States with Merged Licensure Boards

The term “merged board” in this context indicates that the state statute has provisions for the licensing of audiologists and hearing aid dispensers by the same board. In Arizona, California, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing aid dispensers, are licensed by the same board.

In Colorado, Michigan, South Dakota, and Vermont, audiologists and SLPs are licensed by separate boards for each profession. Audiologists and hearing aid dispensers are licensed by the same (merged) board in Colorado, South Dakota, and Vermont.