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Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist

Single licence reflecting both independently satisfied classifications. Examinations of the audiology profession are applicant conditions under this SLP survey contract.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, with the Speech-language Pathologist and Audiologist Licensing Board · Application information

Restoration after discipline ended with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology certification: Independently qualify with current audiology CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Order: Unless disciplinary order provides otherwise, meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency; pay renewal/reinstatement fees and outstanding fines.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308i
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-307
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(2)

Restoration after discipline ended with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology qualifications: Meet 58-41-301(2) independently: current unrestricted audiology ASHA CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent; otherwise clinical doctorate, conduct and ethics compliance, at least one supervised academic year at 30 clinical hours per week and CCC-equivalent national audiology examination.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Order: Unless disciplinary order provides otherwise, meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency; pay renewal/reinstatement fees and outstanding fines.
Other profession exam: The audiology examination is an applicant condition under the contract rule for another profession. DOPL exam information identifies Praxis for audiology, and names PRAXIS 5343; no national audiology identity/version is researched or emitted.

Single dual licence — Endorsement by competency determination

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology qualifications: Meet 58-41-301(2) independently: current unrestricted audiology ASHA CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent; otherwise clinical doctorate, conduct and ethics compliance, at least one supervised academic year at 30 clinical hours per week and CCC-equivalent national audiology examination.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Other profession exam: The audiology examination is an applicant condition under the contract rule for another profession. DOPL exam information identifies Praxis for audiology, and names PRAXIS 5343; no national audiology identity/version is researched or emitted.
Prior license: U.S. or foreign licence, at least one year of practice, and DOPL determination that education, examination, experience and skills demonstrate competency.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Single dual licence — Endorsement with one year of domestic licensed practice

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology qualifications: Meet 58-41-301(2) independently: current unrestricted audiology ASHA CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent; otherwise clinical doctorate, conduct and ethics compliance, at least one supervised academic year at 30 clinical hours per week and CCC-equivalent national audiology examination.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Other profession exam: The audiology examination is an applicant condition under the contract rule for another profession. DOPL exam information identifies Praxis for audiology, and names PRAXIS 5343; no national audiology identity/version is researched or emitted.
Prior license: U.S. state, district or territory licence with similar scope, good standing, and at least one year of practice under it.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Single dual licence — Endorsement by substantially similar prior requirements

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology qualifications: Meet 58-41-301(2) independently: current unrestricted audiology ASHA CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent; otherwise clinical doctorate, conduct and ethics compliance, at least one supervised academic year at 30 clinical hours per week and CCC-equivalent national audiology examination.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Other profession exam: The audiology examination is an applicant condition under the contract rule for another profession. DOPL exam information identifies Praxis for audiology, and names PRAXIS 5343; no national audiology identity/version is researched or emitted.
Prior license: U.S. or foreign licence whose issuance requirements DOPL finds substantially similar to current Utah requirements.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Single dual licence — Endorsement equivalency for an applicant never licensed

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Applicant: Never licensed in a U.S. or foreign jurisdiction; education or relevant experience obtained domestically or abroad; DOPL finds education, examination and experience substantially similar to current Utah requirements.
Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology qualifications: Meet 58-41-301(2) independently: current unrestricted audiology ASHA CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent; otherwise clinical doctorate, conduct and ethics compliance, at least one supervised academic year at 30 clinical hours per week and CCC-equivalent national audiology examination.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Other profession exam: The audiology examination is an applicant condition under the contract rule for another profession. DOPL exam information identifies Praxis for audiology, and names PRAXIS 5343; no national audiology identity/version is researched or emitted.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Single dual licence with certification qualifications

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology certification: Current unrestricted ASHA CCC in audiology, ABA certification or DOPL-approved equivalent; both classifications must independently qualify by certification.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-307
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(2)

Single dual licence with SLP examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology qualifications: Meet 58-41-301(2) independently: current unrestricted audiology ASHA CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent; otherwise clinical doctorate, conduct and ethics compliance, at least one supervised academic year at 30 clinical hours per week and CCC-equivalent national audiology examination.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Other profession exam: The audiology examination is an applicant condition under the contract rule for another profession. DOPL exam information identifies Praxis for audiology, and names PRAXIS 5343; no national audiology identity/version is researched or emitted.

Restoration after long lapse with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology certification: Independently qualify with current audiology CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Timing: More than two years after expiration, without qualifying continuous practice; meet current initial qualifications.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308g(3)(a)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-307
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(2)

Restoration after long lapse with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology qualifications: Meet 58-41-301(2) independently: current unrestricted audiology ASHA CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent; otherwise clinical doctorate, conduct and ethics compliance, at least one supervised academic year at 30 clinical hours per week and CCC-equivalent national audiology examination.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Other profession exam: The audiology examination is an applicant condition under the contract rule for another profession. DOPL exam information identifies Praxis for audiology, and names PRAXIS 5343; no national audiology identity/version is researched or emitted.
Timing: More than two years after expiration, without qualifying continuous practice; meet current initial qualifications.

