GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 18

Short Title:     Speech Language Pathologist Qualifications.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Faison and M. Alexander (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

February 2, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend specific experience hours of the four hundred clock hours required for permanent licensure as a speech and language pathologist.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑295(a)(3) reads as rewritten:

"(3)      Submit evidence of the completion of a minimum of 400 clock hours of supervised, direct clinical experience with individuals who present a variety of communication disorders. This experience must have been obtained within the training institution or in one of its cooperating programs in the following areas: (i) Speech – Adult (20020 diagnostic and 20020 therapeutic); Children (20020 diagnostic and 20020 therapeutic); or (ii) Language – Adult (20020 diagnostic and 20020 therapeutic); Children (20020 diagnostic and 20020 therapeutic). Each new applicant must submit a verified clinical clock hour summary sheet signed by the clinic or program director, in addition to completion of the license application."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.