A license to practice as an apprentice in speech and language shall be issued by the board to a person who files a completed application accompanied by the required fees and documentation and provides satisfactory evidence that the applicant:

1. A. is working toward full licensure pursuant to the provisions of the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act;
2. B. has a baccalaureate degree in speech-language pathology or communicative disorders or an equivalent degree or a baccalaureate degree in another field with thirty semester hours of credit in speech-language pathology or communicative disorder;
3. C. is enrolled in and successfully completes graduate classes in speech-language pathology, communicative disorders or a related field at a minimum rate of nine semester hours per year and is accepted into a master's level program in speech-language pathology or communicative disorders within two years of initial licensing;
4. D. maintains a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average in the master's degree course and other work;
5. E. is supervised by an appropriate supervisor, as defined in Section 61-14B-2 NMSA 1978; and
6. F. has arranged for appropriate supervision to meet the supervision requirement defined by rule.

History: Laws 1999, ch. 128, § 8; 2005, ch. 250, § 4; 2013, ch. 110, § 11.

ANNOTATIONS

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-14B-25 NMSA 1978.

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, changed the qualifications for licensure as an apprentice in speech and language; in Subsection C, after "communicative disorders", added "or a related field"; in Subsection E, after "supervised by", deleted "a person licensed as a speech-language pathologist who has a minimum of two years experience as a speech-language pathologist" and added "an appropriate supervisor, as defined in Section 61-14B-2 NMSA 1978"; and in Subsection F, deleted "receives a minimum of ten percent direct supervision and ten percent indirect supervision" and added "has arranged for appropriate supervision to meet the supervision requirement defined by rule".

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, deleted the provision that an a person have an equivalent degree regardless of the degree name; deleted the reference to audiology in Subsection B and added the provision that a person be enrolled and complete graduate classes and is accepted into a master's level program in speech-language pathology in Subsection C.