2006 Minnesota Statutes

148.5175 TEMPORARY LICENSURE.
(a) The commissioner shall issue temporary licensure as a speech-language pathologist,
an audiologist, or both, to an applicant 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 board certification in audiology by the American
Board of Audiology.
(b) A temporary license issued to a person under this subdivision expires 90 days after it is
issued or on the date the commissioner grants or denies licensure, whichever occurs first.
(c) Upon application, a temporary license shall be renewed once to a person who is able
to demonstrate good cause for failure to meet the requirements for licensure within the initial
temporary licensure period and who is not the subject of a disciplinary action or disqualified on
the basis of section 148.5195, subdivision 3.
History: 1996 c 363 s 7; 2000 c 460 s 24; 2003 c 87 s 27,52; 2004 c 279 art 1 s 12; 2006
c 267 art 2 s 6