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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 97<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2013, chapter 436<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241441,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58139,"identifier":"54.1-2604","token":"54.1\/III\/26\/1\/54.1-2604","url":"\/54.1-2604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2604\/","token":"54.1\/III\/26\/1\/54.1-2604","dublin_core":{"Title":"Provisional license in audiology or speech-language pathology","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> may issue<\/span> a provisional license to an applicant for licensure in audiology or speech-language pathology who has met the educational and examination requirements for licensure, to allow for the applicant to obtain clinical experience as specified in the Board<\/span>’s regulations. However, a person practicing with a provisional license in audiology shall practice only under the supervision of a licensed audiologist<\/span> and a person practicing with a provisional license in speech-language pathology shall practice only under the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist<\/span> in accordance with regulations established by the Board<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROVISIONAL LICENSE IN AUDIOLOGY OR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY (\u00a7 54.1-2604)\n\nThe Board may issue a provisional license to an applicant for licensure in\naudiology or speech-language pathology who has met the educational and\nexamination requirements for licensure, to allow for the applicant to obtain\nclinical experience as specified in the Board’s regulations. However, a\nperson practicing with a provisional license in audiology shall practice only\nunder the supervision of a licensed audiologist and a person practicing with a\nprovisional license in speech-language pathology shall practice only under the\nsupervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist in accordance with\nregulations established by the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 97; 2013, c. 436.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}