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Subchapter
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LICENSES AND EXAMINATIONS
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 3290)
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§ 3290. Eligibility for audiologist license
To be eligible for licensure as an audiologist, an applicant shall have:
(1) Either:
(A) a master’s degree or equivalent in audiology or speech-language pathology from an
educational institution approved by the Director, with course work completed in areas
specified by rule; or
(B) a doctoral degree in audiology, or an equivalent doctoral degree regardless of name,
from a program that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Council
for Higher Education Accreditation, or its successor, or by the United States Department
of Education and operated by a college or university accredited by a regional or national
accrediting organization.
(2) Completed a supervised clinical practicum in audiology, the length and content of
which shall be established by rule.
(3) Completed a period, as determined by rule, of postgraduate professional training in
audiology as approved by the Director.
(4) Passed an examination in audiology approved by the Director, which shall include a
section that is equivalent to the hearing aid dispensers examination described in
section 3295 of this chapter. An audiologist who has passed this examination is not
required to take the hearing aid dispensers examination required by section 3295. (Added 2015, No. 38, § 34, eff. Sept. 1, 2015; amended 2023, No. 36, § 5, eff. July 1, 2023.)