New York Education Law Section 8206 - Requirements for a professional license.

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.


Last modified: February 3, 2019