Military extension and renewal

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Renewal: Meet renewal requirements except CE/training is excused; exclusions in 71A-8-103(5) are annual training, in-state orders, or orders not requiring out-of-state relocation.
Service: Licence expires during qualifying active-duty activation or deployment; submit activation/deployment and discharge orders.
Timing: Renewal request within 90 days after orders end; no-cost renewal.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reinstatement within 30 days

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Documentation: Renewal form documenting current qualifications; renewal and late fees.
Timing: Within 30 days after expiration.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308g(1)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)

Reinstatement after continuous government or other U.S. licensed practice

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Documentation: Meet renewal qualifications and pay renewal/reinstatement fees; statute expressly permits reinstatement without examination.
Practice: Continuously active since Utah expiration in full-time U.S. government employment or licensure elsewhere in U.S.
Timing: Within six months after returning to Utah domicile or ending full-time government employment.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-308(6)(b)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)

Reinstatement 31 days to two years after expiration

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Documentation: Renewal form documenting renewal qualifications; renewal and reinstatement fees.
Timing: From 31 days to two years after expiration.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308g(2)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)

Renewal

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board demand: DOPL renewal page states "Have completed 20 hours of continuing professional education." and "Maintained a current national certification." The statute controls its CE/certification alternatives; both lower-ranked Board demands are visible as conditions.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Competence: 58-41-303(2) permits 20 approved CE hours per two-year cycle OR active certification with equivalent CE.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Cycle: Renew by May 31 of odd years with documentation and fee.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)
DOPL Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Renew a License
Renewal requirements

Restoration after revocation with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology certification: Independently qualify with current audiology CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Order: Meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency and pay new-application fee; 58-41-401(2) permits application after one year from day after revocation.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308j
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-401(2)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-307
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(2)

Restoration after revocation with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology qualifications: Meet 58-41-301(2) independently: current unrestricted audiology ASHA CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent; otherwise clinical doctorate, conduct and ethics compliance, at least one supervised academic year at 30 clinical hours per week and CCC-equivalent national audiology examination.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Order: Meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency and pay new-application fee; 58-41-401(2) permits application after one year from day after revocation.
Other profession exam: The audiology examination is an applicant condition under the contract rule for another profession. DOPL exam information identifies Praxis for audiology, and names PRAXIS 5343; no national audiology identity/version is researched or emitted.

Restoration after surrender with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology certification: Independently qualify with current audiology CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Order: Follow surrender agreement and R156-1-308a through 308l if surrendered in good standing; otherwise meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency, pay new-application fee and fines.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308k
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-307
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(2)

Restoration after surrender with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Audiology qualifications: Meet 58-41-301(2) independently: current unrestricted audiology ASHA CCC, ABA certification or approved equivalent; otherwise clinical doctorate, conduct and ethics compliance, at least one supervised academic year at 30 clinical hours per week and CCC-equivalent national audiology examination.
Classifications: Meet qualifications of both SLP and audiology classifications.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Order: Follow surrender agreement and R156-1-308a through 308l if surrendered in good standing; otherwise meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency, pay new-application fee and fines.
Other profession exam: The audiology examination is an applicant condition under the contract rule for another profession. DOPL exam information identifies Praxis for audiology, and names PRAXIS 5343; no national audiology identity/version is researched or emitted.

Speech-Language Pathologist

Ordinary SLP licence. Supervised aides are governed by R156-41-601 rather than a separate DOPL assistant licence. The exhaustive retired-volunteer profession list in 58-81-102(2) does not include SLP.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, with the Speech-language Pathologist and Audiologist Licensing Board · Application information

Restoration after discipline ended with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Order: Unless disciplinary order provides otherwise, meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency; pay renewal/reinstatement fees and outstanding fines.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308i
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)

Restoration after discipline ended with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Order: Unless disciplinary order provides otherwise, meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency; pay renewal/reinstatement fees and outstanding fines.

Endorsement by competency determination

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Prior license: U.S. or foreign licence, at least one year of practice, and DOPL determination that education, examination, experience and skills demonstrate competency.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Endorsement with one year of domestic licensed practice

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Prior license: U.S. state, district or territory licence with similar scope, good standing, and at least one year of practice under it.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Endorsement by substantially similar prior requirements

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Prior license: U.S. or foreign licence whose issuance requirements DOPL finds substantially similar to current Utah requirements.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Endorsement equivalency for an applicant never licensed

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Applicant: Never licensed in a U.S. or foreign jurisdiction; education or relevant experience obtained domestically or abroad; DOPL finds education, examination and experience substantially similar to current Utah requirements.
Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Initial licensure with current certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)
DOPL Apply for a Speech-Language Pathologist License
SLP requirements, certification

Initial licensure on examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.

Restoration after long lapse with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Timing: More than two years after expiration, without qualifying continuous practice; meet current initial qualifications.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308g(3)(a)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)

Restoration after long lapse with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Timing: More than two years after expiration, without qualifying continuous practice; meet current initial qualifications.

