{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8206","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 8206","heading":"Requirements for a professional license","body":"§ 8206. Requirements for a professional license.  To qualify for a\nlicense as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, an applicant\nshall fulfill the following requirements.\n  (1) Application: file an application with the department;\n  (2) Education: have obtained at least a Masters degree in\nspeech-language pathology and/or audiology or its equivalent, as\ndetermined by the department, in accordance with the commissioner's\nregulations;\n  (3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n  (4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n  (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;\n  (6) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the\ndepartment; and\n  (7) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred forty dollars to the department for\nadmission to a department conducted examination and for an initial\nlicense, a fee of seventy dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one\nhundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring\nadmission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one\nhundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period.","path":["Education Law","Title 8. The Professions","Article 159. Speech-language Pathologists and Audiologists"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/8206","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"6ee724b9630546debbac7bad091f4a343a92730bb1f221b0fc33089a2a7071ea","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8205","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8206-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}