OAR 335-070-0050: Responsibilities and Professional Development Reporting Requirements of Licensees

(1) Licensees must maintain, for a period of four (4) years, all documentation verifying professional development hours. (2) As a requirement for license renewal, active licensees must report professional development hours for the professional development period ending on the deadline for license renewal according to their license type: (a) Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology: Twenty (20) professional development hours completed during the professional development period; (b) Dual Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology: Twenty (20) professional development hours in speech-language pathology and twenty (20) professional development hours in audiology completed during the professional development period. A maximum of ten (10) professional development hours may be applied to both licenses if the topic is applicable to both types of licenses. (c) Speech-Language Pathology Assistant: Ten (10) professional development hours completed during the professional development period; (d) Conditional Licensees: No professional development hours will be required to renew a conditional license, however, individuals are encouraged to participate in professional development activities. (e) As a requirement for license renewal, active licensees applying to renew a license initially issued during the current professional development will be required to report completion of professional development according to the following scale: (A) Licensed prior to August 1st of the last even-numbered year — 100% of the professional development hours required in OAR 335-070-0050(2) for an active license of their type. (B) Licensed from August 1st of the last even-numbered year through July 31st of the current odd-numbered year — 50% of the professional development hours required in OAR 335-070-0050(2) for an active license of their type. (C) Licensed after July 31st of the current odd-numbered year — no professional development hours are required. (3) All licenses renewed per OAR 335-070-0050(2)(a),(b), or (c) must report: (a) 1 hour of professional development related to cultural competency or equivalent course content; (b) After January 1, 2021 any speech-language pathologist supervising a speech-language pathology assistant per OAR 335-095-0040 must have 2 hours of professional development related to the supervision of speech-language pathology assistants on file with the board. (4) Licensees must comply with any Board request to audit or review their professional development documentation to determine compliance with professional development requirements.