Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 19 - Bureau of Professional Licensure › Subpart 60 - Professional Licensure › Chapter 10 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING LICENSURE OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS › Subchapter 10 - Regulations Governing Registration of Speech-Language Pathology Aides/Audiology Aides › Rule 15-19-60-10.10.8 - Duties of the Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Aide

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Aides shall be clearly identified as aides
					 by means of a nametag or other appropriate identification at all times. The
					 supervising licensee shall obtain the written consent of the consumer prior to
					 client services being performed by an aide as part of a treatment plan. The
					 consent form shall also be signed by the aide and the licensee and retained
					 together in one (1) clearly marked file in the principal business office of the
					 licensee and available for review and inspection by the Department. All
					 documents signed by an aide must clearly identify the individual as an aide.
					 Training in professional behavior must be completed. For example, the
					 confidentiality of patient information should be discussed.
2. Duties of the speech-language pathology
					 aide may include the following (other activities are considered the practice of
					 the licensed speech-language pathologist):
a.
					 Routine paperwork (case history, permission to test, insurance, scheduling,
					 billing, etc.).
b. Administer
					 self-questionnaires to clients (paper and pencil or computerized).
c. Demonstrate any computerized
					 testing/therapy materials the clinician utilizes.
d. Set up office room for therapy or testing
					 (this includes any equipment assembly as for a nasometer, visipitch or IBM
					 speech viewer.
e. Biologically
					 calibrate equipment.
f. Display
					 knowledge of universal body precautions and use of personal protective
					 barriers.
g. Except for the
					 purposes of dispensing hearing aids, do mass auditory screening (such as those
					 done in a public school with an audiometer).
h. Record keeping during therapy
					 procedures.
i. Disinfect materials
					 or items used in testing or therapy (equipment, furniture, etc.) after every
					 client/patient visit.
j. Assist
					 client in use of augmentative communication devices.
k. Demonstrate communication boards. This
					 includes client interaction.
l.
					 Some speech-language activities such as repetitive drills are routinely
					 assigned to a parent, caretaker, or significant other for
					 stabilization/generalization purposes. This is done after the speech-language
					 pathologist has introduced and taught the client the target sound or language
					 concept. These types of drill activities are allowed.
m. Demonstrate an electrolarynx. The aide is
					 restricted to self demonstration.
n. Participate in behavior modification
					 programming.
o. Speech-language
					 pathology aides may not be responsible for or perform diagnostic or evaluative
					 procedures nor those activities listed as "Speech-language pathology" in
					 Section
					 73-38-3 of
					 the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated.