Sec. 401.308.  PROVISIONAL LICENSE; CERTIFICATE OF CLINICAL COMPETENCE WAIVER.  (a)  The department may grant a provisional license to an applicant who:
(1)  is licensed in good standing as a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist in another state that has licensing requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter;
(2)  has passed a national or other examination recognized by the department relating to speech-language pathology or audiology; and
(3)  is sponsored by a license holder with whom the provisional license holder may practice under this section.
(b)  An applicant for a provisional license may be excused from the requirement of Subsection (a)(3) if the department determines that compliance with that requirement is a hardship to the applicant.
(c)  A provisional license is valid until the date the department approves or denies the provisional license holder's application for a license.
(d)  The department shall issue a license under this chapter to a provisional license holder:
(1)  who passes the examination required by Section 401.305;
(2)  for whom the department verifies satisfaction of the academic and experience requirements for a license under this chapter; and
(3)  who satisfies any other license requirements under this chapter.
(e)  The department shall complete the processing of a provisional license holder's application for a license not later than the 180th day after the date the provisional license is issued.
(f)  The department may waive the examination requirement and issue a license to an applicant who holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.069, eff. September 1, 2015.