Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 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.
