2006 Minnesota Statutes

148.5161 CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP LICENSURE OR DOCTORAL EXTERNSHIP
LICENSURE.
    Subdivision 1. Application. Clinical fellowship and doctoral externship candidates must be
licensed with a clinical fellowship or doctoral externship license. The commissioner shall issue
clinical fellowship licensure or doctoral externship licensure as a speech-language pathologist or
audiologist to an applicant who has applied for licensure under section 148.515, who is not the
subject of a disciplinary action or past disciplinary action, and who has not violated a provision
of section 148.5195, subdivision 3.
    Subd. 2. Procedures. To be eligible for clinical fellowship licensure or doctoral externship
licensure, an applicant must submit an application form provided by the commissioner, the
fees required by section 148.5194, and evidence of successful completion of the requirements
in section 148.515, subdivision 2.
    Subd. 3. Supervision required. (a) A clinical fellowship licensee or doctoral externship
licensee must practice under the supervision of an individual who meets the requirements of
section 148.512, subdivision 20. Supervision must conform to the requirements in paragraphs
(b) to (e).
(b) Supervision must include both on-site observation and other monitoring activities.
On-site observation must involve the supervisor, the clinical fellowship licensee or doctoral
externship licensee, and the client receiving speech-language pathology or audiology services and
must include direct observation by the supervisor of treatment given by the clinical fellowship
licensee or doctoral externship licensee. Other monitoring activities must involve direct or
indirect evaluative contact by the supervisor of the clinical fellowship licensee or doctoral
externship licensee, may be executed by correspondence, and may include, but are not limited to,
conferences with the clinical fellowship licensee or doctoral externship licensee, evaluation of
written reports, and evaluations by professional colleagues. Other monitoring activities do not
include the client receiving speech-language pathology or audiology services.
(c) The clinical fellowship licensee or doctoral externship licensee must be supervised by an
individual who meets the definition of section 148.512, subdivision 20, and:
(1) when the clinical fellowship licensee or doctoral externship licensee is a speech-language
pathologist, is a licensed speech-language pathologist, or holds a current certificate of clinical
competence in speech-language pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association; or
(2) when the clinical fellowship licensee or doctoral externship licensee is an audiologist,
is a licensed audiologist, or holds a current certificate of clinical competence in audiology from
the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association or board certification in audiology by
the American Board of Audiology.
(d) Clinical fellowship licensure or doctoral externship licensure shall not be granted until
the applicant has completed the academic coursework and clinical training in section 148.515,
subdivision 2 .
(e) The clinical fellowship licensee or doctoral externship licensee must provide verification
of supervision on the application form provided by the commissioner.
    Subd. 4. Doctoral externship licensure. Doctoral candidates in audiology completing their
final externship as part of their training program are eligible to receive a doctoral externship
license in audiology and are not required to complete the postgraduate clinical fellowship year.
    Subd. 5. Expiration of clinical fellowship or doctoral externship licensure. A clinical
fellowship license or doctoral externship license issued to a person pursuant to subdivision 2
expires 18 months after issuance or on the date the commissioner grants or denies licensure,
whichever occurs first. Upon application, a clinical fellowship license or doctoral externship
license shall be renewed once to persons who have not met the supervised postgraduate clinical
experience requirement under section 148.515, subdivision 4, within the initial clinical fellowship
license or doctoral externship license period and meet the requirements of subdivision 1.
    Subd. 6. Title used. A licensee with a clinical fellowship or doctoral externship shall be
identified by one of the protected titles and a designation indicating clinical fellowship status or
doctoral externship status.
History: 1998 c 317 s 3; 2003 c 87 s 26; 2004 c 279 art 1 s 9-11