Licensure in specialty; provisional and inactive licenses; renewal

(a) The board shall issue a certificate to each person whom it licenses as a speech-language pathologist, audiologist, or both. Licensure shall be granted independently in either speech-language pathology or audiology. Qualified applicants may be independently licensed in both areas. (b) The board may establish, through rules and regulations, a mechanism to provide for provisional and inactive status licenses to applicants. (c) The board may, in its discretion, upon payment of fees, grant a provisional license to an applicant who has satisfied the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) or paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (c) of Code Section 43-44-8 and who is engaged in a paid clinical experience. Such provisional license shall be valid for one year and subject to renewal for only one additional year. A person holding a provisional license shall be subject to the same disciplinary action as a person holding a full license. (d) All licenses shall be renewed biennially. Expiration, renewal, and penalty dates and provisions shall be as established by the board in accordance with Code Section 43-1-4. History. — Ga. L. 1974, p. 1009, § 10; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1474, § 6; Ga. L. 1981, p. 668, § 5; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1072, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 387, § 5; Ga. L. 2006, p. 1077, § 1/HB 1112. Administrative rules and regula- tions. — Inactive status, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Chapter 609-9. 43-44-12. Advertising by licensees.