Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B20 - Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology › Chapter 64B20-2 - REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE › Section 64B20-2.004 - Professional Employment Experience

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Every applicant for licensure as an audiologist with a doctoral degree who
				meets the requirements of Section
				 468.1155, F.S., and can
				demonstrate one year clinical work experience in the doctoral program is deemed
				to meet the eleven (11) months professional employment experience. Every
				applicant for licensure as an audiologist with a master's degree conferred
				before January 1, 2008, shall document that prior to licensure, the applicant
				completed one year clinical experience.
(2) Every applicant for licensure as a
				speech-language pathologist with a master's degree or enrolled in a doctoral
				degree program shall demonstrate that prior to licensure, the applicant
				completed nine (9) months of full-time professional employment experience, or
				the equivalent in part-time professional employment experience.
(3) During the professional employment
				experience required by Section
				 468.1165, F.S., the monitoring
				licensee shall evaluate the provisional speech-language pathology or audiology
				licensee each three (3) months of the provisional period separately. The
				monitoring licensee shall record the evaluation on Form SPA-2B, Supplementary
				Evaluation for Every Three Months of the Professional Employment Experience,
				which is incorporated by reference herein, (revised 06/2020) and can be
				obtained from
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12703
,
				or the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Department of Health,
				4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C-06, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3256 or at
http://floridasspeechaudiology.gov/resources/
.
				These evaluations shall be included with the final supervisory report, Form
				SPA-2C, Supervisory Report for Provisional Licensees, which is incorporated by
				reference herein, (revised 06/2020) and can be obtained from
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12704
,
				or the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Department of Health,
				4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C-06, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3256 or at
http://floridaspeechaudiology.gov/resources/
.
				For monitors of provisional audiology licensees, a separate evaluation must be
				completed during the final two (2) months of the professional employment
				experience. All evaluation forms as well as the final supervisory report shall
				be submitted to the Department within thirty (30) days of the completion of the
				professional employment experience. For the purpose of this section, nine (9)
				months of full-time professional employment is equivalent to thirty (30) hours
				per week for thirty-six (36) weeks. For purposes of this section, part-time
				professional employment is equivalent to a minimum of fifteen (15) hours per
				week for seventy-two (72) weeks. The forms incorporated by reference in this
				paragraph can be obtained from and the reports shall be sent to the Board of
				Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C-06,
				Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3256.
(4) Evaluation of the provisional licensee
				must include at least eighteen (18) hours of direct observations of diagnostic
				and therapeutic procedures. At least six (6) on-site evaluations must be
				accrued for each one-third of the provisional period. No more than nine (9) of
				the eighteen (18) hours may be accrued for evaluation of clinical records. The
				observations may include:
(a) Administration
				of evaluation procedures.
(b)
				Execution of therapeutic procedures.
(c) Evaluation of the provisional licensee's
				clinical records, including diagnostic and treatment reports, clinical
				correspondence management plans and conference summaries.