Frequently Asked Questions

Go to Continuing Education to review the current continuing education requirements

When you receive the letter with your license/certification number authorizing practice.

At least thirty (30) days prior to graduation you should submit your application. Have your university send an official transcript reflecting the master’s degree to the Board office. If the transcript does not reflect the master’s degree, the Certification of Conferral of Master’s Degree (pdf) must accompany the transcript.

NO! You need to immediately submit a completed application for active licensure, along with the SPA-2B and SPA-2C evaluation forms verifying completion of nine (9) months of CFY. If you have not previously requested that an official report of your national examination scores be sent to the Board office, you must request such from ETS.

You must immediately cease to provide speech-language pathology or audiology services and contact the Board office for further instructions.

Yes. Each licensee is responsible for notifying the Board in writing of the licensee’s current mailing address and place of practice.

No. Do not send CE information to the Board office. The licensee is required to retain documentation showing completion of CE for two years following the biennium for which they are applied. Audits will be conducted at random to insure compliance with continuing education requirements.

Yes. Review our enforcement webpages for more information.

No. You must have a license issued by the Department of Health, Board of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology.

Providing speech-language pathology or audiology services in Florida without an active, provisional license or assistant certification. Some exemptions do apply – see 468.1115 F.S.

You may request to be placed on the Boards Interested Parties list. The Board routinely sends out Agenda Outlines to interested parties 7-10 days prior to an upcoming board meeting. Copies of the full “public” agenda are also available, but are subject to a duplication fee.

To obtain an electronic listing of active and inactive licensee’s mailing addresses and license status for DOH/ MQA regulated professions use our Licensee Data Information service. Please note: The department does not maintain email addresses, fax or telephone numbers in the normal course of business.

Section 119.083(4), F.S., requires only that the agency provide electronic data in some common format such as, but not limited to, the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text format. Therefore, the download files provided on this page are formatted as ASCII text, pipe delimited.

Financial information, medical information, school transcripts, examination questions, answers, papers, grades and grading keys, which are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), F.S.,. will be withheld pursuant to Chapter 456, Florida Statutes. Social Security numbers will also be redacted pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)(vii)(1).