KRS 334.080: Issuance of license -- Reciprocity -- Qualifications of applicant holding

master's degree in audiology.

(1) Upon payment of a fee, established by the board by promulgation of an

administrative regulation, the board shall register each applicant who sa tisfactorily

passes the examination. Thereupon the board shall issue to the applicant a license.

The license shall be effective for one (1) year.

(2) Whenever the board determines that another state or jurisdiction has requirements

equivalent to or higher than those in effect pursuant to this chapter for practice of

selling or fitting of hearing instruments, and that such state or jurisdiction has a

program equivalent to or stricter than the program for determining whether

applicants pursuant to this chapter are qualified to sell or fit hearing instruments, the

board may issue a license to those applicants who hold current, unsuspended, and

unrevoked licenses to sell or fit hearing instruments in such other state or

jurisdiction upon application and successf ul completion of examination. No

applicant for a license pursuant to this subsection shall be required to submit to or

undergo any training or other procedure, other than the payment of fees and

examination pursuant to KRS 334.050 to 334.070. The holder of a license issued

under this subsection shall be registered in the same manner as holders of initial

licenses. The fee for licenses issued under this subsection shall be the same as the

fee for an initial license. Fees, grounds, and procedures for renewal, suspension, and

revocation of licenses issued under this subsection shall be the same as for renewal,

suspension, and revocation of initial licenses.

(3) Any applicant holding a master's degree in audiology licensed under KRS Chapter

334A or holding at le ast a master's degree from a recognized college or university

and having the certification of clinical competence in audiology from the American

Speech-Language-Hearing Association shall not be required to submit to or undergo

any training or other procedu res other than the payment of fees and successful

completion of examination pursuant to KRS 334.050 to 334.070. Fees, grounds, and

procedures for renewal, suspension, and revocation of license issued under this

subsection shall be the same as for renewal, suspension, and revocation of initial

licenses.