61-14B-15.1: Requirements for licensure; apprentice in speech and language. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

A license to practice as an apprentice in speech and language shall be issued by the board to a person who files a completed application accompanied by the required fees and documentation and provides satisfactory evidence that the applicant:

A. is working toward full licensure pursuant to the provisions of the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act;

B. has a baccalaureate degree in speech-language pathology or communicative disorders or an equivalent degree or a baccalaureate degree in another field with thirty semester hours of credit in speech-language pathology or communicative disorder;

C. is enrolled in and successfully completes graduate classes in speech-language pathology, communicative disorders or a related field at a minimum rate of nine semester hours per year and is accepted into a master's level program in speech-language pathology or communicative disorders within two years of initial licensing;

D. maintains a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average in the master's degree course and other work;

E. is supervised by an appropriate supervisor, as defined in Section 61-14B-2 NMSA 1978; and

F. has arranged for appropriate supervision to meet the supervision requirement defined by rule.