When it is time to reregister for the first time, this licensee does not need to have met the continuing competency requirement. However, once the second registration period starts, the licensee must begin accruing the 30 continuing competency hours that will be required to renew the registration.
However, all licensees are expected to remain competent in the field throughout the entirety of their professional career. Although this is the first time you received a New York State license, it may not be your first license. You must complete the required continuing competency activities during this and all subsequent registration periods. To reregister in New York, you will need 30 hours of continuing competency activities.
Since you are actively practicing your profession, you will be able to count continuing competency hours earned up to 36 months prior to the month in which you reregister. To reregister in New York, you will need 30 hours of continuing competency activities plus one additional hour for each month in the previous 3 years that you have not been registered to practice, up to a maximum of 30 additional hours maximum of 60 continuing competency hours total.
Further at least 10 of those hours must be completed in the 12 months prior to reregistration, and at least two-thirds of the total required hours must be in "professional" areas. Registration periods are adjusted so that renewals occur during the licensee's birth month.
When this happens, you must calculate how many continuing competency hours you are required to complete. To do this, you must count the length of the registration in months and multiply that number by 1 hour, with a maximum of 30 hours. This registration is for 28 months. You must complete 28 hours of continuing competency learning activities in this registration period. Continuing competency activities are those learning activities that you undertake for the purpose of increasing and maintaining your professional competence.
Continuing competency activities include:. Continuing education is a subset of continuing competency. Continuing education involves taking classes or participating in workshops.
It also includes self-study activities that carry continuing education units CEUs and are offered by approved sponsors. Continuing competency includes a much broader array of learning activities.
Formal academic study is credit bearing coursework offered by a regionally accredited college or university. Yes, auditing college courses is an acceptable learning activity. However, you must keep an attendance record and have it signed by the instructor, and you must keep notes for each class that you attend.
Auditing a class counts in the category of "other learning activities," and is counted at one-half of the credit you would have received had you taken the course for credit.
For example, a three semester hour course is 45 continuing competency hours. Auditing the same course would be An hour of continuing education is one contact hour of at least 50 minutes in duration. Most continuing education providers give credit in hours; however, you may see credit given in continuing education units. One continuing education unit CEU equals 10 contact hours. One semester hour of college-level course work equals 15 continuing competency hours.
Therefore, a college level course that carries 3 semester hours of credit equals 45 continuing competency hours. One quarter hour of college-level course work equals 10 continuing competency hours.
Continuing competency hours can not be carried over from one registration period to the next. You can complete the hours any time during the three-year registration period as long as you have completed the required hours prior to the expiration date of your registration.
There is an exception for individuals who have allowed their registration to lapse which is detailed above. Some of the learning activities carry a maximum number of hours that can be counted toward the requirement.
For example, you may earn no more that one-sixth of your total continuing competency hour requirement in independent study. See the Summary of Learning Activities for all the limitations contained in the regulations. Some activities require two or three hours for each continuing competency hour earned. For example, if you read journal articles on your own independent study and you do not receive CEUs, you can receive five continuing competency hours for fifteen hours of reading ratio See the Summary of Learning Activities for detailed information.
Self-study is structured study based on audio, audio-visual, written, online or other media that is provided by a sponsor approved by the Education Department.
Self-study activities carry CEUs. No more than two-thirds of the continuing competency requirement may be completed through self-study.
Independent study is individualized professional study that is self-initiated and goal driven. It includes reading and research. Three clock hours of independent study equals one continuing competency hour. No more than one-sixth of the continuing competency requirement may be completed through independent study. You must keep a record of your independent study activities, the date and number of hours you spent in independent study activities, and what you learned.
Mentoring is a one-to-one relationship between a mentor and a learner. More information concerning the registration of pharmacy establishments can be found here. Please note : sole-practitioners, practicing under their own name, can be located by searching for individual licensees above.
Skip To Content. You must file an Application for Licensure Form 1 and the other forms indicated, along with the appropriate fee, to the Office of the Professions at the address specified on each form.
It is your responsibility to follow up with anyone you have asked to send us material. You should also read the general licensing information applicable for all professions. Fees are subject to change. The fee due is the one in law when your application is received unless fees are increased retroactively. You will be billed for the difference if fees have been increased. Individuals who withdraw their licensure application may be entitled to a partial refund. If you withdraw your application, obtain a refund, and then decide to seek New York State licensure at a later date, you will be considered a new applicant, and you will be required to pay the licensure fee and meet the licensure requirements in place at the time you reapply.
You must have obtained a graduate degree in speech-language pathology from a New York State registered licensure qualifying program, a program accredited by the American Speech Language and Hearing Association ASHA , or the equivalent.
To be considered equivalent, your educational program must culminate in a graduate degree from a college or university acceptable to the Department. It must include a practicum and 75 semester hours of courses as specified below. At least 36 of the 75 semester hours must be at the graduate level. You must have obtained a graduate degree in audiology from a New York State registered licensure qualifying program, a program accredited by the American Speech Language and Hearing Association ASHA , or the equivalent.
The 75 semester hours must be at the graduate level. You must complete a minimum of 36 weeks of supervised experience in speech-language pathology or audiology. Any break in time, e. The experience cannot begin until after all requirements including any examinations or completion of a thesis for the graduate degree are satisfied. Your experience should include direct clinical work with patients or students, consultations, record keeping, and any other duties relevant to clinical practice.
At least two thirds of the experience should involve direct clinical contact with persons who have communication disorders. Time spent in academic teaching, research, or administrative activities that do not deal directly with patient management should not be counted as professional experience in this context.
No partial credit can be given for unsatisfactory completion of supervised experience. The supervised experience must be completed within a four-year period with not more than two employers, and may be full-time or part-time:. Full-time: At least 36 weeks e. Part-time: Continuous periods of employment of not less than six months, accumulated at the rate of not less than two days per week and consisting of not less than 12 hours per week with any one employer.
Applicants employed part-time should contact the New York State Board for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to determine the total amount of time required under these conditions. Your supervisor should meet with and observe you on a regular basis to review and evaluate your experience and to foster your professional development.
Supervision must be provided where you work by an individual licensed in New York State in the field for which you seek licensure.
To become licensed as a New York State speech-language pathologist or audiologist, you must complete experience as stated above. You are exempt from licensure for professional practice completed as part of this requirement. Once the Office of the Professions has received and approved all this documentation, the State Board can issue the Form 6. If you have been practicing in another state and are no longer in contact with the supervisor you completed your experience with, you may submit your copy of the CFY report for consideration to the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Unit at 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY This section is based upon questions submitted to the State Board for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology by licensed speech-language pathologists and audiologists like yourself.
Answer: An audiologist may only use the designator "AuD" if he or she has earned a clinical doctorate in audiology from a regionally-accredited college or university. The use of the title "doctor" is reserved for an individual who holds an earned doctorate from a recognized educational institution. It is unprofessional conduct for a licensee to use the title "doctor" in offering to perform professional services without also indicating the profession in which the licensee holds the doctorate.
Answer: Part 29 of the Rules of the Board of Regents requires that licensees practice within their personal scope of competence. If you are not competent to provide a service that you are legally allowed to provide, then you may not provide that service. As a licensed professional, it is your responsibility to practice within the scope of your abilities and expertise. If you practice outside your personal scope of competence, you can be charged with professional misconduct.
Answer: All patient records must be kept for six years. Records for children must be kept until the child is 22, even if that means keeping the records for more than six years.
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