Missouri State Characteristics of Licensure Law

Last updated June 2008

The information below is collected from state licensure boards or regulatory agencies responsible for regulating the professions of Speech-Language Pathology and/or Audiology. It is intended for informational use only, and should not be construed as legal advice.

Contact the state's licensure board or regulatory agency for exact licensure, certification, or registration requirements in your jurisdiction.

Initial Licensure Requirements

Master's or doctoral degree from ASHA CAA program or other accrediting agency approved by the Board
Evidence of completion of coursework and clinical practicum equivalent to that required by the CAA
Clinical fellowship; persons with an audiology clinical doctorate degree are exempt from this provision.
Passage of an exam

Exemptions

Federal employees
Certified teachers of the deaf
Students
Physicians and surgeons
CAOHC technicians
Public school employees with a certificate issued by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Reciprocity/Endorsement

The Board may issue a license to an applicant licensed in another jurisdiction with equivalent or more stringent standards.
The Board may issue a license to a CCC holder.

Interim Practice/Temporary Licensure

The Board may issue a provisional license to an applicant who has met the requirements for practicum and academic requirements from an accredited training program.
A provisional license is effective for 1 year; it may be extended for 12 months only for the purpose of completing the postgraduate clinical experience and only after the applicant has passed the national exam and holds a master's degree.

Continuing Education for Licensure Renewal

Licensees must complete 30 hours of continuing education per biennium.
Continuing education hours cannot be carried over to the next reporting period.

Hearing Aid Dispensing

Audiologists can dispense under their audiology license.

Support Personnel

Speech-language pathology and audiology aides must register with the Board; aides must have a high school diploma or equivalent and be employed in a setting in which direct and indirect supervision are provided on a regular and systematic basis by a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist who has supplied a plane for on-the-job training.
Speech-language pathology assistants must have a bachelor's degree in speech-language pathology from an institution accredited or approved by a regional accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or its equivalent and submit official transcripts presenting evidence of bachelor's level coursework and clinical practicum requirements equivalent to that required by the ASHA Council on Academic Accreditation.
Licensees may supervise only one (1) assistant; initially supervision shall be direct when there is client contact, after that 1 out of every 3 sessions for each client shall be directly supervised

Board Oversight

The Board of Healing Arts, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Commission

Board Composition

The Advisory Commission for Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists shall comprise seven members, one of whom shall be a voting public member, appointed by the board of registration for the healing arts; three members shall be licensed speech-language pathologists and three members shall be licensed audiologists; the public member must not be nor ever have been connected to the professions of speech-language pathology or audiology in any way, must not be the spouse of such a person, nor have any financial interest in professional services offered by speech-language pathologists or audiologists. For a speech language pathologist vacancy, the president of the Missouri Speech Language Hearing Association (MSHA) and for audiologists, the president of the Missouri Academy of Audiologists shall in consultation with MSHA, submit a list of 5 qualified persons, along with a description of the method by which the names were chosen, to the director of the division, to fill the vacancy.