About this episode
Across the United States, speech-language pathology licensure looks wildly different from state to state. It's a patchwork of rules shaped not by a single national authority but by thousands of individual decisions over decades. This episode traces how school systems, state agencies, and clinician-run boards created a maze of inconsistent standards. And it reveals the surprising truth at the center of it all: The people regulating SLPs… are SLPs . Contact Megan: therapyinsights.com/insideslp PACT Survey: pactsurvey.com Sources: New Jersey statutes Utah — Speech Language Technicians Idaho public school requirements North Dakota licensing rules and satutes Malone, R. (1999). The first 75 years: An oral history of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association . American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.