Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Pursuant to
Section 3.5(a) of the Act, supervision of students in speech-language pathology
and audiology programs means that the supervisor is either on-site (but not
necessarily in the same room as the student) or available remotely using
video-conference technology tools whenever the student is performing practices
normally done by a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist.
Supervision of students requires that direct supervision must be done no less
than 25% of the time for treatment and 25% of the time for diagnostics. The
supervisor is directly responsible to the client for all actions of that
student. For purposes of this Part, direct supervision means the student is on
site and in view of the supervisor, or the supervisor remotely uses
video-conference technology tools that are in view of the student. This Part
does not apply to students in speech-language pathology assistant
programs.
b) If a person has
completed the academic and practicum work for a master's or doctoral degree in
speech-language pathology and the individual is in the process of completing
the equivalent of 9 months of supervised professional experience for his/her
initial license, or the individual has finished that experience and is waiting
for his/her application for licensure to be processed, supervision shall meet
the requirements set forth in Section
1465.30.
c) Pursuant to Section 8.8 of the Act, a
speech-language pathology assistant shall:
1)
Practice only under the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist
who has at least 2 years' experience in addition to the supervised professional
experience required under Section 8(f) of the Act. A speech-language
pathologist who supervises a speech-language pathology assistant must have
completed at least 6 clock hours of training in supervision related to
speech-language pathology and must complete at least 2 clock hours of
continuing education in supervision related to speech-language pathology in
each new licensing cycle after completion of the initial training required
under Section 8(f) of the Act.
A) The
supervision training requirement shall be satisfied by completion of 10 hours
of continuing education as defined in Section
1465.85(b).
B) Documentation of prior supervisory
experience may be submitted to the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology (Board) with a request for its acceptance in lieu of the supervision
training requirement. The Board retains the discretion to approve or deny the
request.
2) Be under the
direct supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist at least 30% of
the speech-language pathology assistant's actual patient or client contact time
per patient or client on a weekly basis during the first 90 days of initial
employment as a speech-language pathology assistant. Thereafter, a
speech-language pathology assistant must be under the direct supervision of a
licensed speech-language pathologist at least 20% of the speech-language
pathology assistant's actual patient or client contact time per patient or
client on a weekly basis. Supervision of a speech-language pathology assistant
beyond the minimum requirements of this subsection (c)(2) may be imposed at the
discretion of the supervising speech-language pathologist. A supervising
speech-language pathologist must be available to communicate with a
speech-language pathology assistant whenever the assistant is in contact with a
patient or client.
A) A speech-language
pathologist who supervises a speech-language pathology assistant must document
direct supervision activities. At a minimum, supervision documentation must
provide:
i) information regarding the quality
of the speech-language pathology assistant's performance of assigned duties;
and
ii) verification that clinical
activity is limited to duties specified in Section 8.7 of the Act.
B) A full-time speech-language
pathologist may supervise no more than 2 speech-language pathology assistants.
A speech-language pathologist who does not work full-time may supervise no more
than one speech-language pathology assistant.
3) For purposes of this subsection (c),
"direct supervision" means on-site, in-view observation and guidance by a
speech-language pathologist while an assigned activity is performed by the
speech-language pathology assistant.
