Section 515IAC9-1-19. Emergency permits

   (a) An emergency permit is valid only for the school year during which it is granted.

  (b) To qualify for an emergency permit, the applicant must submit the following:

(1) An application for an emergency permit submitted by an employing school superintendent between July 1 and April 15 of the school year for which the emergency permit is requested but not later than twelve (12) weeks after the applicant for the emergency permit begins service.

(2) Documentation from the employing school superintendent certifying an emergency need for the applicant in the content area or areas or the school setting or settings of the request.

(3) The established fee for issuance of the license.

(4) The license being renewed, if applicable.

(5) All necessary evidence of eligibility.

(6) Any additional documentation.

(7) An official transcript showing successful completion of a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher learning.

(8) Documentation, if applicable, of progress toward meeting the content area requirements and identification of a program where the applicant can obtain licensure in three (3) years.

(9) Documentation, if applicable, from the licensing advisor where the program is to be completed that demonstrates the applicant has enrolled in an approved program in the subject area or areas or school setting or settings of the request and the applicant has submitted a written plan for completion of the program.

  (c) The emergency permit may be renewed at the request of the employing school superintendent every year upon completion by the applicant of six (6) semester hours of course work directed toward an initial practitioner license in the emergency permit subject area or school setting or verification of appropriate progress by the licensing advisor where the applicant is completing an approved program.

  (d) The department may grant an applicant an expired Indiana license a one-time nonrenewable emergency permit for continuing education if the applicant provides documentation that the applicant has not been employed as a full-time or part-time teacher, administrator, or school services personnel, not including substitute teacher, at any time three (3) years prior to the date of application.

  (e) Except for applicants under subsection (f), the emergency permit may be renewed up to two (2) additional times in the same content area or areas or school setting or settings, if the superintendent submits an application for an emergency permit in accordance with subsection (c).

  (f) Holders of emergency permits with the content area under 515 IAC 8-1-16 may renew the permit annually if the superintendent demonstrates that the applicant is enrolled in an approved master's level speech language pathology program. (Advisory Board of the Division of Professional Standards; 515 IAC 9-1-19; filed Dec 4, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 1176; errata filed Jul 11, 2005, 10:00 a.m.: 28 IR 3309; filed Mar 31, 2010, 3:43 p.m.: 20100414-IR-515090481FRA; errata filed Apr 14, 2010, 4:00 p.m.: 20100428-IR-515090481ACA)