Military extension and renewal

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Renewal: Meet renewal requirements except CE/training is excused; exclusions in 71A-8-103(5) are annual training, in-state orders, or orders not requiring out-of-state relocation.
Service: Licence expires during qualifying active-duty activation or deployment; submit activation/deployment and discharge orders.
Timing: Renewal request within 90 days after orders end; no-cost renewal.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reinstatement within 30 days

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Documentation: Renewal form documenting current qualifications; renewal and late fees.
Timing: Within 30 days after expiration.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308g(1)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)

Reinstatement after continuous government or other U.S. licensed practice

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Documentation: Meet renewal qualifications and pay renewal/reinstatement fees; statute expressly permits reinstatement without examination.
Practice: Continuously active since Utah expiration in full-time U.S. government employment or licensure elsewhere in U.S.
Timing: Within six months after returning to Utah domicile or ending full-time government employment.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-308(6)(b)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)

Reinstatement 31 days to two years after expiration

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Documentation: Renewal form documenting renewal qualifications; renewal and reinstatement fees.
Timing: From 31 days to two years after expiration.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308g(2)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)

Renewal

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board demand: DOPL renewal page states "Have completed 20 hours of continuing professional education." and "Maintained a current national certification." The statute controls its CE/certification alternatives; both lower-ranked Board demands are visible as conditions.
Competence: 58-41-303(2) permits 20 approved CE hours per two-year cycle OR active certification with equivalent CE.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Cycle: Renew by May 31 of odd years with documentation and fee.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)
DOPL Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Renew a License
Renewal requirements

Restoration after revocation with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Order: Meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency and pay new-application fee; 58-41-401(2) permits application after one year from day after revocation.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308j
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-401(2)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)

Restoration after revocation with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Order: Meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency and pay new-application fee; 58-41-401(2) permits application after one year from day after revocation.

Transition from State Board of Education credential

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Documentation: Use standard DOPL application and attach USBE credential; DOPL expressly requires no transcripts or exam scores for this transition.
Existing credential: DOPL states existing USBE credentials remain effective until their stated expiration. Section 58-41-305(4) prohibits new USBE SLP credentials on or after May 6, 2026.
Prior credential: USBE credential issued on or after July 1, 2020 and before May 6, 2026; applicant performs SLP functions.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(3)(b)
DOPL Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, HB 374 Transition Notice
HB 374 Transition Notice

Restoration after surrender with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Order: Follow surrender agreement and R156-1-308a through 308l if surrendered in good standing; otherwise meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency, pay new-application fee and fines.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308k
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)

Restoration after surrender with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Order: Follow surrender agreement and R156-1-308a through 308l if surrendered in good standing; otherwise meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency, pay new-application fee and fines.

Restricted or Probationary Speech-Language Pathologist License

Restricted or probationary licence issued under 58-1-304 to an otherwise qualified SLP applicant, including renewal or reinstatement.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, with the Speech-language Pathologist and Audiologist Licensing Board · Application information

Restoration after discipline ended with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Order: Unless disciplinary order provides otherwise, meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency; pay renewal/reinstatement fees and outstanding fines.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308i
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)

Restoration after discipline ended with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Order: Unless disciplinary order provides otherwise, meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency; pay renewal/reinstatement fees and outstanding fines.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.

Restricted SLP licence — Endorsement by competency determination

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Prior license: U.S. or foreign licence, at least one year of practice, and DOPL determination that education, examination, experience and skills demonstrate competency.
Restriction: Otherwise qualified applicant meets endorsement conditions; DOPL imposes restrictions or supervision under 58-1-304 for relevant conduct.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Restricted SLP licence — Endorsement with one year of domestic licensed practice

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Prior license: U.S. state, district or territory licence with similar scope, good standing, and at least one year of practice under it.
Restriction: Otherwise qualified applicant meets endorsement conditions; DOPL imposes restrictions or supervision under 58-1-304 for relevant conduct.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Restricted SLP licence — Endorsement by substantially similar prior requirements

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Prior license: U.S. or foreign licence whose issuance requirements DOPL finds substantially similar to current Utah requirements.
Restriction: Otherwise qualified applicant meets endorsement conditions; DOPL imposes restrictions or supervision under 58-1-304 for relevant conduct.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Restricted SLP licence — Endorsement equivalency for an applicant never licensed

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Applicant: Never licensed in a U.S. or foreign jurisdiction; education or relevant experience obtained domestically or abroad; DOPL finds education, examination and experience substantially similar to current Utah requirements.
Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Current license: R156-1-302(2) permits required experience under a licence that is no longer active; DOPL may evaluate elapsed time since practice.
Dated board form: DOPL 20220405 application requests active good-standing licence verification and one year of experience from a jurisdiction deemed equivalent; controlling 2026 statute and current general rule determine eligibility.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Exam discretion: R156-1-302(4) allows DOPL to require one or more examinations required for the profession. Praxis SLP is retained as the identified professional examination; the discretion is an applicant condition. Generic business/law and jurisprudence examples do not identify a Utah SLP examination.
Restriction: Otherwise qualified applicant meets endorsement conditions; DOPL imposes restrictions or supervision under 58-1-304 for relevant conduct.
Standing: Provide satisfactory identity, qualifications and good standing evidence, pay fee; DOPL may refuse for lack of qualification or past/pending disciplinary action.

