SECTION 111.130. Continuing Professional Education--Requirements and Hours

(a) Continuing professional education is required for the following licenses under this chapter:

(1) speech-language pathology license;

(2) intern in speech-language pathology license;

(3) assistant in speech-language pathology license;

(4) audiology license;

(5) assistant in audiology license; and

(6) dual license in speech-language pathology and audiology.

(b) The intern in audiology license is exempt from the continuing professional education requirements.

(c) A continuing education unit (CEU) is the basic unit of measurement used to credit individuals with continuing education activities for licensure. One CEU is defined as 10 clock hours of participation in an approved continuing education experience.

(d) Pursuant to 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 59, a continuing education hour (clock hour) shall be 50 minutes of attendance in an approved continuing education course.

(e) The following minimum continuing education hours and units are required to renew a license:

(1) License issued for a two-year term: 20 clock hours (two CEUs), with 2 clock hours (0.2 CEUs) in ethics;

(2) Dual license in speech-language pathology and audiology (two-year term): 30 clock hours (three CEUs), with 2 clock hours (0.2 CEUs) in ethics;

(3) Intern in speech-language pathology license (one-year term): 10 clock hours (1 CEUs), with 1 clock hour (0.1 CEU) in ethics;

(4) Retired voluntary charity care license (two-year term): 10 clock hours (one CEUs), with 1 clock hour (0.1 CEUs) in ethics; and

(5) Retired voluntary charity care license for a dual license in speech-language pathology and audiology (two-year term): 15 clock hours (1.5 CEUs), with 1 clock hour (0.1 CEUs) in ethics.

(f) Continuing education hours earned before the original effective date of a license are not acceptable.

(g) Earned continuing education hours exceeding the minimum requirement in a previous renewal period shall first be applied to the continuing education requirement for the current renewal period.

(1) A maximum of 10 additional clock hours may be accrued during a license period to be applied to the next consecutive renewal period. Two of the 10 additional clock hours of the rollover hours may be in ethics.

(2) A maximum of 15 additional clock hours may be accrued by dual speech-language pathology and audiology licensees during a license period to be applied to the next consecutive renewal period.

Source Note: The provisions of this §111.130 adopted to be effective October 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 4441; amended to be effective August 1, 2020, 45 Texeg 5172