North Carolina Administrative Code

21 NCAC 63 .0605 INTERVENTION The intervention of persons not initially parties to a contested case is governed by G.S. 150B-38(f). Petitions or motions to intervene must be in writing. The Board shall promptly determine whether to grant or deny intervention and shall so notify t…

21 NCAC 63 .0606 SUBPOENAS The authority of the Board to issue or revoke subpoenas in preparation for, or in the conduct of, contested cases is governed by G.S. 150B-39. If a subpoena is issued at the request of a party and not on the Board's own motion, that party shall bear the…

21 NCAC 63 .0607 CONDUCT OF HEARING (a) The Chairperson shall serve as presiding officer unless the Chairperson is absent or disqualified in accordance with Paragraph (b) of this Rule, in which case the Vice-chairperson shall preside. (b) An affidavit seeking disqualification of …

21 NCAC 63 .0608 DECISION OF BOARD (a) Upon the conclusion of a disciplinary proceeding noticed pursuant to 21 NCAC 63 .0603 and if so moved by two Board members, the Board shall deliberate on whether an applicant, certificate holder, or licensee involved has violated a statute o…

21 NCAC 63 .0609 REPORTING OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS (a) In accordance with 45 CFR 60.9, the Board shall report disciplinary actions specified in G.S. 90B-11 to the National Practitioner Data Bank. 45 CFR 60.9 is hereby incorporated by reference, including subsequent amendments and…

21 NCAC 63 .0610 CONTINUANCES (a) Motions for a continuance of a hearing shall be reviewed in accordance with the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure as set forth in G.S. 1A-1, Rule 40(b). The Board is not required to grant a motion to continue. All motions for continuance sh…

SECTION .0700 – ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES 21 NCAC 63 .0701 PETITIONS FOR ADOPTION OF RULES Rule-making petitions shall be sent to the executive director of the Board. The rule-making petition shall state the petitioner's name and address and shall contain the information required…

21 NCAC 63 .0702 PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTION OF RULES History Note: Authority G.S. 90B-6; 150B-21.2; Eff. September 1, 1989; Temporary Amendment Eff. October 1, 1999; Repealed Eff. April 1, 2001.

21 NCAC 63 .0703 TEMPORARY RULES History Note: Authority G.S. 90B-6(h); 150B-21.1; Eff. September 1, 1989; Temporary Amendment Eff. October 1, 1999; Amendment Eff. July 1, 2000; Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 19, …

21 NCAC 63 .0704 DECLARATORY RULINGS (a) General. The Board shall respond to requests for declaratory rulings in accordance with G.S. 150B-4. (b) Contents of a Request for Declaratory Ruling. A request for a declaratory ruling shall be in writing and addressed to the executive di…

21 NCAC 63 .0705 INSUFFICIENT FEES (a) The Board shall charge the maximum processing fee allowed by G.S. 25-3-506 if a check submitted to the Board is returned by a financial institution because of insufficient funds or because the drawer did not have an account at that bank. (b)…

21 NCAC 63 .0810 WAIVER History Note: Authority G.S. 90B-6; Emergency Adoption Eff. April 8, 2020; Temporary Adoption Eff. June 26, 2020; Temporary Adoption Expired Eff. April 11, 2021.

21 NCAC 63 .0811 RESERVED FOR FUTURE CODIFICATION

21 NCAC 63 .0812 RESERVED FOR FUTURE CODIFICATION

21 NCAC 63 .0813 RESERVED FOR FUTURE CODIFICATION

21 NCAC 63 .0814 RESERVED FOR FUTURE CODIFICATION

21 NCAC 63 .0815 RESERVED FOR FUTURE CODIFICATION

21 NCAC 63 .0816 RESERVED FOR FUTURE CODIFICATION

21 NCAC 63 .0817 RESERVED FOR FUTURE CODIFICATION

21 NCAC 63 .0818 RESERVED FOR FUTURE CODIFICATION

21 NCAC 63 .0819 RESERVED FOR FUTURE CODIFICATION

21 NCAC 63 .0820 DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS History Note: Authority G.S. 90B-6; 90B-11; Eff. March 1, 1994; Temporary Repeal Eff. October 1, 1999; Repealed Eff. July 1, 2000.

Section .0900 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 21 NCAC 63 .0901 APPLICATIONS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION (a) Licensed clinical social workers who wish to form a Professional Corporation or Professional Limited Liability Company must apply to the Board…

21 NCAC 63 .0902 RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION (a) Social workers who have registered their business with the Board in accordance with 21 NCAC 63 .0901 shall renew annually their Certificate of Registration issued by the Board on or before January 1 of each year. Applica…

21 NCAC 63 .0903 DISOLVING THE PROFESSIONAL ENTITY Professional entities registered with the Board and who dissolve, shall provide written notice to the Board within 30 days of the effective date the entity dissolved. History Note: Authority G.S. 55B-10; 57C-2-01(c); 90B-6; 90B-1…

SECTION .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS 21 NCAC 64 .0101 NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENCY The name of the agency shall be the Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists. The address of this agency is P.O. Box 16885, Greensboro, North Carolina 27416-0885. The pu…

21 NCAC 64 .0102 APPLICATION Applicants for a license must submit Form A, Application Form approved by the Board, and the fee prescribed to the Board. Checks should be made payable to the Board of Examiners SLPA. History Note: Authority G.S. 90-295; 90-304(a)(3); 90-305; Eff. Feb…

