who hold licenses issued by the Board of Audiology andSpeech-Language Pathology without these limitations shall be exempt from therequirements of this subsection.

(1979, c. 408, § 54-83.1:011; 1988, c. 765; 1999, cc. 967, 1005.)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-54-1 > Chapter-26 > 54-1-2603

§ 54.1-2603. License required.

A. In order to practice audiology or speech pathology, it shall be necessaryto hold a valid license.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 2 of § 54.1-2601 or anyBoard regulation, the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology shalllicense, as school speech-language pathologists, persons licensed by theBoard of Education with an endorsement in speech-language pathology and amaster's degree in speech-language pathology. The Board of Audiology andSpeech-Language Pathology shall issue licenses to such persons withoutexamination, upon review of credentials and payment of an application fee inaccordance with regulations of the Board for school speech-languagepathologists.

Persons holding such licenses as school speech-language pathologists, withoutexamination, shall practice solely in public school divisions; holding alicense as a school speech-language pathologist pursuant to this sectionshall not authorize such persons to practice outside the school setting or inany setting other than the public schools of the Commonwealth, unless suchindividuals are licensed by the Board of Audiology and Speech-LanguagePathology to offer to the public the services defined in § 54.1-2600.

The Board shall issue persons, holding dual licenses from the Board ofEducation with an endorsement in speech-language pathology and from the Boardof Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology as school speech-languagepathologists, a license which notes the limitations on practice set forth inthis subsection.

Persons who hold licenses issued by the Board of Audiology andSpeech-Language Pathology without these limitations shall be exempt from therequirements of this subsection.

(1979, c. 408, § 54-83.1:011; 1988, c. 765; 1999, cc. 967, 1005.)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-54-1 > Chapter-26 > 54-1-2603

§ 54.1-2603. License required.

A. In order to practice audiology or speech pathology, it shall be necessaryto hold a valid license.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 2 of § 54.1-2601 or anyBoard regulation, the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology shalllicense, as school speech-language pathologists, persons licensed by theBoard of Education with an endorsement in speech-language pathology and amaster's degree in speech-language pathology. The Board of Audiology andSpeech-Language Pathology shall issue licenses to such persons withoutexamination, upon review of credentials and payment of an application fee inaccordance with regulations of the Board for school speech-languagepathologists.

Persons holding such licenses as school speech-language pathologists, withoutexamination, shall practice solely in public school divisions; holding alicense as a school speech-language pathologist pursuant to this sectionshall not authorize such persons to practice outside the school setting or inany setting other than the public schools of the Commonwealth, unless suchindividuals are licensed by the Board of Audiology and Speech-LanguagePathology to offer to the public the services defined in § 54.1-2600.

The Board shall issue persons, holding dual licenses from the Board ofEducation with an endorsement in speech-language pathology and from the Boardof Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology as school speech-languagepathologists, a license which notes the limitations on practice set forth inthis subsection.

Persons who hold licenses issued by the Board of Audiology andSpeech-Language Pathology without these limitations shall be exempt from therequirements of this subsection.

(1979, c. 408, § 54-83.1:011; 1988, c. 765; 1999, cc. 967, 1005.)