December 14, 2020
Pursuant to North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s Executive Order No. 130, Section 3, the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (“Board”) has been authorized to waive or modify regulatory licensure requirements temporarily for persons that meet certain qualifications, where those licensure requirements would prevent or impair allowing those persons to provide […]November 10, 2020
The Board will start accepting ASHA Assistant Certification in lieu of the North Carolina Jurisprudence exam and the North Carolina SLP-A administered exam. Additionally, we are still accepting passing scores on both exams if you don’t have the ASHA Assistant Certification. Please click on the following link for more information: https://www.asha.org/Certification/About-Assistants-Certification/?utm_source=asha&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ashaassistants Furthermore, Assistant Applicants still […]August 20, 2020
Pursuant to North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s Executive Order No. 130, Section 3, the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (“Board”) has been authorized to waive or modify regulatory licensure requirements temporarily for persons that meet certain qualifications, where those licensure requirements would prevent or impair allowing those persons to provide […]August 4, 2020
Applicants for a temporary audiology license will no longer be required to obtain clinic hours in specific areas in order to be licensed. Instead, applicants for a temporary audiology license must submit evidence of completing at minimum 350 hours of clinical experience. Applicants for an initial permanent audiology license and those transitioning from a temporary audiology […]July 13, 2020
Pursuant to North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s Executive Order No. 130, Section 3, the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (“Board”) has been authorized to waive or modify regulatory licensure requirements temporarily for persons that meet certain qualifications, where those licensure requirements would prevent or impair allowing those persons to provide […]June 29, 2020
Licensees should review Executive Order 147 https://files.nc.gov/governor/documents/files/EO147-Phase-2-Extension.pdfJune 18, 2020
The North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists (NCBOESLPA) will no longer enforce 90-295 (a)(3) of Article 22.Licensure Act for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists requiring clinical hours to be broken into specified diagnostic areas. Instead, applicants for a temporary speech and language pathology license must submit evidence of completing […]June 15, 2020
Please see the governor’s proclamation regarding June as CMV awareness month and the impact on hearing! This is a big effort from our state CMV task force and sets us up for further work on universal CMV screening for newborns.May 29, 2020
Pursuant to North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s Executive Order No. 130, Section 3, the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (“Board”) has been authorized to waive or modify regulatory licensure requirements temporarily for persons that meet certain qualifications, where those licensure requirements would prevent or impair allowing those persons to provide […]May 19, 2020
As a reminder to potential employers, temporary licensees are permitted to use telepractice as a platform to provide services. The Board is currently accepting telesupervsion in place of direct face-to-face supervision.