Section 45.21. Waivers

The Board will waive the education, experience and examination requirements of this subchapter for an applicant who:

(1) Holds a current certification or license in a state which has standards determined by the Board to be at least equal to those for licensure in this Commonwealth. The applicant shall file an application with the Board, and shall cause the appropriate agency in the state of certification or licensure to submit to the Board a letter attesting to the applicant’s good standing.

(2) Holds a current certificate of clinical competence from the Council of Professional Standards of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). The applicant shall file an application with the Board, and shall cause ASHA to submit to the Board certification of the applicant’s status.

(3) Holds a current professional certificate issued by the Council on Education of the Deaf (CED) in compliance with its standards for the certification of teachers of the hearing-impaired. If the certificate was issued under CED standards in effect prior to September 1, 1987, the applicant shall present evidence of having an additional ten graduate academic credits which are appropriate to the field of the teaching of the hearing-impaired. The applicant shall file an application with the Board, and shall cause the CED to submit to the Board certification of the applicant’s status.

(4) Earned a bachelor’s degree, as of February 19, 1985, with a major, as appropriate, in speech-language pathology, audiology or teaching of the hearing-impaired from an accredited college or university, and was employed in the appropriate field as a speech-language pathologist, audiologist or teacher of the hearing-impaired for at least 9 consecutive months during the period February 19, 1982—February 19, 1985. The applicant shall file an application with the Board, and shall cause the degree-awarding institution and the applicable employer to submit to the Board certification of degree and certification of employment status. An applicant who was self-employed during the applicable period shall so certify.