Restricted initial licensure on certification qualifications

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct review: Otherwise qualified applicant subject to DOPL monitoring or reasonable restrictions under 58-1-304.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-304
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)

Restricted initial licensure on examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Conduct review: Otherwise qualified applicant has relevant unlawful/unprofessional conduct; DOPL determines supervised practice or reasonable restrictions needed to protect public.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.

Restoration after long lapse with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.
Timing: More than two years after expiration, without qualifying continuous practice; meet current initial qualifications.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308g(3)(a)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)

Restoration after long lapse with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.
Timing: More than two years after expiration, without qualifying continuous practice; meet current initial qualifications.

Military extension and renewal

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Renewal: Meet renewal requirements except CE/training is excused; exclusions in 71A-8-103(5) are annual training, in-state orders, or orders not requiring out-of-state relocation.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.
Service: Licence expires during qualifying active-duty activation or deployment; submit activation/deployment and discharge orders.
Timing: Renewal request within 90 days after orders end; no-cost renewal.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reinstatement within 30 days

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Documentation: Renewal form documenting current qualifications; renewal and late fees.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.
Timing: Within 30 days after expiration.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308g(1)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)

Reinstatement after continuous government or other U.S. licensed practice

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Documentation: Meet renewal qualifications and pay renewal/reinstatement fees; statute expressly permits reinstatement without examination.
Practice: Continuously active since Utah expiration in full-time U.S. government employment or licensure elsewhere in U.S.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.
Timing: Within six months after returning to Utah domicile or ending full-time government employment.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-308(6)(b)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)

Reinstatement 31 days to two years after expiration

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Documentation: Renewal form documenting renewal qualifications; renewal and reinstatement fees.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.
Timing: From 31 days to two years after expiration.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308g(2)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)

Renewal

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board demand: DOPL renewal page states "Have completed 20 hours of continuing professional education." and "Maintained a current national certification." The statute controls its CE/certification alternatives; both lower-ranked Board demands are visible as conditions.
Competence: 58-41-303(2) permits 20 approved CE hours per two-year cycle OR active certification with equivalent CE.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Cycle: Renew by May 31 of odd years with documentation and fee.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-303(2)
DOPL Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Renew a License
Renewal requirements

Restoration after revocation with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Order: Meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency and pay new-application fee; 58-41-401(2) permits application after one year from day after revocation.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308j
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-401(2)
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)

Restoration after revocation with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Order: Meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency and pay new-application fee; 58-41-401(2) permits application after one year from day after revocation.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.

Restricted SLP licence through school credential transition

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Documentation: Standard application plus USBE credential; DOPL requires no transcripts or exam scores for transition.
Prior credential: Qualifying USBE credential issued on or after July 1, 2020 and before May 6, 2026.
Restriction: DOPL may impose restrictions under 58-1-304 where applicant is otherwise qualified but has relevant conduct.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-304
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(3)(b)
DOPL Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, HB 374 Transition Notice
HB 374 Transition Notice

Restoration after surrender with certification

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board transcripts: DOPL's SLP page also asks for master's degree transcripts. Certification is the independent statutory qualification alternative in 58-41-301(5)(c)(i).
Certification: Current unrestricted ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP or an equivalent approved by DOPL rule.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Order: Follow surrender agreement and R156-1-308a through 308l if surrendered in good standing; otherwise meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency, pay new-application fee and fines.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

R156-1, General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing
R156-1-308k
Utah Code Chapter 58-41, Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Licensing Act
58-41-301(5)(c)(i)

Restoration after surrender with examination qualifications

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Order: Follow surrender agreement and R156-1-308a through 308l if surrendered in good standing; otherwise meet current initial and reinstatement qualifications, demonstrate competency, pay new-application fee and fines.
Restriction: Applicable DOPL order imposes restrictions or supervision; 58-1-304 permits issuance at initial licensing, renewal and reinstatement.

Temporary Speech-Language Pathologist

Temporary clinical-fellowship licence, together with general temporary SLP licensing pathways.

Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, with the Speech-language Pathologist and Audiologist Licensing Board · Application information

Temporary licence — emergency

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Discretion: DOPL in collaboration with Board determines necessity; competitive advantage alone is insufficient under 58-1-303(3).
Justification: Emergency or governmental action creates circumstances materially jeopardizing public health, safety or welfare without temporary issuance.
Prior license: Licence issued in another U.S. state with requirements equal to or greater than then-applicable Utah requirements.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-303(1)(c), prior qualifications
Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-303(1)(c), emergency

Temporary clinical fellowship licensure

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Board degree demand: DOPL Temporary SLP requirements state: "Official transcripts verifying master's degree in Speech Language Pathology. In lieu of transcripts showing your degree, you may submit an original letter from your school's SLP program director confirming you hold the required degree."
Clinical fellowship: Practicing SLP for a year of clinical fellowship; licence valid up to 12 months from the day after issuance.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.
Statutory exception: 58-41-304(2)(a) literally excepts the degree-verification clause 58-41-301(5)(c)(ii)(A); it is not rewritten to name the experience clause.
Supervision: R156-41-302c requires general supervision by a Utah-licensed DOPL-approved SLP licensed at least two years, no discipline in the preceding two years, responsibility for services, supervision only after temporary issuance, at most two temporary licensees, and preapproved supervisor changes.

