Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) An applicant who has met the education
requirements prescribed in section
75.1 of this Part shall meet the
supervised experience requirements for licensure as a speech pathologist by
submitting sufficient documentation of having completed at least 36 weeks of
supervised experience of a scope and nature satisfactory to the State Board for
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
(b) Duration.
(1) Within any four-year period following
completion of an educational program that meets the requirements of section
75.1 of this Part, an applicant
must accrue at least 36 weeks of acceptable supervised experience. A week of
acceptable experience is defined as not less than 35 clock hours.
(2) Credit toward the experience requirement
may be given for part-time employment accumulated at the rate of not less than
12 hours per week for continuous periods of not less than six months. The
department may excuse the requirement that such experience be continuous where
such continuous experience cannot be completed due to the COVID-19
crisis.
(c) Supervision
of the experience. The experience shall be supervised in accordance with the
requirements of this subdivision.
(1)
Supervision of the experience shall include meeting with and observing the
applicant on a regular basis to review and evaluate the supervised experience
and to foster professional development.
(2) Such supervision shall include regular
observation of the applicant while the applicant is providing assessment and
intervention services and shall take place at the beginning of the treatment
and periodically throughout the treatment.
(3) The supervisor shall be familiar with the
applicant's treatment plans, shall have ongoing involvement in the care
provided, and shall review the need for ongoing services.
(4) Supervision shall be provided by the
organization in which the applicant is working, and by an individual who is
licensed in New York State in speech-language pathology, except 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 as defined in section
52.36 of this Title, or by a person
holding the Certificate of Clinical Competence of the American Speech-Language
Hearing Association.
(d)
The provisions of this section shall apply to both applicants who have been
issued a limited license, pursuant to section
8206-a of the
Education Law, and those who have not been issued such a license.
