June 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.April 24, 2020
The Board has received several inquiries asking what allowances might be made for new graduates who have not yet been able to sit for the Praxis exam. While it is preferred that temporary licensees have passed the exam prior to working with the public, it is not required by Article 22. Licensure Act for Speech and […]April 16, 2020
*This accommodation is being made to assist SLP-Assistants and their supervisors during the COVID-19 crisis in order to assist in meeting the public need of access to care. In order to assist with these special circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 crisis, the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologist has temporarily […]April 16, 2020
The Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists filed emergency and temporary rules 21 NCAC 64 .0108, 21 NCAC 64 .1101, 21 NCAC 64 .1102, 21 NCAC 64 .1103, 21 NCAC 64 .1104 and 21 NCAC 64 .1105. The notices for the proposed emergency rule-making and temporary rule-making are posted on the […]April 14, 2020
The Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists filed temporary rule 21 NCAC 64 .0219. The Board held a Public Hearing on Friday, April 10, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. and we are now open to public comment. This rule remains open for public comment until April 17, 2020. The notice for the […]March 31, 2020
Per the Board meeting held 3/27/2020, it was established that in order for temporary licensees to count their time during the COVID-19 crisis, the Board will mirror ASHA in their relaxing of the Clinical Fellowship work week. The North Carolina Board of Examiners will also accept 36 weeks with at least 1,260 hours rather than […]March 24, 2020
https://governor.nc.gov/documents/executive-order-no-116 https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/special-topics/emergency-preparedness/notification-enforcement-discretion-telehealth/index.html