Temporary licence — observed practice

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Discretion: DOPL in collaboration with Board determines necessity; competitive advantage alone is insufficient under 58-1-303(3).
Justification: DOPL needs monitored or supervised practice observation before deciding ordinary licensure.
Prior license: Licence issued in another U.S. state with requirements equal to or greater than then-applicable Utah requirements.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-303(1)(c), prior qualifications
Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-303(1)(c), observed-practice

Temporary licensure pending next available examination

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Conduct: Comply with professional regulations of conduct and code of ethics.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Education: Master's degree in SLP from an accredited college or university with studies primarily in SLP.
Eligibility: Meet all licensure requirements except examination and take the next available exam.
Exam standard: Pass the CCC-equivalent nationally standardized SLP examination with pass/fail criteria equivalent to current ASHA standards; DOPL identifies Praxis.
Experience: One academic year of professional experience at least 30 hours per week in direct clinical treatment and management, supervised and attested to by a licensed or CCC-certified SLP or approved equivalent.
Expiry: Expires when official results are released if the applicant fails; at most three consecutive such temporary licences in three years under 58-1-303(2).
Open equivalency: Other approved equivalent examinations remain an applicant condition; no unnamed examination is invented as a leaf.

Temporary licence — shortage

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Discretion: DOPL in collaboration with Board determines necessity; competitive advantage alone is insufficient under 58-1-303(3).
Justification: Community or area lacks necessary professional services, materially jeopardizing public health, safety or welfare.
Prior license: Licence issued in another U.S. state with requirements equal to or greater than then-applicable Utah requirements.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-303(1)(c), prior qualifications
Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-303(1)(c), shortage

Temporary licence to teach or assist a Utah licensee

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit the completed DOPL application and applicable fee.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Prior license: Licensed elsewhere and temporarily in Utah to teach or assist a Utah resident licensed in the profession; issuance at DOPL discretion.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-303(1)(b)

Temporary telemedicine pending endorsement processing

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Completed endorsement application; DOPL determines it cannot process it within 15 days.
Conditional processing: R156-1-308f permits conditional issuance, renewal or reinstatement during an audit, investigation or inspection; underlying qualifications remain applicable.
Disclosures: Provide required qualifying professional, criminal and medical disclosures and supporting documents.
Practice: Only services permitted by nonresident licence, for a patient in Utah, without otherwise violating Utah law; no fee beyond endorsement fee.
Prior license: Nonresident healthcare licence in good standing.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Utah Code Title 58, Occupations and Professions
58-1-302.1(3)-(4)

Speech-Language Pathology (5331)

Provider: Educational Testing Service (ETS); computer delivered at a test center or at home (online); ASHA announces a transition to PSI, a wholly owned ETS subsidiary, on January 11, 2027, with availability through ETS and Prometric through December 31, 2026
Format: Computer-delivered selected-response questions; the test may contain some questions that do not count toward the score; the score is based on the number of questions answered correctly
Exam questions: 132 selected-response questions (approximately 44 in each of the three content categories)
Time limit: 150 minutes
Passing score: States, institutions, and associations that require the test set their own passing scores; the passing score for purposes of ASHA certification is 162 on a 100-200 scale
Exam fee: $146.00

