2000 Minnesota Statutes

     148.517 Registration by reciprocity. 

    Subdivision 1.    Applicability.  An applicant who 
 applies for registration as a speech-language pathologist or 
 audiologist by reciprocity must meet the requirements of 
 subdivisions 2 and 3.  

    Subd. 2.    Current credentials required.  An applicant 
 applying for registration by reciprocity must provide evidence 
 to the commissioner that the applicant holds a current and 
 unrestricted credential for the practice of speech-language 
 pathology or audiology in another jurisdiction that has 
 requirements equivalent to or higher than those in effect for 
 determining whether an applicant in this state is qualified to 
 be registered as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist.  
 An applicant who provides sufficient evidence need not meet the 
 requirements of section 148.515, provided that the applicant 
 otherwise meets all other requirements of section 148.514. 

    Subd. 3.    Verification of credentials required.  An 
 applicant for registration by reciprocity under subdivision 2, 
 must have the appropriate government body in each jurisdiction 
 in which the applicant holds a credential submit letters of 
 verification to the commissioner.  Each letter must state the 
 applicant's name, date of birth, credential number, date of 
 issuance, a statement regarding disciplinary actions, if any, 
 taken against the applicant, and the terms under which the 
 credential was issued.  

    Subd. 4.    Temporary registration.  (a) The 
 commissioner shall issue temporary registration as a 
 speech-language pathologist, an audiologist, or both, to an 
 applicant who has applied for registration under this section 
 and who: 

    (1) submits a signed and dated affidavit stating that the 
 applicant is not the subject of a disciplinary action or past 
 disciplinary action in this or another jurisdiction and is not 
 disqualified on the basis of section 148.5195, subdivision 3; 
 and 

    (2) either: 

    (i) provides a copy of a current credential as a 
 speech-language pathologist, an audiologist, or both, held in 
 the District of Columbia or a state or territory of the United 
 States; or 

    (ii) provides a copy of a current certificate of clinical 
 competence issued by the American Speech-Language-Hearing 
 Association or its equivalent. 

    (b) A temporary registration issued to a person under this 
 subdivision expires 90 days after it is issued or on the date 
 the commissioner grants or denies registration, whichever occurs 
 first.  

    (c) Upon application, a temporary registration shall be 
 renewed once to a person who is able to demonstrate good cause 
 for failure to meet the requirements for registration within the 
 initial temporary registration period and who is not the subject 
 of a disciplinary action or disqualified on the basis of section 
 148.5195, subdivision 3. 

    HIST: 1996 c 363 s 7; 2000 c 460 s 24