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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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