Examination outline

I. Foundations and Professional Practice (approximately 44 questions; approximately 33% of examination). Speech-language pathologists must have strong foundational knowledge about typical communication development, as well as common characteristics of communication and swallowing disorders and potential factors impacting communication. SLPs must also understand the professional practice requirements that support the provision of services. Knowledge about these requirements ensures that ethical, culturally competent services are provided within the framework of legislative and regulatory requirements and are founded in research.
- A. Foundations — 1. Typical development and performance across the lifespan: a. developmental norms; b. speech sound and phonology; c. receptive and expressive language (–– syntax and morphology; –– semantics; –– pragmatics/social language); d. fluency; e. voice, resonance, and motor speech; f. feeding and swallowing; g. cognition; h. processing; i. motor and linguistic processes
- A. Foundations — 2. Factors that influence communication, feeding, and swallowing: a. medical; b. cultural and ethnic; c. linguistic; d. psychological; e. anatomy/physiology; f. environmental; g. genetics; h. auditory
- A. Foundations — 3. Epidemiology and characteristics of common communication and swallowing disorders: a. speech sound and phonology; b. syntax and morphology; c. semantics; d. pragmatics; e. fluency; f. voice, resonance, and motor speech; g. feeding and swallowing; h. cognition; i. processing
- B. Professional Practice — 1. Wellness and prevention: a. prevention terminology, practices, and public education; b. risk factors for communication disorders
- B. Professional Practice — 2. Culturally and linguistically appropriate service delivery: a. understanding, respecting, and responding to explicit and implicit cultural factors that influence communication; b. identifying the impact of assimilation and acculturation on communication patterns; c. communication differences between speakers of the same language
- B. Professional Practice — 3. Counseling, collaboration, and teaming: a. interpersonal communication and counseling techniques; b. integration of other professionals into the assessment and treatment process; c. communication with patient/client/student, families, and other professionals
- B. Professional Practice — 4. Documentation: a. legal and regulatory requirements; b. purposes of documentation; c. privacy requirements; d. official records
- B. Professional Practice — 5. Ethics: a. standards of ethical practice (–– permissions, referrals, and record keeping; –– client/patient/student privacy; –– supervisory requirements; –– conflicts of interest; –– professional competence)
- B. Professional Practice — 6. Legislation and client advocacy: a. federal laws and regulations impacting delivery of services; b. reporting requirements of governmental agencies; c. licensing requirements and standards
- B. Professional Practice — 7. Research methodology and evidence-based practice: a. criterion for test selection; b. determining reliability of assessment procedures; c. models of research design; d. test construction principles; e. tenets of evidence-based practice
II. Screening, Assessment, Evaluation, and Diagnosis (approximately 44 questions; approximately 33% of examination). Speech-language pathologists use a variety of tools and strategies to gather information about clients with communication and swallowing disorders. They must synthesize and analyze the information to develop appropriate management plans. This section will focus on screening, assessment, evaluation, and diagnosis of communication and swallowing disorders. Topics include how SLPs use and interpret various screening and assessment tools to determine whether additional formal evaluation is indicated, as well as issues related to the selection of appropriate tools and approaches for screening, assessment, and evaluation. Identification of relevant factors from the case history, determining an appropriate assessment protocol, and interpretation of findings to determine a diagnosis and formulate recommendations are covered in this section of the exam, as well.
- A. Screening — 1. Communication disorders: a. role of the SLP in screening for speech, language, and hearing disorders; b. screening procedures and approaches; c. identification of clients/patients and characteristics requiring further evaluation; d. knowledge of populations at risk for communication disorders
- A. Screening — 2. Feeding and swallowing disorders: a. role of the SLP in screening for feeding and swallowing disorders; b. screening procedures and approaches; c. identification of clients/patients and characteristics which require further evaluation; d. knowledge of factors leading to increased risk of swallowing and feeding disorders in various populations
- B. Approaches to Assessment and Evaluation — 1. Developing case histories: a. reviewing records for pertinent information; b. interviewing techniques to obtain pertinent information; c. integrating critical factors identified in the case history
- B. Approaches to Assessment and Evaluation — 2. Selecting appropriate assessment instruments, procedures, and materials: a. identifying factors that influence test/procedure selection; b. identifying factors that require adaptation of traditional assessment procedures, instruments, and materials; c. selecting instrumental approaches that can be utilized to evaluate various communication and swallowing disorders (e.g., imaging, acoustic, aerodynamic, etc.)
- B. Approaches to Assessment and Evaluation — 3. Assessing factors that influence communication and swallowing disorders: a. cultural and ethnic factors; b. linguistic factors; c. medical factors (e.g., stable versus progressive conditions, early versus late onset, etc.); d. developmental and cognitive factors; e. psychological factors; f. environmental factors
- B. Approaches to Assessment and Evaluation — 4. Assessment of anatomy and physiology: a. assessment of pertinent anatomy, physiology, and neural substrates for: –– respiration; –– phonation; –– speech sound production; –– resonance; –– speech/language perception and processing; –– feeding and swallowing
- C. Assessment Procedures and Assessment — 1. Speech sound production: a. standard and nonstandard assessment procedures; b. parameters of assessment of speech sound production; c. instrumental assessment of speech sound production; d. differential diagnosis of speech sound disorders; e. interpretation of assessment data
- C. Assessment Procedures and Assessment — 2. Fluency: a. standard and nonstandard assessment procedures; b. parameters of assessment of fluency; c. instrumental assessment of fluency disorders; d. differential diagnosis of fluency disorders (e.g., stuttering versus cluttering); e. interpretation of assessment data
- C. Assessment Procedures and Assessment — 3. Voice, resonance, and motor speech: a. standard and nonstandard assessment procedures; b. parameters of assessment of voice, resonance, and motor speech disorders; c. instrumental assessment of voice, resonance, and motor speech disorders; d. differential diagnosis of voice, resonance, and motor speech disorders; e. interpretation of assessment data
- C. Assessment Procedures and Assessment — 4. Receptive and expressive language: a. standard and nonstandard assessment procedures; b. parameters of assessment of receptive and expressive language disorders; c. instrumental assessment of language disorders; d. differential diagnosis of language disorders; e. interpretation of assessment data
- C. Assessment Procedures and Assessment — 5. Social aspects of communication, including pragmatics: a. standard and nonstandard assessment procedures; b. parameters of assessment of social aspects of communication, including pragmatics; c. differential diagnosis of social communication disorders and pragmatic disorders; d. interpretation of assessment data
- C. Assessment Procedures and Assessment — 6. Cognitive aspects of communication: a. standard and nonstandard assessment procedures; b. parameters of assessment of cognitive communication disorders; c. differential diagnosis of cognitive communication disorders; d. interpretation of assessment data
- C. Assessment Procedures and Assessment — 7. Augmentative and alternative communication: a. standard and nonstandard assessment procedures; b. low tech and high tech instrumental assessment procedures; c. parameters of assessment for augmentative and alternative communication; d. interpretation of assessment data
- C. Assessment Procedures and Assessment — 8. Hearing: a. assessment approaches; b. considerations related to age, developmental status, medical condition, etc.; c. interpretation of assessment (e.g., audiograms and tympanograms) and identification of indicators for referral
- C. Assessment Procedures and Assessment — 9. Feeding and swallowing: a. instrumental and noninstrumental assessment procedures; b. considerations related to age, developmental status, medical/surgical history, etc.; c. differential diagnosis of feeding and swallowing disorders; d. interpretation of assessment data and indications for referral
