2007 Minnesota Statutes

148.519 LICENSURE PROCEDURES.
    Subdivision 1. Applications for licensure. (a) An applicant for licensure must:
(1) submit a completed application for licensure on forms provided by the commissioner.
The application must include the applicant's name, certification number under chapter 153A, if
applicable, business address and telephone number, or home address and telephone number if the
applicant practices speech-language pathology or audiology out of the home, and a description of
the applicant's education, training, and experience, including previous work history for the five
years immediately preceding the date of application. The commissioner may ask the applicant to
provide additional information necessary to clarify information submitted in the application; and
(2) submit documentation of the certificate of clinical competence issued by the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association, board certification by the American Board of Audiology,
or satisfy the following requirements:
(i) submit a transcript showing the completion of a master's or doctoral degree or its
equivalent meeting the requirements of section 148.515, subdivision 2;
(ii) submit documentation of the required hours of supervised clinical training;
(iii) submit documentation of the postgraduate clinical or doctoral clinical experience
meeting the requirements of section 148.515, subdivision 4; and
(iv) submit documentation of receiving a qualifying score on an examination meeting the
requirements of section 148.515, subdivision 5.
(b) In addition, an applicant must:
(1) sign a statement that the information in the application is true and correct to the best of
the applicant's knowledge and belief;
(2) submit with the application all fees required by section 148.5194; and
(3) sign a waiver authorizing the commissioner to obtain access to the applicant's records
in this or any other state in which the applicant has engaged in the practice of speech-language
pathology or audiology.
    Subd. 2. Action on applications for licensure. (a) The commissioner shall act on an
application for licensure according to paragraphs (b) to (d).
(b) The commissioner shall determine if the applicant meets the requirements for licensure.
The commissioner or advisory council may investigate information provided by an applicant to
determine whether the information is accurate and complete.
(c) The commissioner shall notify an applicant, via certified mail, of action taken on the
application and of the grounds for denying licensure if licensure is denied.
(d) An applicant denied licensure may make a written request to the commissioner, within
30 days of the date of notification to the applicant, for reconsideration of the denial. Individuals
requesting reconsideration may submit information that the applicant wants considered in the
reconsideration. After reconsideration of the commissioner's determination to deny licensure, the
commissioner shall determine whether the original determination should be affirmed or modified.
An applicant may make only one request in any one biennial license period for reconsideration of
the commissioner's determination to deny licensure.
    Subd. 3. Change of address. A licensee who changes addresses must inform the
commissioner, in writing, of the change of address within 30 days. All notices or other
correspondence mailed to or served on a licensee by the commissioner at the licensee's address on
file with the commissioner shall be considered as having been received by the licensee.
History: 1996 c 363 s 9; 2003 c 87 s 29