(i) Completion of an approved program registered by the department. A provisional certificate will be issued upon completion of a graduate program culminating in a master's degree which is registered or approved by the department for the preparation of teachers of reading.

(ii) Alternative completion of requirements. A provisional certificate will be issued upon evidence that the candidate has completed 24 semester hours of graduate study in reading and a college-supervised practicum in reading, and holds a master's degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or from an institution authorized by the Regents to confer such degrees and the programs of which are registered by the department. The department will recognize the successful completion of one or more parts of the two- part graduate-level college proficiency examination in reading as equivalent to up to 15 semester hours of graduate study in reading. One year of paid, full-time experience as a reading teacher on the elementary and/or secondary level may be accepted in lieu of the college-supervised practicum in reading when such experience is verified by the employing school district administrator.

(iii) Examinations for provisional certificate.

(iv) A provisional certificate shall be valid for five years from its effective date and is renewable subject to the approval of the commissioner for good cause shown as defined in section 80-1.6 of this Part, except that the commissioner shall not accept applications for such renewals which are submitted to the commissioner after February 1, 2004.