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334A.033 License for speech-language pathology assistant -- Requirements
for licensure -- Supervision requirements.
(1)
(2)
The board may issue a license to practice as a speech-language pathology
assistant under the following conditions:
(a) The practice shall be limited to the public schools and shall be under the
supervision of an appropriately qualified supervisor;
(b) The requirements for supervision shall be set forth in administrative
regulations promulgated by the board and shall include requirements that:
1.
A person holding an interim license as a speech-language
pathology assistant shall receive no less than three (3) hours per
week of documented direct supervision and three (3) hours per
week of indirect supervision from an appropriate supervisor as
determined by the board;
2.
A person holding a license as a speech-language pathology
assistant with less than three (3) years of full-time experience shall
receive no less than two (2) hours per week of documented direct
supervision and two (2) hours per week of indirect supervision from
an appropriate supervisor as determined by the board;
3.
A person holding a license as a speech-language pathology
assistant with three (3) or more years of full-time experience shall
receive no less than one (1) hour per week of documented direct
supervision and one (1) hour per week of indirect supervision,
unless, in the professional judgment of the supervisor, the ability of
the speech-language pathology assistant requires a higher level of
supervision in order to avoid compromising the quality of services
provided to students; and
4.
Supervision shall be adjusted proportionally for less than full-time
employment;
(c) An individual shall not supervise or be listed as the supervisor for more
than two (2) speech-language pathology assistants; and
(d) The supervisor shall delegate to the assistant the appropriate tasks
pursuant to KRS 334A.020 and the supervisor and assistant shall work
together to provide the appropriate services to all assigned pupils taking
into account the severity and complexity of the needs of individual
students and the respective workloads of the supervisor and assistant.
The maximum number of pupils served by each speech-language
pathology assistant shall not exceed the direct service caseload of the
speech-language pathologist as established in KRS 334A.190.
To be eligible for licensure by the board as a speech-language pathology
assistant, the applicant shall meet the following requirements:
(a) A baccalaureate degree in the area of speech-language pathology as
defined by administrative regulation;
(b) Completion of postgraduate professional experience deemed appropriate
by the board by administrative regulation; and
(c) List on the application the name of the appropriately qualified supervisor
who has agreed to provide supervision as set forth by the board by
administrative regulation.
Effective:July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 375, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2000. -Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 219, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1994
Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1994.
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