License Verifications for SLPs and Audiologists

Every endorsement application rests on documents you are not allowed to send yourself. The new board wants to hear from the boards that licensed you, from ETS about your exam and, in some cases, from ASHA about your certification. Each of those requests runs on someone else's schedule, and a single missing one leaves the file incomplete however good the rest of it is.

Which licenses does a new board want verified?

It depends on the board, and the differences are bigger than most people expect:

• Georgia says that if you have ever been licensed in another state, "you must contact every state and have them provide verification of licensure directly to the Georgia Board office," according to an archived copy of the board's FAQ. If your state is on Georgia's disapproved list, you cannot be considered for licensure by endorsement at all.
• Illinois asks for an official certification of licensure from the jurisdiction that first licensed you and the one where you most recently practiced.
• Indiana requires a current license verification sent directly from the licensing authority, and if you hold more than one license, all verifications by your first Indiana renewal.
• Connecticut, on its route for applicants with four years of licensed practice elsewhere, wants verification of all state licenses held, "current or expired."

The safe assumption is that a board wants every license you have ever held, including one from a single travel contract years ago, until its own rules say otherwise. See Georgia, Illinois, Indiana and Connecticut licensing.

How do verifications have to travel?

From board to board. Indiana's licensing agency says the official verification "must be sent directly from the licensing authority to the Board." Georgia says the same. A screenshot of a license lookup, a photocopy of your wall certificate or a forwarded email does not count.

Most boards charge for the service. California's fee schedule lists a $25 license verification for SLPs and audiologists. Pennsylvania's rule lists $15 for a certification of licensure (49 Pa. Code § 45.1). You pay the old board, not the new one, so each license on your list is its own small transaction and its own wait.

What other verifications sit in the same file?

Your Praxis score

Boards want the score report from ETS, sent to their recipient code: California uses R8544 and New York uses R7747. ETS lets you name up to four score recipients free when you register; after that each additional score report costs $50 per recipient, and scores are valid for ten years. Some boards want a younger score than ETS will report. California will not accept a Praxis score more than five years old, and Florida's credentials route requires a score from within three years of applying. See sending your Praxis score to a new board. ASHA's Praxis page says the SLP and audiology Praxis exams move from ETS and Prometric to PSI, a wholly owned ETS subsidiary, on January 11, 2027, with PSI registration opening November 3, 2026; the content and passing points stay the same, and ETS Data Manager will keep supporting boards that verify results. The score-report steps and fees here are ETS's current ones, so check them again after the switch.

Your ASHA certification

Where the CCC substitutes for parts of an application, the board wants ASHA to confirm it. Indiana asks applicants to have ASHA send "an original letter of verification" directly to the agency, and Texas asks for verification from ASHA confirming current or previous certification.

Your supervised experience

For newer licensees, the supervisor's completion form is another verification. New York requires the supervisor to send Form 4B directly and will not accept it from the applicant; an ASHA-certified applicant can have ASHA send a verification statement instead.

Why do verification requests stall?

1. A license you forgot. An old license from a short contract still has to be verified where the board wants every license. Make the list before you open the application.
2. A score that is too old or sent to the wrong code. A report sent to a school district or a different board never reaches the licensing board.
3. A board that is slow to respond. You cannot speed up another state's verification desk, which is why the requests go out on day one.
4. A board that says no. Georgia's disapproved list means some licenses cannot support endorsement there no matter how quickly they are verified.

When should you order verifications?

The same week you file the application, or before. New York's licensing office puts the burden plainly: "It is your responsibility to follow up with anyone you have asked to send us material." Indiana's rule letting you supply additional verifications by your first renewal is the exception, not the norm. Insurers and hospitals run their own checks of your licenses after the board is done; our sister site explains primary source verification on the credentialing side.

How can we help with verifications?

Ordering and chasing verifications is a core part of our License by Endorsement service ($599 per state) and Full State License Application service ($749 per state). We build the list of every license you have held, request each verification, the ETS score report and any ASHA letter, and follow up until the board confirms receipt. You sign the requests and the application, and the other boards' fees are separate. For the whole endorsement process, see SLP license by endorsement.