FAQ About Licensure

   
Steps for applying for Licensure – via ASHA certification method

1. Get your fingerprints made (p. 6 of packet for specific info)

1. MorphoTrust sites require you to register to have your prints made before traveling to fingerprinting site. You will pay at the time that you register unless you are bringing a money order. The charge is $62.50.
2. Bring your driver’s license and the account number/receipt that you were given when registering

2. Verify your CCCs with ASHA (p. 1 of packet)
    a. This step takes approximately 2 minutes to complete either by phone or email.
    b. The ASHA Action Line rep stated that verification would reach LARA within 7-10 days.

3. If you hold/held a license in any other state, this too must be verified with confirmation being sent directly to the LARA office.

4. Complete the application and include your check

5. Wait …

1. You will receive a customer number approximately 3 weeks after sending your application.  Use the following link to check the status of your application http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/free/ 
2. Once your packet is complete (i.e. fingerprints, verifications, etc. have been received), the process will take approximately 6-8 weeks.

Questions & Answers:

1) How do you keep a limited license after you retire?  An individual won’t be able to renew the license unless it’s for the purpose of providing speech-language impairment services as part of employment or contract with a school district, nonpublic school, or state department that provides educational services. If an individual doesn’t have this type of employment, the limited license will lapse. If the limited license is lapsed for 3 years or more, the individual will have to meet the requirements for a full and unlimited license.

2) If you have already retired from the public school system can you get a limited license? Yes, if the applicant meets the following requirements: • Applies for a license by December 7, 2013.• Establishes that he or she is a certified teacher whose teaching certificate was endorsed on January 12, 2009, in the area of speech and language impairment for the sole purpose of providing speech-language impairment services as part of employment or contract with a school district, nonpublic school, or state department that provides educational services.• Establishes that he or she is providing speech-language impairment services as part of employment or contract with a school district, nonpublic school, or state department that provides educational services. Please remember that a limited license is only valid for providing speech-language impairment services as part of employment or contract with a school district, nonpublic school, or state department that provides educational services. Please refer to R 338.607 and R 338.623 in the rules.

Desmond Mitchell
Policy Analyst, Bureau of Licensing
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This document is for informational use only, prepared for MSHA members at the 2012 MSHA Annual Conference.  For further information contact the State of Michigan, Licensing & Regulatory Agency, at www.michigan.gov or bhpinfo@michigan.gov