§ 25-35.6-5-3 — Recognition of license; criminal history; license requirements; laws of member states; fees; compliance with laws and rules

Indiana § 25-35.6-5-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 25: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
• Art. 35.6: SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND
• Ch. 5: Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate

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(a) A license issued to an audiologist or
speech-language pathologist by a home state to a resident in that state
shall be recognized by each member state as authorizing an audiologist
or speech-language pathologist to practice audiology or
speech-language pathology, under a privilege to practice, in each
member state.
(b) A state must implement or utilize procedures for considering the
criminal history records of applicants for initial privilege to practice.
These procedures shall include the submission of fingerprints or other
biometric based information by applicants for the purpose of obtaining
an applicant's criminal history record information from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and the agency responsible for retaining that
state's criminal records. The following apply to the criminal history
records:
(1) A member state must fully implement a criminal background
check requirement, within a time frame established by rule, by
receiving the results of the Federal Bureau of Investigation record
search on criminal background checks and use the results in
making licensure decisions.
(2) Communication between a member state, the commission, and
among member states regarding the verification of eligibility for
licensure through the compact shall not include any information
received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation relating to a
federal criminal records check performed by a member state
under federal Public Law 92-544.
(c) Upon application for a privilege to practice, the licensing board
in the issuing remote state shall ascertain, through the data system,
whether the applicant has ever held, or is the holder of, a license issued
by any other state, whether there are any encumbrances on any license
or privilege to practice held by the applicant, and whether any adverse
action has been taken against any license or privilege to practice held
by the applicant.
(d) Each member state shall require an applicant to obtain or retain
a license in the home state and meet the home state's qualifications for
licensure or renewal of licensure, as well as all other applicable state
laws.
(e) An audiologist must meet the following requirements:
(1) Must meet one (1) of the following educational requirements:
(A) On or before December 31, 2007, has graduated with a
master's degree or doctorate in audiology or equivalent degree
regardless of degree name, from a program that is accredited by
an accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher
Education Accreditation, or its successor, or by the United
States Department of Education and operated by a college or
university accredited by a regional or national accrediting
organization recognized by the board.
(B) On or after January 1, 2008, has graduated with a doctoral
degree in audiology or equivalent degree, regardless of degree
name, from a program that is accredited by an accrediting
agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation or its successor, or by the United States
Department of Education and operated by a college or
university accredited by a regional or national accrediting
organization recognized by the board.
(C) Has graduated from an audiology program that is housed in
an institution of higher education outside of the United States:
(i) for which the program and institution have been approved
by the authorized accrediting body in the applicable country;
and
(ii) the degree program of which has been verified by an
independent credentials review agency to be comparable to
a state licensing board approved program.
(2) Has completed a supervised clinical practicum experience
from an accredited educational institution or its cooperating
programs as required by the commission.
(3) Has successfully passed a national examination approved by
the commission.
(4) Holds an active, unencumbered license.
(5) Has not been convicted or found guilty, and has not entered
into an agreed disposition, of a felony related to the practice of
audiology, under applicable state or federal criminal law.
(6) Has a valid United States Social Security or National
Practitioner Identification number.
(f) A speech-language pathologist must meet the following
requirements:
(1) Must meet one (1) of the following educational requirements:
(A) Has graduated with a master's degree from a
speech-language pathology program that is accredited by an
organization recognized by the United States Department of
Education and operated by a college or university accredited by
a regional or national accrediting organization recognized by
the board.
(B) Has graduated from a speech-language pathology program
that is housed in an institution of higher education outside of
the United States:
(i) for which the program and institution have been approved
by the authorized accrediting body in the applicable country;
and
(ii) the degree program of which has been verified by an
independent credentials review agency to be comparable to
a state licensing board approved program.
(2) Has completed a supervised clinical practicum experience
from an educational institution or its cooperating programs as
required by the commission.
(3) Has completed a supervised postgraduate professional
experience as required by the commission.
(4) Has successfully passed a national examination approved by
the commission.
(5) Holds an active, unencumbered license.
(6) Has not been convicted or found guilty, and has not entered
into an agreed disposition, of a felony related to the practice of
speech-language pathology, under applicable state or federal
criminal law.
(7) Has a valid United States Social Security or National
Practitioner Identification number.
(g) The privilege to practice is derived from the home state license.
(h) An audiologist or speech-language pathologist practicing in a
member state must comply with the state practice laws of the state in
which the client is located at the time service is provided. The practice
of audiology and speech-language pathology shall include all audiology
and speech-language pathology practice as defined by the state practice
laws of the member state in which the client is located. The practice of
audiology and speech-language pathology in a member state under a
privilege to practice shall subject an audiologist or speech-language
pathologist to the jurisdiction of the licensing board, the courts, and the
laws of the member state in which the client is located at the time
service is provided.
(i) Individuals not residing in a member state shall continue to be
able to apply for a member state's single-state license as provided under
the laws of each member state. However, the single-state license
granted to these individuals shall not be recognized as granting the
privilege to practice audiology or speech-language pathology in any
other member state. Nothing in this compact shall affect the
requirements established by a member state for the issuance of a
single-state license.
(j) Member states may charge a fee for granting a compact privilege.
(k) Member states must comply with the bylaws and rules and
regulations of the commission.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.149-2022, SEC.19.