Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024
(1) Persons fulfilling the clinical experience
(Clinical Fellowship or Fourth-Year Internship) are required to apply for a provisional
license with the Board within thirty (30) days of beginning employment or an internship.
The application process must be completed within sixty (60) days of receipt of
application. If requirements listed below are not met within sixty (60) days the
applicant will lose the application fee and must reapply. A license will not be granted
until the applicant has successfully applied with the Board and the supervised clinical
experience is complete. The following apply to both Clinical Fellowship and Fourth-Year
Internship:
(a) Provisional license
application.
(b) $200 application
fee.
(c) A notarized statement from the
applicant's Clinical Fellowship or Fourth-Year Internship supervisor which must include:
(i) Beginning date of Clinical Fellowship or
Fourth-Year Internship.
(ii) Expected
completion date
(iii) Number of hours to be
worked each week.
(iv) Place of
employment.
(v) Supervisor's name and Alabama
license number.
(d) ALL official
undergraduate and graduate transcripts.
(2) The applicant must notify the Board within ten (10)
days of any changes in employer or supervisor.
(3) Following approval of the Clinical Fellowship or
Fourth-Year Internship, the Board shall issue a provisional license. This provisional
license shall reveal the full name of the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Internship, the
beginning date of the clinical experience, the expected completion date, the number of
hours worked per week, the number of weeks worked, supervisor's name, supervisor's
license number (supervision to be provided in accordance with the accrediting Association
or Academy guidelines), and shall bear a serial number. The provisional license shall be
signed by the chair of the Board or the executive secretary under the seal of the Board.
The purpose of the provisional license is to indicate to the general public legal
compliance by the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Internship with the Board rules and
regulations for the period of time indicated on the provisional license. The provisional
license shall contain the following statement: "This is to certify that (Clinical
Fellowship/Fourth-Year Internship's name) is engaged in the completion of his/her
clinical experience and to further certify that (Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year
Internship's name) is under the supervision of (supervisor's name) a licensed
(speech-language pathologist or audiologist) (license number)".
(4) Applicant has thirty (30) days to complete the
process to obtain a license in Speech-Language Pathology and/or Audiology following the
supervised clinical experience.
(5) The
Clinical Fellowship must be completed within a maximum of 36 months. The following is a
suggested work schedule that may be used to meet Clinical Fellowship year requirements:
(a) Full-time Clinical Fellowship: 30 hours or more per
week for 9 months
(b) Part-time Clinical
Fellowship: 25-29 hours per week for 12 months 20-24 hours per week for 15 months 15-19
hours per week for 18 months Professional employment of any less than 15 hours per week
will not fulfill any part of this requirement.
(6) For the Fourth-Year Internship, the acquisition of
a total 1,820 hours (that include hours obtained prior to the commencement of the
Fourth-Year Internship). Total number of clinical practicum hours may vary based on
current academic requirements.
(7) Roles and
Responsibilities of the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Internship Supervisor.
(a) Provide meaningful mentoring and feedback to the
Clinical Fellow/Fourth-Year Internship to assist the Clinical Fellow/Fourth-Year Intern
in developing independent clinical skills.
(b) Conduct the required minimum supervisory
obligations. Supervisory obligations are specified for each segment of the Clinical
Fellowship or Fourth-Year Internship period. Each segment is one-third the length of the
Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Internship; for the Clinical Fellowship, a nine month
fellowship would be broken into three segments, each three months in duration, a
thirty-six month Clinical Fellowship would be broken into three segment of twelve months
each. For the Fourth-Year Internship, the length of the internship period and the
consequent length of each one-third interval is determined by the academic institution
under whose authority the intern is completing the internship.
(c) Supervisory obligations include 6 hours of direct
supervision per segment and 6 indirect monitoring activities per segment. Indirect
monitoring might include reviewing diagnostic report/treatment records/plans of
treatment, monitoring the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Intern's work by consulting
with colleagues or clients and their families. These requirements are not intended to
supplant or supersede supervisory requirements of appropriate accrediting or certifying
entities or academic programs.
(d) The main
purpose of the clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Internship is to improve the clinical
effectiveness of the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Intern. The mentoring SLP or
Audiologist must provide performance feedback to the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year
Intern throughout the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Internship. Feedback and
goal-setting require two-way communication whereby both the Clinical
Fellowship/Fourth-Year Intern mentoring SLP or Audiologist and the Clinical
Fellow/Fourth-Year Intern share important information about the Clinical
Fellow's/Fourth-Year Internship's performance of clinical activities. A specific time
should be set aside for each performance feedback session at the end of each of the three
segments of the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Internship. This session should be used
to identify performance strengths and weaknesses and through discussion and goal-setting,
to assist the Clinical Fellow/4th Year Intern in developing
necessary clinical skills for appropriate and effective clinical practice.
(e) If the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Internship
supervisor anticipates at any time during the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Internship
that the Clinical Fellow under supervision will fail to satisfactorily complete the
Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Internship, the supervising SLP or Audiologist must
counsel the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-Year Intern (both verbally and in writing) and
maintain written records of all contract and conferences over the ensuing
months.
(f) Submit a notarized statement
indicating satisfactory completion of the Clinical Fellowship/Fourth-submission of the
academic transcript showing completion of the doctoral program is required to indicate
completion of the Fourth-Year Internship.
Authors: Martha Paxton, Susan Grigsby, Florence Cuneo,
Amanda Blaszczynski, Florence Cuneo' Lana Langley
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, §§ 34-28A-l, et seq.
