California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.4 - Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board of the Department of Consumer Affairs › Article 12 - Speech-Language Pathology Assistants › Section 1399.170 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this article:
(a) "Accountability" means being legally
				responsible and answerable for actions and inactions of self or others during
				the performance of a task by the speech-language pathology assistant.
(b) "Client" shall have the same meaning and
				effect as the term "patient" and "student," when referring to services provided
				in a school or other setting, for purposes of interpreting the provisions in
				this Article.
(c) "Immediate
				supervision" means the supervising speech-language pathologist is physically
				present during services provided to the client by the speech-language pathology
				assistant.
(d) "Direct supervision"
				means on-site observation and guidance or synchronous audiovisual observation
				and guidance by the supervising speech-language pathologist while a clinical
				activity is performed by the speech-language pathology assistant. Direct
				supervision performed by the supervising speech-language pathologist may
				include, but is not limited to, the following: observation of a portion of the
				screening or treatment procedures performed by the speech-language pathology
				assistant, coaching the speech-language pathology assistant, and modeling for
				the assistant.
(e) "Indirect
				supervision" means the supervising speech-language pathologist is not at the
				same facility or in close proximity to the speech-language pathology assistant
				but is available to provide supervision by asynchronous electronic means.
				Indirect supervision activities performed by the supervising speech-language
				pathologist may include, but are not limited to, demonstration, record review,
				review and evaluation of audio or video-taped sessions, interactive television,
				and supervisory conferences that may be conducted by telephone or electronic
				mail.
(f) "Medically fragile" is
				the term used to describe a client that is acutely ill and in an unstable
				condition and if treated by a speech-language pathology assistant, immediate
				supervision by a speech-language pathologist is required.
(g) "Screening" is a pass-fail procedure to
				identify, without interpretation, clients who may require further assessment
				following specified screening protocols developed by the supervising
				speech-language pathologist.
(h)
				"Supervision" for the purposes of this article, means the provision of
				direction and evaluation of the tasks assigned to a speech-language pathology
				assistant. Methods for providing supervision include immediate supervision,
				direct supervision, and indirect supervision.
(i) "Support personnel" means individuals
				who, following academic and/or on-the-job training, perform tasks as
				prescribed, directed and supervised by a speech-language pathologist. There are
				different levels of support personnel based on training and scope of
				responsibilities.
(j) "Full-time
				equivalent" means at least thirty (30) hours per week.
(k) "Assistant" means a speech-language
				pathology assistant.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 2531.95 and 2538.1,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 2538.1, Business and
					 Professions Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2531.95
					 and
					 2538.1(a),
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2538.1(b),
					 Business and Professions Code.