- D. Etiology — 1. Genetic: a. modes of inheritance; b. genetic conditions associated with communication disorders and feeding/swallowing disorders, including common syndromes; c. features of common syndromes and their impact on communication and feeding/swallowing (e.g., Trisomy 21, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, etc.)
- D. Etiology — 2. Developmental: a. developmental delay; b. congenital and acquired conditions associated with developmental communication and feeding/swallowing disorders
- D. Etiology — 3. Disease processes: a. childhood (e.g., congenital vocal fold paralysis, cystic fibrosis); b. acquired (e.g., Bell’s palsy, iatrogenic); c. progressive (e.g., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myopathy)
- D. Etiology — 4. Auditory problems: a. congenital and childhood hearing loss; b. acquired hearing loss
- D. Etiology — 5. Neurological: a. congenital (e.g., cerebral palsy); b. acquired (e.g., TBI, neoplasms, stroke)
- D. Etiology — 6. Structural and functional: a. congenital (e.g., craniofacial anomalies); b. acquired (e.g., head and neck surgery, trauma, and iatrogenic causes); c. functional causes (e.g., velopharyngeal mislearning, vocal misuse)
- D. Etiology — 7. Psychogenic
III. Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation of Treatment (approximately 44 questions; approximately 33% of examination). Speech-language pathologists are responsible for designing and implementing evidence-based treatments to help clients maximize their functioning in communication and/or swallowing. Consequently, the test includes a range of items that pertain to treatment planning, implementation, and evaluation. This topic area includes issues related to the development and evaluation of treatment plans, as well as evidence-based principles and procedures associated with specific communication and swallowing disorders.
- A. Treatment Planning — 1. Evaluating factors that can affect treatment: a. evaluating the evidence base associated with a particular treatment strategy or approach; b. evaluating the role of client factors such as age, disorder type, disorder severity, concomitant disorders, personal goals/aspirations, and sociocultural background when planning and implementing treatment goals; c. evaluating the role of external factors such as caregivers’ interactions with the client, school or workplace policies, public laws, medications and iatrogenic, and societal stereotypes when planning and implementing treatment goals
- A. Treatment Planning — 2. Initiating and prioritizing treatment and developing goals: a. processes and procedures for developing comprehensive, appropriate treatment goals; b. processes and procedures associated with integrating assessment results, caregiver or client/patient/student preferences, and treatment outcomes research; c. factors that affect when to begin, modify, or terminate a treatment plan; d. factors that affect the order in which treatment goals are addressed
- A. Treatment Planning — 3. Determining appropriate treatment details: a. factors related to treatment scheduling (e.g., number and duration of sessions, time and location of sessions); b. factors related to treatment delivery (e.g., individual versus group sessions, sequential or simultaneous targeting of goals); c. personnel requirements (e.g., extent to which caregivers, teachers, peers, etc., are involved with treatment); d. training requirements (e.g., extent to which caregivers, teachers, peers, etc., need to be trained prior to participating in treatment or implementing generalization activities)
- A. Treatment Planning — 4. Generating a prognosis: a. considering/accounting for client/patient/student factors (e.g., age, motivation, nature of disorder) that can affect treatment outcome; b. considering/accounting for external factors (e.g., family support, availability of services) that can affect treatment outcome
- A. Treatment Planning — 5. Communicating recommendations: a. procedures, requirements, and best practices for communicating treatment-related recommendations to clients/patients/students and (when appropriate) their family members; b. procedures, requirements, and best practices for communicating treatment-related recommendations to other professionals who are involved in the client/patient/student’s treatment plan; c. principles of interprofessional practice
- A. Treatment Planning — 6. General treatment principles and procedures: a. general principles and procedures to consider when selecting a treatment (e.g., age, disorder, sociocultural background, severity of impairment, nature of disability)
- B. Treatment Evaluation — 1. Establishing methods for monitoring treatment progress and outcomes to evaluate assessment and/or treatment plans: a. procedures associated with identifying appropriate measures of treatment progress and treatment outcomes; b. methods associated with measuring baseline performance; c. methods associated with measuring progress while treatment is ongoing; d. procedures associated with modifying progress measures, if necessary, while treatment is ongoing; e. methods associated with evaluating performance when treatment concludes (e.g., short- and long-term outcomes); f. methods associated with determining the social validity of treatment outcomes and the impact of treatment outcomes on a client/patient’s quality of life
- B. Treatment Evaluation — 2. Follow-up on post-treatment referrals and recommendations
- C. Treatment — 1. Speech sound production: a. principles and characteristics of interventions used in the treatment of disorders that affect speech sound production; b. strategies for preventing, reducing, or eliminating communicative and/or related (e.g., educational, occupational) disability associated with speech sound production disorders or differences
- C. Treatment — 2. Fluency: a. principles and characteristics of interventions used in the treatment of fluency disorders; b. strategies for preventing, reducing, or eliminating communicative and/or related (e.g., educational, occupational) disability associated with fluency disorders
- C. Treatment — 3. Voice, resonance, and motor speech: a. voice (–– principles and characteristics of interventions used in the treatment of voice disorders; –– strategies and procedures for preventing, reducing, or eliminating communicative and/or related (e.g., educational, occupational) disability associated with voice disorders); b. resonance (–– principles and characteristics of interventions used in the treatment of resonance disorders; –– strategies for preventing, reducing, or eliminating communicative and/or related (e.g., educational, occupational) disability associated with resonance disorders); c. motor speech (–– principles and characteristics of interventions used in the treatment of motor speech disorders; –– strategies for preventing, reducing, or eliminating communicative and/or related (e.g., educational, occupational) disability associated with motor speech disorder)
- C. Treatment — 4. Receptive and expressive language: a. principles and characteristics of interventions used in the treatment of receptive and expressive disorders; b. strategies for preventing, reducing, or eliminating communicative and/or related (e.g., educational, occupational) disabilities associated with receptive and expressive language functioning
- C. Treatment — 5. Social aspects of communication, including pragmatics: a. principles and characteristics of interventions used to treat social aspects of communication, including pragmatics; b. strategies for preventing, reducing, or eliminating communicative and/or related (e.g., educational, occupational) disability associated with social aspects of communication
- C. Treatment — 6. Communication impairments related to cognition: a. principles and characteristics of interventions used to treat communication impairments that are related to cognitive functioning; b. srategies for preventing, reducing, or eliminating communicative and/or related (e.g., educational, occupational) disability associated with cognitively based communication impairments
- C. Treatment — 7. Treatment involving augmentative and alternative communication: a. factors involved in determining candidacy for AAC approaches; b. factors involved in selecting an appropriate AAC approach; c. principles and characteristics of AAC options/strategies; strategies for preventing, reducing, or eliminating communicative and/or related (e.g., educational, occupational) disability in those who use AAC
- C. Treatment — 8. Hearing and aural rehabilitation: a. principles and characteristics of interventions used in the treatment of hearing loss; b. strategies for preventing, reducing, or eliminating speech-language and/or related (e.g., educational, occupational) disability associated with hearing impairment
- C. Treatment — 9. Swallowing and feeding: a. rationale for selection of interventions used in the treatment of swallowing and feeding disorders based on evaluation data; b. other factors (outside of evaluation data) affecting the likelihood of success for a given treatment for feeding/swallowing disorders; c. strategies for preventing, reducing, or eliminating swallowing and feeding disorders; d. strategies for reducing the common health-related adverse consequences of swallowing and feeding disorders

