B.
Procedure for applying for licensure as a clinical fellow.
(1) An individual will complete application
including appropriate fee and clinical fellow plan and submit to the board
office at the initiation of the clinical fellow period. The individual shall
also submit:
(a) official transcripts
verifying at least a master's degree in speech-language pathology, audiology,
speech-language and hearing science, communication disorders or equivalent
degree regardless of degree name; or
(b) a certification bearing an official seal
and attesting to completion of degree requirements from the registrar, mailed
directly to the board from the conferring institution; and
(c) certify that the individual has received
no reprimands of unprofessional conduct or incompetency; and
(d) file a CFY plan that meets with board
approval that designates a clinical fellow supervisor who is licensed in
accordance of this act and is practicing in the same field as the clinical
fellow.
(e) CFY means no less than
nine months full time employment defined as a minimum of 32 clock hours of work
per week. This requirement also may be fulfilled by part time employment as
follows:
(i) work of 15 - 19 hours per week
over 18 months;
(ii) work of 20 -
24 hours per week over 15 months; or
(iii) work of 25 - 31 hours per week over 12
months.
(iv) In the event that part
time employment is used to fulfill a part of the CFY, one-hundred percent of
the minimum hours of part time work per week requirements must be spent in
direct professional experience as defined above. Professional employment of
less than 15 hours per week will not fulfill any part of this
requirement.
(f) a
clinical fellow in audiology is not required to have a temporary hearing aid
training permit.
(g) the clinical
fellow must understand and abide by the code of ethics adopted by the
board.
(2)
Speech-language pathologist's supervision requirements for CFYs:
(a) Duties of clinical fellow supervisor:
Clinical fellow supervision must be based on no less than 36 occasions of
monitoring. These can include on site monitoring activities such as conferences
with the clinical fellow, evaluation of written reports, evaluation by
professional colleagues or may be executed by correspondence.
(b) Should the clinical fellow supervisor
suspect at anytime during the clinical fellow plan that the clinical fellow
under clinical fellow supervision will not meet regulations, the clinical
fellow supervisor must counsel the clinical fellow both orally and in writing
and maintain careful written records of all contacts, contracts and conferences
in the ensuing months.
(c) It is
the responsibility of the clinical fellow to request feedback from their
supervisor when the clinical fellow requires such feedback.
