2026 Minnesota Statutes

148.517 LICENSURE BY RECIPROCITY.

Subdivision 1.Applicability.

An applicant who applies for licensure as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist by reciprocity must meet the requirements of subdivisions 2 and 3. An applicant who applies for licensure as an audiologist by reciprocity must pass the practical exam required under section 148.515, subdivision 6.

Subd. 2.Current credentials required.

An applicant applying for licensure 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 licensed as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. An applicant who provides sufficient evidence need not meet the requirements of section 148.515, except for section 148.515, subdivision 6, for applicants for licensure as an audiologist, provided that the applicant otherwise meets all other requirements of section 148.514.

Subd. 3.Verification of credentials required.

An applicant for licensure by reciprocity under subdivision 2, must have maintained the appropriate and unrestricted credentials in each jurisdiction during the last five years as demonstrated by submitting 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.

[Renumbered 148.5175]

History:

1996 c 363 s 7; 2000 c 460 s 24; 2003 c 87 s 27,52; 2026 c 127 art 1 s 37,38