Licensure guide · Kansas
How to get a Kansas speech-language pathology license
Speech-language pathologists in Kansas are licensed by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, Health Occupations Credentialing. Below is what the board requires, from education to renewal, with every requirement linked to the board page it comes from. Checked October 22, 2026.
Step by step
Getting licensed
- Education
- Applicants must hold at least a master's degree or equivalent in speech-language pathology from an institution with standards consistent with those of the state universities of Kansas, complete supervised clinical practicum, and complete a postgraduate professional experience. [2]
- National exam
- Applicants must pass the ETS specialty area test in speech-language pathology (the Praxis) and have ETS send results to the department using recipient code 7272; full or reciprocal applicants may instead submit the Certificate of Clinical Competence. [3]
- Fees
- The license fee is $135.00; for an initial licensure period of less than 24 months the application fee is prorated at $5.50 per month for any full or partial month. [4]
- Where to apply
- SLP applicants use the Speech Language Pathologist/Audiologist Application Pack on the Health Occupations Credentialing Applications & Forms page. [6] Open the application →
Moving to the state
Already licensed somewhere else?
Kansas has enacted the ASLP-IC but is not yet issuing compact privileges, so audiologists and speech-language pathologists licensed elsewhere still need a Kansas license for now.
- Licensed in another state
- The Secretary may license a person holding a valid license in another state if the issuing state documents good standing, the applicant meets current education, clinical practicum, postgraduate professional experience and examination requirements, and the applicant pays an endorsement and application fee. [2]
- Interstate compact
- Kansas enacted the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact through SB 77, approved by the Governor on March 30, 2021. [5]
Before your full license
New graduates and clinical fellows
- Temporary or provisional license
- Applicants who have completed education and clinical practicum but not the supervised postgraduate professional experience or the examination must apply for a temporary license, issued for 12 months and renewable for one subsequent 12-month period; the temporary license fee is $65.00. [4]
After you are licensed
Keeping the license active
- Renewal
- Full licenses expire biennially on October 31, and the license renewal fee is $135.00. [4]
- Continuing education
- Licensees must complete 20 hours of approved continuing education for a single two-year license, or 30 hours if licensed in both speech-language pathology and audiology; excess hours do not carry over. [4]
Working in Kansas
Pay and openings
Speech-language pathologists in Kansas earn a mean of $82,760 a year (BLS). We have 1 public speech-language pathology opening in Kansas right now, and more searches that are never posted.
Sources
Every requirement above was checked against the official page listed here on October 22, 2026. Boards change fees and rules, so confirm with the Kansas board before you apply. This page is a guide, not legal advice.
- [1] https://www.kdads.ks.gov/licensing-policy/health-occupations-credentialing
- [2] https://www.kdads.ks.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/1480/638521514433500000
- [3] https://www.kdads.ks.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/4022/639111593679100000
- [4] https://www.kdads.ks.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/1478/638521514429100000
- [5] https://www.kslegislature.gov/li_2022/b2021_22/measures/sb77/
- [6] https://www.kdads.ks.gov/licensing-policy/health-occupations-credentialing/applications-forms
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