New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter A - Higher and Professional Education
Part 52 - Registration of Curricula
Section 52.37 - Audiology
Universal Citation: 8 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 52.37
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) Acceptable
certifying agency shall mean an organization accepted by the department as a
reliable authority for the purpose of certifying audiologists, applying its
criteria for granting certification in a fair, consistent, and
non-discriminatory manner.
(2)
Supervision shall mean supervision that includes meeting with, and observing a
student on a regular basis to review and evaluate the supervised experience and
to foster professional development. Supervision shall be provided by an
audiologist licensed in New York State, except that supervision of experience
acquired outside New York State or in an exempt setting as established in
section
8207 of the
Education Law, may be provided by a person approved for supervision by an
acceptable certifying agency, or by a person holding the Certificate of
Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, or
by a person holding Board Certification in Audiology from the American Board of
Audiology.
(b) In addition to meeting all applicable provisions of this Part, to be registered as a program recognized as leading to licensure in audiology, which meets the requirements of section 75.4 of this Title, the program shall:
(1) be a program in audiology leading
to a master's or higher degree from a college or university acceptable to the
department, which includes at least 75 semester hours at the graduate level, or
the equivalent, of study;
(2)
contain curricular content that includes but is not limited to each of the
following content areas:
(i) human
communication processes and sciences: at least 12 semester hours of which shall
include, but need not be limited to, course content in the anatomy and
physiology of hearing and balance; hearing and speech science; and auditory
development;
(ii) professional
practice areas in audiology: at least 36 semester hours of course content and
practicum which shall include, but not be limited to, adult and pediatric
coursework in:
(a) diagnostics in hearing and
balance;
(b) amplification, hearing
assistive technology, and dispensing practices;
(c) aural rehabilitation;
(d) electrophysiology;
(e) cochlear implants;
(f) cerumen management;
(g) tinnitus;
(h) instrumentation;
(i) auditory and vestibular pathology and
treatment; and
(j) hearing
conservation;
(iii)
additional semester hours in the above or related areas: 27 additional semester
hours in the content areas described in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this
paragraph which may include, but need not be limited to, content in
professional areas in speech-language pathology, ethics, infection control,
research methodology, counseling, genetics, neuroscience,
mathematics/statistics, multicultural issues, psycho-social impact of hearing
loss, and business practices; and
(3) supervised clinical experience or
practicum in audiology, as follows:
(i) A
student completing a doctoral degree program in audiology, or its equivalent,
shall complete through the course of such program not less than 1,820 clock
hours of graduate clinical experience under supervision, of a scope and nature
satisfactory to the State Board for Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology.
(ii) A student
completing a master's degree program in audiology, or its equivalent, shall
have completed throughout the course of his/her educational program 400 clock
hours of practicum under supervision, provided that no more than half of the
total clock hours of practicum for the program may be advanced standing credit
granted for audiology study at the baccalaureate level.
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