KRS § 334A.185 Licensure requirements for audiologist.

334A.185 Licensure requirements for audiologist. (1) To be eligible for initial licensure by the board as an audiologist, the applicant shall: (a) Provide either a certified university transcript conferring a master's degree in audiology prior to January 1, 2007, and show evidence of completion of a postgraduate professional experience as set forth in administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter if the applicant has not held an interim license in audiology; or provide a certified university transcript conferring a doctorate degree in audiology from an accredited program, as determined by the board; and (b) Pass a national examination approved by the board at the time of the application for licensure or provide documentation of national certification. (2) The board shall issue, on a case-by-case basis, an interim license to practice audiology to an applicant who has a doctorate degree other than an Au.D., who has completed all licensure requirements other than the supervised professional experience requirements. Application for an interim license shall be made within thirty (30) days of securing a supervisor. The supervised postgraduate professional experience shall be completed under the supervision of an appropriately qualified supervisor. Effective: July 15, 2008 History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2008. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). A manifest clerical or typographical error has been corrected in this statute during codification under the authority of KRS 7.136(1)(h).