- (1) Any person desiring to be certified as a speech-language pathology assistant or audiology assistant shall apply to the Department of Health. The application shall be made on Form DH-SPA-3, Application for Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant Certification, which is incorporated by reference herein, revised (4/2025), and can be obtained from HYPERLINK "http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-18089"http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-18089, or the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C-06, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3256 or at http://floridasspeechaudiology.gov/resources/. Such application and application fee required pursuant to Rule 64B20-3.0001, F.A.C., shall expire one year from the date on which the application and fee are initially received in the Board office. After the period of one year, a new application and application fee must be submitted.
- (2) Any person desiring to obtain licensure by endoresement as a speech-language pathology assistant or audiology assistant pursuant to section 456.0145(2), F.S., shall apply to the Department of Health and pay the fee required by Rule 64B20-3.0001, F.A.C. The application shall be made on DH-MQA-5101, Mobile Opportunity by Interstate Licensure Endorsement (MOBILE) (Revised 7/2025), hereby incorporated by reference, and may be obtained from HYPERLINK "http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-18601"http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-18601, or the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C-06, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3256 or at http://floridasspeechaudiology.gov/resources/.
Rulemaking Authority 456.004, 456.013, 456.0145(5), 468.1135(5)(a) FS. Law Implemented 456.013, 456.0135(1), 456.0145(5), 456.0635, 468.1125(3), (9), 468.1215 FS. History–New 3-14-91, Amended 12-4-91, Formerly 21LL-4.001, Amended 10-12-93, Formerly 61F14-4.001, Amended 5-22-96, Formerly 59BB-4.001, Amended 7-16-09, 4-18-10, 7-13-13, 9-9-13, 10-23-16, 4-20-20, 1-12-21, 3-2-25, 7-1-25, 11-2-25, Technical Change 1-6-26, 2-12-26, 3-19-26.