The educational qualifications for licensure as an audiologist pursuant to RSA 137-F:13, I, shall be as follows:

1. (a) At least one of the following degrees in the specialized area of audiology shall be:

   1. (1) A master’s degree; or
   2. (2) A doctoral degree;

2. (b) The degree shall have been received from an educational institution or organization recognized by any of the following:

   1. (1) Academy of Dispensing Audiology;
   2. (2) Audiology Foundation of America;
   3. (3) American Academy of Audiology; or
   4. (4) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association;

3. (c) At least 75 semester credit hours of study shall be completed, as evidenced by an official transcript, covering:

   1. (1) The biological and physical sciences and mathematics;
   2. (2) The behavior and/or social sciences; and
   3. (3) The nature, prevention, evaluation, and treatment of speech, language, hearing, and related disorders;
4. (d) At least 27 of the 75 semester credit hours shall be in basic science course work; and
5. (e) At least 36 of the 75 semester credit hours shall be in professional course work.

Source. #9338, eff 12-3-08; ss by #12112, eff 2-21-17 (formerly Hcp 302.02)