A staffing or contract company can coordinate licensing, but each license belongs to the clinician and must be held where the client is located. Clinical fellows and SLPAs need state credentials and in-state supervisors, New York school contractors need both a license and a teaching certificate, and compact privileges are applied for, attested and paid for by the licensee.
A company that places speech-language pathologists, audiologists, clinical fellows and SLPAs across states has a licensing problem that multiplies with every contract. Each clinician needs the right credential for each state where clients are seen, some need a supervisor licensed there, school contracts can need a second credential, and the renewal dates never line up. The company can organize all of it. What it cannot do is hold the credentials itself, or sign for the people who do.
Whose license is it, and where must it be held?
The license belongs to the clinician, and it must be held in the state where the client is. Texas puts it plainly for telehealth: if the clients receiving services are located in Texas, the provider must hold an appropriate Texas license. A teletherapy company whose clinicians all live in one state but serve students in five needs five sets of credentials per clinician, not one. See teletherapy for SLPs across state lines.
What does each role need?
SLPs and audiologists
A state license in every state where they serve clients, usually by endorsement. A compact privilege is an option only when the clinician's home state and the remote state both issue privileges; as of October 2026 that means Louisiana, West Virginia, Ohio and Tennessee. Audiologists who dispense may need a separate dispensing credential in the remote state. See hearing aid dispensing licenses.
Clinical fellows
A state fellowship credential before the first session, and a supervisor licensed in that state. Texas says the internship "cannot begin until the intern license has been issued and the intern is listed on the supervisor's license," and only hours under a Texas-licensed, approved supervisor count. Clinical fellows cannot use the compact. See fellowship credentials by state.
SLPAs
A state credential where one exists, a supervisor licensed in the state, and supervision that meets that state's rules. New York has no SLPA credential, and its State Education Department says unlicensed individuals may not provide speech-language pathology services. Assistants cannot use the compact. See which states license or register SLPAs.
How do school contracts change the picture?
They can add the education department. New York's credential table is the sharpest example: an SLP employed by a school provides services under a teaching certificate, but an SLP who contracts with a private agency, school or municipality to serve children with disabilities needs both the SLP license and the certificate as a Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (or the older Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped). Bilingual IEP services add a bilingual extension. A contract group moving clinicians into New York schools has to plan for both credentials. See school SLP credentials.
Can the company apply for compact privileges for its clinicians?
No, and it should not try. The compact's model law says the audiologist or speech-language pathologist notifies the Commission and pays the fees (Section 4.A), and the Commission's Rule on Fees says the $50 administrative fee "shall be paid by the licensee" for each state (Section 4.2). The attestations in CompactConnect's published configuration are in the first person ("I hereby attest and affirm that this is my legal name..."), so they can only truthfully be made by the licensee. The ASLP Commission has not published an explicit statement on third parties the way some other compacts have, so a company with a specific question, such as reimbursing a clinician after the fact, should get a written answer from the Commission.
What a company can do is get clinicians ready: confirm eligibility, home-state status and any jurisprudence exam, and walk each clinician through the process while the clinician applies, attests and pays. That is what our compact services do. See can someone else apply for my ASLP privilege?
How do supervision rules limit a roster?
Caps and presence rules decide how many fellows and assistants one supervisor can carry, and they differ by state:
- Texas: no more than four interns and assistants per supervisor, who needs two years of experience; SLPAs get at least 8 hours of supervision a month, 4 direct, and tele-supervision is allowed.
- California: three SLPAs and no more than six support personnel at a time, with on-site supervision for 20 percent of duties in an SLPA's first 90 days.
- Alabama: the equivalent of two full-time assistants, with the supervisor physically in the same facility whenever an assistant works.
A remote supervision model that works in Texas may be impossible in Alabama. See SLPA supervision rules.
What should the company track, and what stays with the clinician?
A company can and should keep a roster of every credential, expiration date, CE requirement and supervisor approval. But certain duties stay personal. Clinicians sign and attest to their own applications and renewals. In California, licensees must report arrests, convictions and discipline elsewhere to the board within 30 days. Texas says non-receipt of a renewal notice does not excuse a late renewal, which is the licensee's problem even when the company was watching. Build reminders that reach the clinician, not just a coordinator.
Licensure is also only the first gate. Payers credential and enroll each clinician separately; our sister site explains credentialing for locum and telehealth clinicians, and see Medicare enrollment after the license.
Can we work with a staffing company or contract group?
Companies use our services per clinician and per state, at the same prices as individual clients: License by Endorsement at $599 per state, Full State License Application at $749, Clinical Fellowship and Provisional License at $349, SLPA License or Registration at $399, School Credential Add-On at $249, and Annual Renewal and CE Compliance at $299 per license, per year. For compact privileges, the Readiness Review is $149 and the Compact Privilege Concierge is $299 for the first privilege and $149 for each additional one, with each clinician applying, attesting and paying the Commission and state fees personally. Government and vendor fees are separate. See the pricing page.
Common questions
- Can a staffing company hold an SLP license for its clinicians?
- No. Licenses are issued to individual clinicians, who sign and attest to their own applications. A company can organize the paperwork, track renewals and pay for licensing services.
- Can our company apply for ASLP Compact privileges for our SLPs?
- No. The model law and the Commission's Rule on Fees put the request and the fees on the licensee. A company can prepare clinicians and guide them while each one applies and pays personally.
- What does a contract SLP need to work in New York schools?
- New York's credential table says an SLP contracting with a school, agency or municipality to serve children with disabilities needs both the SLP license and the teaching certificate. Bilingual IEP services also need the bilingual extension.
- How many SLPAs can one supervisor oversee?
- It depends on the state. Texas caps a supervisor at four interns and assistants, California at three SLPAs and six support personnel in total, and Alabama at the equivalent of two full-time assistants.
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