2001 Minnesota Statutes

     148.519 Registration procedures. 

    Subdivision 1.    Applications for registration.  An 
 applicant for registration must: 

    (1) submit a completed application for registration 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; 

    (2) submit a transcript showing the completion of a 
 master's degree or its equivalent meeting the requirements of 
 section 148.515, subdivision 2; 

    (3) submit documentation of the required hours of 
 supervised clinical training meeting the requirements of section 
 148.515, subdivision 3; 

    (4) submit documentation of the postgraduate clinical 
 experience meeting the requirements of section 148.515, 
 subdivision 4; 

    (5) submit documentation of receiving a qualifying score on 
 an examination meeting the requirements of section 148.515, 
 subdivision 5; 

    (6) sign a statement that the information in the 
 application is true and correct to the best of the applicant's 
 knowledge and belief; 

    (7) submit with the application all fees required by 
 section 148.5194; and 

    (8) 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 registration.  (a)
 The commissioner shall act on an application for registration 
 according to paragraphs (b) to (d).  

    (b) The commissioner shall determine if the applicant meets 
 the requirements for registration.  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 of action 
 taken on the application and of the grounds for denying 
 registration if registration is denied.  

    (d) An applicant denied registration may make a written 
 request to the commissioner, within 30 days of the date of 
 notification to the applicant, to appear before the advisory 
 council and for the advisory council to review the 
 commissioner's decision to deny the applicant's registration.  
 After reviewing the denial, the advisory council shall make a 
 recommendation to the commissioner as to whether the denial 
 should be affirmed.  An applicant is allowed no more than one 
 request for a review of denial of registration in any one 
 registration renewal period.  

    HIST: 1996 c 363 s 9