N.Y. EDN Law § 8206

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Requirements for a professional license

Official statutory text

§ 8206. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a\nlicense as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, an applicant\nshall fulfill the following requirements.\n (1) Application: file an application with the department;\n (2) Education: have obtained at least a Masters degree in\nspeech-language pathology and/or audiology or its equivalent, as\ndetermined by the department, in accordance with the commissioner's\nregulations;\n (3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n (4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;\n (6) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the\ndepartment; and\n (7) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred forty dollars to the department for\nadmission to a department conducted examination and for an initial\nlicense, a fee of seventy dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one\nhundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring\nadmission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one\nhundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period.\n

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