Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 416(b) - Licensure of Speech Pathologists and Audiologists › Section 20-416(b)-12 - Supervised professional employment in Connecticut

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In
			 order to meet the requirements of Section
			 20-411(a)
			 (4) of the Connecticut General Statutes,
			 professional employment undertaken in Connecticut shall be approved in advance
			 by the Department. Applications for approval shall be upon such forms and
			 provide such information as the Department shall prescribe. The duties of the
			 period of professional employment shall be appropriate to, and shall be
			 supervised by an individual holding, the type of license sought. Candidates
			 seeking licensure in both speech pathology and audiology shall complete two
			 periods of professional employment, one appropriate to speech pathology and one
			 appropriate to audiology.
(b) The
			 length of a professional employment period approved by the Department shall be
			 no longer than 12 months full-time employment or 24 months part-time
			 employment.
(c) The licensed speech
			 pathologist or audiologist supervising the candidate during the professional
			 employment period shall submit an evaluation of the candidate's performance at
			 the end of the professional employment period upon such forms as the Department
			 shall prescribe.
(d) If a candidate
			 beginning the period of approved supervised professional employment has not
			 previously satisfactorily completed the examination prescribed pursuant to
			 Section
			 20-411(a)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the candidate shall apply for and take the
			 first available examination.
(e) A
			 professional employment period shall not be accepted as meeting the
			 requirements of Section
			 20-411(a)
			 (4) of the Connecticut General Statutes if
			 the candidate fails to receive an evaluation satisfactory to the Department
			 from the licensed speech pathologist or audiologist supervising the
			 professional employment. When a candidate fails to receive a satisfactory
			 evaluation of performance for his period of professional employment, the
			 Department may, in its discretion, approve an additional period of professional
			 employment if the candidate provides documentation of additional formal
			 education or training acceptable to the Department which addresses the
			 deficiencies identified by the Department in its review of the evaluation of
			 the professional employment period.
(f) The Department shall not approve an
			 additional period of professional employment for any candidate who has not
			 passed the examination prescribed pursuant to Section
			 20-411(a)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(g) The supervision of the professional
			 employment period shall consist of at least six (6) sessions of supervision per
			 month providing a total of at least four (4) hours of supervision per month. At
			 least two (2) of these six sessions shall provide a total of at least two (2)
			 hours of direct on-site observation of speech pathology or audiology services
			 delivered by the candidate.