California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 13.4 - Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board of the Department of Consumer Affairs
Article 12 - Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
Section 1399.170.11 - Qualifications for Registration as a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
To be eligible for registration by the Board as a speech-language pathology assistant, the applicant must possess at least one of the following qualifications:
(a) An associate of arts or sciences degree from a speech-language pathology assistant program accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, and approved by the Board; or
(b) Evidence of completion of a bachelor's degree program in speech-language pathology or communication disorders from an institution listed in the "Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education" handbook issued by the American Council on Education, and completion of the field work experience as required in Section 1399.170.10(c)(2)(B) from a Board-approved program, or completion of a minimum of one hundred (100) hours of field work experience or clinical experience equivalent to that required in Section 1399.170.10(c)(2)(B) in a bachelor's degree program as recognized in this subsection.
(c) Evidence of completion of an equivalent speech-language pathology assistant associate of arts or science degree program, which includes the competencies listed in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Guidelines for the Training, Credentialing, Use, and Supervision of Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, Appendix C -- Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Suggested Competencies (1996, Spring).
1. New section
filed 4-10-2001; operative 4-10-2001 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2001, No. 15).
2. Amendment of subsection (b), new
subsections (c)-(c)(2) and subsection relettering filed 9-9-2005; operative
10-9-2005 (Register 2005, No. 36).
3. Amendment filed 6-22-2007;
operative 7-22-2007 (Register 2007, No. 25).
4. Amendment of
subsection (b), redesignation of former subsections (b)(2)-(3) as subsections
(b)(1)(A)-(B), amendment of newly designated subsection (b)(1)(B) and amendment
of NOTE filed 7-18-2023; operative 10-1-2023 (Register 2023, No.
29).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 2531.95 and 2538.1, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 2538.1 and 2538.3, Business and Professions Code.
