                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSE REQUIRED (§ 54.1-2603)

A. In order to practice audiology or speech pathology, it shall be necessary to
hold a valid license.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 2 of &#xA7; 54.1-2601, the
Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology may license as school
speech-language pathologists any person who holds a master&#8217;s degree in
speech-language pathology. The Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
shall issue licenses to such persons without examination, upon review of
credentials and payment of an application fee in accordance with regulations of
the Board for school speech-language pathologists.
			Persons holding such licenses as school speech-language pathologists, without
examination, shall practice solely in public school divisions; holding a license
as a school speech-language pathologist pursuant to this section shall not
authorize such persons to practice outside the school setting or in any setting
other than the public schools of the Commonwealth, unless such individuals are
licensed by the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology to offer to the
public the services defined in &#xA7; 54.1-2600.
			The Board shall issue any person licensed as a school speech-language
pathologist a license that notes the limitations on practice set forth in this
subsection.
			Persons who hold licenses issued by the Board of Audiology and
Speech-Language Pathology without these limitations shall be exempt from the
requirements of this subsection.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 408, § 54-83.1:011; 1988, c. 765; 1999, cc. 967, 1005; 2014,
c. 781.