Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING
Chapter 246-828 - Hearing and speech
Section 246-828-04505 - Supervision of audiologist and speech-language pathologist interim permit holders

(1) The supervisor may delegate portions of the supervisory activities to another licensed supervisor of the same discipline working for the same employer or contracting entity. Before delegating supervision responsibility to another licensed supervisor of the same discipline working for a different employer or contracting entity, the supervisor must obtain department approval.

(2) An interim permit holder may have more than one approved supervisor when working under more than one employer or contracting entity.

(3) The department may approve a qualified supervisor upon the written request of the supervisor or the interim permit holder.

(4) The supervisor of an interim permit holder who desires to terminate the responsibility as supervisor must immediately notify the department in writing of the termination. The supervisor is responsible for the interim permit holder until the notification of termination is received by the department.

(5) The interim permit holder must immediately report the termination of a supervisor to the department in writing. The interim permit holder may only practice with an approved supervisor.

(6) An audiologist or speech-language pathologist licensed and in good standing under chapter 18.35 RCW may supervise up to four interim permit holders concurrently.