- A. A foreign-trained speech-impaired applicant shall notify the Board before taking a Board-approved standardized test of oral competency.
- B. The Board shall attempt to locate a speech-language pathologist fluent in the applicant's native language to assess the impairment.
- C. A foreign-trained applicant who is in need of foreign accent reduction, but has competency in his or her native language, may obtain assistance from a bilingual speech-language pathologist before attempting to pass the test of spoken English.
Authority: Health Occupations Article, §§13-206 and 13-302(e)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: December 7, 1992 (19:24 Md. R. 2126)