Examination sources

The Praxis Study Companion: Speech-Language Pathology 5331 (ETS)
p.5, Test at a Glance, content category I
The Praxis Study Companion: Speech-Language Pathology 5331 (ETS)
p.5, Test at a Glance, content category II
The Praxis Study Companion: Speech-Language Pathology 5331 (ETS)
p.5, Test at a Glance, content category III
The Praxis Study Companion: Speech-Language Pathology 5331 (ETS)
p.6, Test Specifications introduction
The Praxis Study Companion: Speech-Language Pathology 5331 (ETS)
p.31, Study Topics introduction
ETS Praxis test page: Speech-Language Pathology (5331)
Details, distribution of test questions
ASHA: About the Speech-Language Pathology Praxis Exam
Praxis Exam Content
ETS Praxis test page: Speech-Language Pathology (5331)
Features: Number of Questions
ETS Praxis test page: Speech-Language Pathology (5331)
Features: Format
ETS Praxis test page: Speech-Language Pathology (5331)
Features: Test Length
The Praxis Study Companion: Speech-Language Pathology 5331 (ETS)
p.5, About This Test, last sentence
The Praxis Study Companion: Speech-Language Pathology 5331 (ETS)
p.47, Appendix: Other Questions You May Have (guessing)
ASHA: Praxis Scores and Score Reports
Scoring the Exam
ASHA: About the Speech-Language Pathology Praxis Exam
About the Speech-Language Pathology Praxis Exam, passing score statement
The Praxis Study Companion: Speech-Language Pathology 5331 (ETS)
p.45, Step 10: What are the score requirements for my state?
ETS Praxis test page: Speech-Language Pathology (5331)
Purchase panel: delivery options
ETS Praxis test page: Speech-Language Pathology (5331)
Purchase panel: test price
ETS Praxis test page: Speech-Language Pathology (5331)
Purchase panel: fee
The Praxis Study Companion: Speech-Language Pathology 5331 (ETS)
p.2, Which tests should I take?
ASHA: Praxis Exam in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Praxis Exam page, testing vendor transition notice (first sentence)
ASHA: Praxis Exam in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
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