Louisiana § 37:2660 Reciprocity; waivers

Louisiana Statutes

§ 37:2660 — Reciprocity; waivers

Louisiana·Title 37 Professions and Occupations

§2660. Reciprocity; waivers The board may issue licenses under the following special conditions:

(1)(a) The board may, in its discretion, license as a speech-language pathologist and/or audiologist without examination, or a speech-language pathology assistant on payment of the prescribed fee, an applicant for licensure who is a speech-language pathologist and/or audiologist or a speech-language pathology assistant licensed under the laws of another state, territory, commonwealth, or District of Columbia, if:

(i)The requirements for licensure of speech-language pathologists and/or audiologists or speech-language pathology assistants were at the date of licensure substantially equal to the requirements then or subsequently in force in this state.

(ii)The state, territory, commonwealth, or

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§2660. Reciprocity; waivers
The board may issue licenses under the following special conditions:
(1)(a) The board may, in its discretion, license as a speech-language pathologist
and/or audiologist without examination, or a speech-language pathology assistant on payment
of the prescribed fee, an applicant for licensure who is a speech-language pathologist and/or
audiologist or a speech-language pathology assistant licensed under the laws of another state,
territory, commonwealth, or District of Columbia, if:
(i) The requirements for licensure of speech-language pathologists and/or
audiologists or speech-language pathology assistants were at the date of licensure
substantially equal to the requirements then or subsequently in force in this state.
(ii) The state, territory, commonwealth, or District of Columbia, from whence the
applicant for a license comes, accords similar privilege of licensure without examination to
holders of certificates as licensed speech-language pathologists and/or audiologists under this
Chapter.
(iii) The state, territory, commonwealth, or District of Columbia, from whence the
applicant for a speech-language pathologist and/or audiologist comes, requires successful
completion of an examination as a condition of such licensure.
(b) The board may, in its discretion, allow an applicant who may meet the
requirements of reciprocity to practice until a license is issued or the application for
reciprocity is denied by the board, provided that the applicant has submitted documentation
of a current, unsuspended, unrevoked license.
(2) The board may waive the examination and the requirement of documentation of
clinical practicum for applicants who hold a certificate of clinical competence from the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
(3) The board may waive clinical practicum requirements pursuant to this Chapter
for applicants who hold certification from the ABA and have completed the national
examination requirement.

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Legislative History

Added by Acts 1972, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 384, §1, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1995, No. 892, §2; Acts 2025, No. 363, §1.