As was the aim of my petition submitted on November 29, 2022 (See BASLP records) (which was not voted upon due to, at the time, recent legislation enacting the Commonwealth's participation in ASLP Compact and its subsequent unknown requirements), I continue to support complete dissociation of the Board's licensure requirement from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), including the requirement that initial (and renewing) licensees hold a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC), as well as any requirement from the Board demanding that ASHA CEUs be used for continuing education (for licensure renewal, etc.).  While an alternate pathway to the CCC is acceptable to me, removing the CCC altogether is preferred, given that (1) ASHA is a private organization and state (governmental) licensure to practice should NEVER been tethered to a private organization, and (2) SLPs in the schools and in the private sector are doing the same job, and school SLPs are NOT currently required to hold a CCC in order to practice in the schools, whereas those outside of the public school sector are required to choose one of two pathways, one of which indeed IS the CCC.  Untether, altogether.           The contents of the letter I received dated March 14, 2023 with the board's decision regarding my petition are as follows:

"The Board of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology considered your petition for rulemaking at its March 14, 2023, meeting. The Board decided to take no action on the petition due to the recent passage of legislation entering Virginia into the ASLP Compact. The requirements of the Compact are unknown, and the Board declined to begin a regulatory process related to licensure requirements prior to the Compact determining and communicating requirements for licensure in member states.  Thank you for your interest in the Board and the regulatory process in Virginia."