Licensure

Licensure Applications

As of December 7, 2013 all Speech-Language Pathologists in Michigan will need to be licensed.  To begin the process please see the LARA website at:

https://www.michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/bpl/miplus-assistant

Licensure Information:
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/lara/Speech-Language_Pathology_517677_7.pdf

You can easily track your file by checking the online checklist at www.michigan.gov/appstatus. Use your customer number and instructions that you will receive approximately 3 weeks after receipt of your application.

To verify a license
Licensure Requirement Checklist
LARA License FAQs
If a licensee has already had a Criminal Background Check (CBC) and fingerprints pursuant to MCL 333.16174(3) the licensee would not need to obtain another CBC, fingerprints again for licensure of a different health profession that we regulate.
Change of Address or Name
SLP Licensure Board
Administrative Rules
How Many and How to Earn CPDs/CEUs 
Contact LARA
FAQs Regarding MiPlus Transition
Implicit Bias Requirement

New License Requirement
Starting in June of 2022 all Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists in Michigan will be required to complete implicit bias training as a condition for initial licensure as well as license renewal. Training on Implicit Bias is in addition to any continuing education training already required. Implicit Bias is required every time you renew your license unlike the human trafficking requirement which is a “one time” training.

The new requirement takes effect on June 1, 2022. New applicants for licensure are required to have completed 2 hours of implicit bias training within the 5 years immediately preceding issuance of the license. If you renew your license after June 1, 2022 you would only be required to have 1 hour of training for this initial renewal cycle. Subsequent renewals will require 1 hour of implicit bias training for each year of the license cycle. For SLPs and Audiologists, this means 2 hours of training during each renewal cycle. You can take one two-hour training course or two one-hour training courses to satisfy this requirement. Trainings can be completed in-person or online; however, online trainings must be completed live and allow for participant interaction with the speaker. 

We will be providing a speaker at the MSHA Annual Conference, March 23-25, 2023 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Kalamazoo. For more information

Continuing education for renewal or relicensure

Speech-Language Pathologists will need to earn their first set of 20 CPD / 1 CPD in pain and symptom
management during the cycle that begins in 2017 for those that renewed your license in 2017.  If you renew your license in 2018 your first cycle will begin in 2018. They will have their first set of 20 CPD / 1 CPD in pain and symptom management completed prior to their renewal for the 2019 cycle (or 2020 for those renewing in 2018). .1 ASHA CEU is equivalent to 1.0 CPD for licensure purposes.
Beginning with the 2018 renewal cycle, and all renewal cycles thereafter, licensees much have completed training in identifying victims of human trafficking that meet the standards established in Administrative R338.621, 338.623, 338.627, 338.629 in order to renew their license. Beginning in 2021, individuals seeking initial licensure must have completed human trafficking training prior to obtaining a license as a Speech-Language Pathologist. Licensees, or individuals seeking licensure, must complete the training in identifying victims of human trafficking only one time. The Department may select an audit sample and request documentation of proof of completion of the training.

MSHA will offer classes on Human Trafficking, Pain Management, and Implicit Bias at our Annual Conference, March 23-25, 2023 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Kalamazoo.
 
We are pleased to provide you with the information below regarding classes/seminars on Human Trafficking, and Pain Management.  Please note that this is for information only and does not imply endorsement or a qualitative recommendation. 

Human Trafficking
https://wildirismedicaleducation.com/offers/mi-human-trafficking-training?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyOzG_pP22gIVAaxpCh2grghQEAAYASAAEgLSKfD_BwE

https://humantraffickinghotline.org/resources/recognizing-and-responding-human-trafficking-healthcare-context?

Pain Management

https://www.atrainceu.com/course/mi-pain-230

https://www.speechpathology.com/slp-ceus/all/#/term:pain%20management

Do you have a  question about licensure?  Please direct all questions pertaining to licensure to LARA at
BPL-BoardSupport@michigan.gov