21 NCAC 64 .0103 EXAMINATIONS The special examinations in speech and language pathology and audiology, which are part of the National Teacher's Examination, administered by the Educational Testing Service, will constitute the written examination required. History Note: Authority …

21 NCAC 64 .0104 SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR APPLICATION The Board may require such supplemental information to the application as it deems necessary to determine the facts governing qualifications for licensure. The procedure for gathering such information may include subpoenas…

21 NCAC 64 .0105 OFFICIAL SEAL The official seal of the Board, bearing upon its face the words State of North Carolina, Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists, shall be used on all official documents of the Board. History Note: Authority G.S. 90-…

21 NCAC 64 .0106 PLAN FOR AND REPORT OF SUPERVISED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Applicants must submit Form B, Plan for Supervised Experience, before being approved for a temporary license, and within 20 days of the completion of the supervised experience they must submit Form C, Repo…

21 NCAC 64 .0107 APPROVAL OF TRAINING CENTER NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS History Note: Authority G.S. 90-294(c)(2); Eff. November 1, 1989; Expired Eff. November 1, 2016 pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A.

21 NCAC 64 .0108 WAIVER The Board may waive any rule in this Chapter that is not statutorily required if a licensee submits a written request. Factors the Board shall use in determining whether to grant the waiver are: (1) degree of disruption to the Board; (2) cost to the Board;…

SECTION .0200 - INTERPRETATIVE RULES 21 NCAC 64 .0201 BONA FIDE PRACTICE History Note: Authority G.S. 90-297(c); 90-304(3); Eff. February 9, 1976; Repealed Eff. July 25, 1976.

21 NCAC 64 .0204 EXEMPTIONS History Note: Authority G.S. 90-294(c)(4); 90-304(a)(3); Eff. February 9, 1976; Amended Eff. May 1, 1989; Expired Eff. November 1, 2016 pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A.

21 NCAC 64 .0205 INCLUSIVE DATES OF SUPERVISED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE History Note: Authority G.S. 90-304(a)(3); Eff. November 1, 1989; Expired Eff. November 1, 2016 pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A.

21 NCAC 64 .0206 SUPERVISION OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (a) The Board interprets G.S. 90-298(c) to mean that supervision satisfactory to the Board requires four hours each month of direct, on-site observation of the applicant's work with patients, in addition to other methods of …

21 NCAC 64 .0207 PAYMENT OF FEES AND COMPLETION OF APPLICATIONS The Board interprets G.S. 90-298 and 305 (1), (3) and (5) to mean that the failure to pay appropriate fees or to supply additional information or documentation necessary to complete an application, within 180 days fo…

21 NCAC 64 .0208 SUPERVISION OF CLINICAL PRACTICUM The Board interprets the word "supervision" used in G.S. 90-295(3) to require that the supervision must be performed by a person who holds either a valid license under this Article or a Certificate of Clinical Competence of the A…

21 NCAC 64 .0209 ADEQUACY OF RECORDS (a) The definition of "adequate records of professional services" required to be maintained by Rule .0303(4) shall include: (1) The full name of the patient; (2) The nature of the service provided; (3) The date services were provided; (4) The …

21 NCAC 64 .0210 CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS (a) The Board interprets the term "certified technician" as used in G.S. 90-294(f) to be synonymous with "certified audiometric technician", "certified Industrial audiometric technician", or similar designations used for non-licensed audiome…

21 NCAC 64 .0211 NAME AND QUALIFICATIONS IDENTIFICATION BADGES (a) Persons licensed or registered under N.C.G.S. 90-292. et seq. shall be required to wear an identification badge or other form of identification displaying the name of the person and license or registration qualifi…

21 NCAC 64 .0212 Supervision of Hearing Screening (a) The Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists interprets the words "audiometric screening" used in G.S. 90-294(f) as the presentation of pure tone stimuli at fixed intensity using pass/fail crite…

21 NCAC 64 .0213 Supervision of Speech Screening (a) The Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists interprets the word "testing" used in G.S. 90-293(7) as including speech screening. (b) Licensed speech and language pathologists, registered speech-l…

21 NCAC 64 .0214 Audiology advertising The Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists interprets the word "misleading" used in G.S. 90-301A(3) as including any representation that uses the term "audiology" or "audiologist" in describing services offe…

21 NCAC 64 .0215 Standard of Practice for Audiological Evaluations The Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists interprets the words "reasonable degree of professional skill and care in the delivery of professional services" used in G.S. 90-301(5) …

21 NCAC 64 .0216 Standard of Practice for Speech and Language Pathologists (a) The Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists interprets the words "reasonable degree of professional skill and care in the delivery of professional services" used in G.S…

21 NCAC 64 .0217 Benefit from treatment defined The Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists interprets the words "benefit from treatment" used in G.S. 90-301A to mean make progress toward remediation of the condition being treated. History Note: A…

21 NCAC 64 .0218 CONTINUING EDUCATION Beginning January 1, 2009 each licensee must complete 30 hours every three years of continuing professional education in their fields sponsored by the American Speech-Hearing-Language Association, the North Carolina Speech-Hearing-Language As…

21 NCAC 64 .0219 TELEPRACTICE (a) For purposes of this Rule the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) "Patient site" means the patient's physical location at the time of the receipt of the telepractice services. (2) "Provider" means a licensed speech and language…