N.Y. Education Law Section 8206
Requirements for a professional license


To qualify for a license as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements.

(1)

Application: file an application with the department;

(2)

Education: have obtained at least a Masters degree in speech-language pathology and/or audiology or its equivalent, as determined by the department, in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

(3)

Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

(4)

Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

(5)

Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;

(6)

Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and

(7)

Fees: pay a fee of one hundred forty dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of seventy dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period.

Source: Section 8206 — Requirements for a professional license, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/8206 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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