Application Instructions for a License as a Speech-Language Pathologist
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS. You must answer every numbered question or statement in the application. If something does not apply to you, please write "N/A" in the space provided for a response. Incomplete applications will be returned. Each question in the application must be answered fully, truthfully and accurately. Intentionally submitting false or misleading information to the Commissioner is cause for denial of licensing or disciplinary action by the Commissioner. If space for any answer is insufficient, the answer may be completed on page 7 of the application. If other, additional sheets of paper are used, please specify the number of the question being answered, sign and date each page, and attach it to the rest of the application.
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING OR WILL BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AND RETURNED:
- Documentation supporting application.
- Each applicant must select one of the three licensing methods and
provide the
Documentation required for the method chosen. The methods of qualifying
for licensing are: Method 1: Current ASHA certification: Method 2: Reciprocity:
and Method 3: Meet all requirements for ASHA certification, but not
certified. The documentation required for each method is listed on the
next page.
- Applicants
who have held or currently hold a credential as a speech-language Pathologist
in Minnesota or another state must provide the documentation required
in question 11, regardless of whether you are applying for licensing
by reciprocity.
- Applicants who have held or currently hold a teaching credential, as a speech- language pathologist in Minnesota or another state must provide the documentation required in question 11.
- Each applicant must select one of the three licensing methods and
provide the
Documentation required for the method chosen. The methods of qualifying
for licensing are: Method 1: Current ASHA certification: Method 2: Reciprocity:
and Method 3: Meet all requirements for ASHA certification, but not
certified. The documentation required for each method is listed on the
next page.
- Records Waiver Authorization and Release.
- Check or money order made payable to the Treasurer, State of Minnesota, in the amount specified on the fee schedule for your initial licensing fee. All fees are nonrefundable. Minnesota Statutes, §148.5194, Subd. 5.
Methods of Application and Instructions
METHOD 1. (Equivalency based on Current Certifications)
You may qualify for licensing by “equivalency” under Minnesota Statutes, §148.516 if you hold a current certificate of clinical competency (CCC) issued by ASHA. To complete your application for licensing under Method 1, you must supply documentation of your current certification(s) from ASHA. Acceptable documentation is a current letter of verification from ASHA with original signature -copies are unacceptable. To obtain the ASHA letter of verification, please follow the directions below.
1. You must contact ASHA:
ASHA
ATTN: CERTIFICATION
2200 Research Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20850-3289
Phone: 1-800-498-2071
Fax: 301-296-8580
http://www.asha.org
2. You must request that ASHA submit a letter to the Minnesota Department of Health which provides the following information: your name; your ASHA account number; the date ASHA issued your certification; the expiration date of your current certification. You must request that ASHA send the letter to:
MDH/Health Occupations Program
SLP/Aud Licensing
P.O. Box 64882
St. Paul, MN 55164-0882
3. You are responsible for paying any fees requested by ASHA or ABA.
Forms needed for Method 1: Print application form from link:
License Application Information (pdf:38k/ 3 pages)
SLP/A License Application Form (pdf:46.66k/ 7 pages)
Verification of Credential Form (pdf:23k/ 2 pages)
METHOD 2. (Reciprocity)
You may qualify for licensing by reciprocity under Minnesota Statutes, §148.517 if you hold a current and unrestricted credential as a speech-language pathologist in another jurisdiction that has requirements equivalent to or higher than those required by Minnesota Statutes, §§148.511 through 148.5198.
PLEASE NOTE: If you hold a current CCC and are credentialed by another state, you may apply for licensing based upon your CCC and Method 1 described above.
To complete your application for licensing by reciprocity, you must request that the appropriate person in the state in which you hold a current credential provide the information required in question 10 and a copy of the state statute and/or administrative rule which describes the qualifications for your credential at the time your credential was issued. The letter should be sent to:
MDH/Health Occupations Program
SLP/Aud Licensing
P.O. Box 64882
St. Paul, MN 55164-0882
You are responsible for paying any fees requested by the state or states you contact.
Forms needed for Method 2: Print application form from link:
License Application Information (pdf:38k/ 3 pages)
SLP/A License Application Form (pdf:47k/ 7 pages)
Verification of Credential Form (pdf:23k/ 2 pages)
METHOD 3. (Meet all requirements for certification(s), but do not have certification)
If you do not currently hold a CCC you may qualify for licensing under Minnesota Statutes, §148.515 if you have met every requirement that ASHA requires for certification. To document that you have met those requirements, you must:
- Contact the institution from which you received your
degree. Request that the institution send directly to the Department an
official transcript showing that you hold a master’s or
doctoral degree in speech-language pathology
or communication disorders. The Department
will not accept a transcript from the
applicant unless it is in a registrar’s official, sealed and
unopened envelope.
- Contact the institution where you completed your supervised
clinical training. Supervised
clinical training is completed while one is
a student. Have the appropriate person(s) at the
institution sign and date Form A.
- Contact the organization where you completed your supervised
post-graduate clinical
fellowship or doctoral internship experience. Supervised
post-graduate clinical
experience is completed after graduation. Have
the appropriate person at the organization
sign and date Form B.
- Provide a copy of your score report showing a passing score on the National Examination in Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology (NESPA).
Forms needed for Method 3: Print application form from link:
License Application Information (pdf:43k/ 3 pages)
SLP/A License Application Form (pdf:47k/ 7 pages)
Speech-Language Pathologist Licensing - Form A (pdf:9k/ 1 page)
Speech-Language Pathologist Licensing - Form B (pdf:21k/ 1 page)
Verification of Credential Form (pdf:24k/ 2 pages)
If you have any questions, please call 651-201-3726 or e-mail gloria.rudolph@state.mn.us
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