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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="2-304" title_number="2" title_name="Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech–language Pathologists, and Music Therapists" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An applicant who otherwise qualifies for a license is entitled to be examined as provided in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For the examination of applicants for a license to practice audiology or speech–language pathology, the Board may adopt appropriate examinations given by a professional body in the field of audiology or the field of speech–language pathology.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An examination shall be in writing and consist of tests that require an applicant to demonstrate the minimum knowledge of services and subject matter related to the practice of audiology or speech–language pathology that will enable the applicant to practice audiology or speech–language pathology effectively.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board may supplement any written examination given under this section with an oral examination.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall notify each qualified applicant of the time and place of examination.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall determine the subjects, scope, form, and passing scores for examinations given under this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May adopt an examination given by a national body.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board may not limit the number of times an applicant may take an examination required under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant who otherwise qualifies for a license to practice hearing aid dispensing is entitled to be examined as provided in this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The examination shall consist of a written part and a practical part as required by regulations by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
