The board shall issue a speech-language pathology assistant license to a person who:
(1) Submits an application on a form prescribed by the board;
(2) Pays the application fee established by the board, in accordance with § 36-37-12;
(3) Holds an associate's degree in speech-language pathology assisting or a bachelor's degree with a major in speech-language pathology or communication sciences and disorders from an accredited educational institution;
(4) Verifies required academic preparation and clinical experiences;
(5) Completes a minimum of one hundred hours of supervised clinical experience as a speech-language pathology assistant while either on the job or during academic preparation; and
(6) Has committed no act for which disciplinary action is justified.
While completing the supervised clinical experience required in subdivision (5), neither the applicant nor the supervising speech-language pathologist may represent the applicant as a licensed speech-language pathology assistant. The supervising speech-language pathologist must be available at all times when the applicant is competing on-the-job clinical fieldwork.