NJ Temporary License

Revised May 2021

If you are not working in a school setting or with children classified by their local school systems, you must hold either a Temporary or Regular NJ License in Speech Language Pathology, issued by the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Advisory Committee, NJ Division of Consumer Affairs, Department of Law and Public Safety. If this work comprises your internship /supervisory year (or Clinical Fellow), you must hold a Temporary License.

The requirements for the Temporary license are:

A Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology and
375 supervised clinical hours, preceded by 25 observation hours (total = 400).

This Temporary license allows you to work while you complete the additional requirements for Regular license (satisfactory completion of an Internship Year/ASHA Clinical Fellowship and the Praxis).

Before your Temporary license is awarded, your degree must be posted on a transcript. As part of the Temporary license application, you must complete and submit a Supervision plan (meaning you must have a supervisor in place before or at the time of applying for Temporary License), signed by you and your supervisor (who must hold a NJ license in Speech-Language Pathology). The Temporary license is not renewable and is effective while you complete your Internship year or for a maximum of 18 months.

- To access temporary and permanent license applications, visit: https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/aud/Pages/applications.aspx
- Temporary license application: https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/aud/Applications/Speech-Language-Pathology-Temporary-License-Application-Clinical-Internship.pdf
  - - Note: May take 6-8 weeks to process once application is submitted (due to fingerprinting, background check, etc.)
- Upon completion of a clinical internship (also known as a supervisory year or clinical fellowship), CF-SLPs may apply for their permanent license through the NJ Consumer Affairs Website.