Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 201 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT CABINET › Chapter 17 - Board of Speech-language Pathology and Audiology › Section 201 KAR 17:011 - Requirements for interim licensure as a speech language pathologist

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				334A.035,
				334A.050
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				334A.080 requires the Board of
				Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to promulgate responsible
				administrative regulations, including administrative regulations which
				delineate qualifications for licensure and renewal of licensure.
				KRS
				334A.035 and
				334A.050
				require the board to promulgate administrative regulations concerning licensure
				as a speech-language pathologist, including a requirement that an applicant
				meet specified education and experience criteria as determined by the board.
				This administrative regulation establishes criteria for interim licensure for
				speech-language pathologists.
Section
			 1. Education and Experience.
(1)
			 In addition to the citizenship requirements of
			 KRS
			 334A.050, each applicant for interim
			 licensure in speech-language pathology in Kentucky shall provide a certified
			 transcript confirming attainment of a master's degree in the area of
			 speech-language pathology or communication disorders from a program accredited
			 by the Council for Academic Accreditation of the American Speech Language
			 Hearing Association, or possess equivalent education.
(2) An applicant shall have "equivalent"
			 education if the applicant holds:
(a) A
			 doctoral degree in speech-language pathology or communication disorders or a
			 related area from a program accredited by the Council for Academic
			 Accreditation of the American Speech Language Hearing Association; or
(b) A bachelor's degree from a regionally
			 accredited college or university, and has completed all coursework and clinical
			 practicum requirements leading to a doctorate or master's degree from a
			 university program accredited by the Council for Academic Accreditation of the
			 American Speech Language Hearing Association. A signed letter from the
			 department chair or a director of graduate studies confirming all coursework
			 and clinical hours have been met shall be provided if an official transcript is
			 not yet available.
(3)
			 The applicant shall submit to the board a written description verifying
			 completion of the required academic coursework and supervised clinical
			 experience on the Application for Interim License, with official transcript or
			 letter from the university verifying satisfactory completion of degree
			 requirements. Credit shall not be allowed for courses listed on the application
			 unless satisfactory completion is verified by an official transcript. The
			 applicant receiving academic credit (semester hours, quarter hours, or other
			 unit of credit) with a passing grade as defined by the training institution
			 shall constitute satisfactory completion.
(4) Application for approval of academic
			 coursework and supervised clinical experience shall be made as soon as possible
			 after completion of these experiences, and shall be due within thirty (30) days
			 after the professional postgraduate experience is begun.
(5) A written plan for the postgraduate
			 professional experience shall be submitted with the application for interim
			 licensure within thirty (30) days after initiating the postgraduate
			 professional experience. The applicant shall proceed to obtain postgraduate
			 professional experience under a supervisor who is a speech-language pathologist
			 who holds a valid Kentucky speech language pathology license or Education
			 Professional Standards Board Master's level certification as a teacher of
			 exceptional children in the areas of speech and communication disorders. An
			 applicant for interim licensure shall submit a completed Application for
			 Interim Licen-sure to the board.
(6) Postgraduate professional experience.
(a) After completion of academic coursework
			 and clinical practicum, the applicant shall successfully complete a period of
			 postgraduate professional experience.
(b) The experience shall consist of at least
			 thirty-six (36) weeks of full-time professional experience to consist of a
			 minimum of thirty-five (35) work hours per week or its part-time equivalent as
			 follows:
1. At least eighty (80) percent of
			 the major responsibilities during postgraduate professional experience shall be
			 in direct contact with clients or patients, consultations, recordkeeping, and
			 administrative duties.
2. The
			 postgraduate professional experience shall not total less than 1,260 hours
			 accumulated within twenty-four (24) months of the beginning date of the
			 experience.
3. Professional
			 experience of less than five hours per week shall not meet the requirement and
			 shall not be counted toward the postgraduate professional experience.
4. Experience of more than thirty-five (35)
			 hours per week shall not be used to reduce the postgraduate professional
			 experience to less than thirty-six (36) weeks.
5. Once initiated, the postgraduate
			 professional experience shall be completed within twenty-four (24)
			 months.
6. Extension of the
			 postgraduate professional experience may be granted in the event of:
a. Illness;
b. Change in employment status;
c. Family care issue; or
d. Other extraordinary occurrence impacting
			 one's ability to complete the postgraduate experience.
(c) The experience shall be
			 completed under the supervision of an individual who holds a valid Kentucky
			 speech-language pathology license or Education Professional Standards Board
			 Masters level certification as a teacher of exceptional children in the areas
			 of speech and communication disorders.
1. The
			 postgraduate professional experience supervisor shall not engage in fewer than
			 thirty-six (36) supervisory activities during the postgraduate professional
			 experience.
2. This supervision
			 shall include eighteen (18) on-site observations of direct client contact at
			 the interim licensee's work site.
a. One (1)
			 hour shall equal one (1) on-site observation.
b. A maximum of six (6) on-site observations
			 may be accrued in one (1) day.
c.
			 At least six (6) on-site observations shall be accrued during each third of the
			 experience.
d. These on-site
			 observations shall be of the interim licensee providing screening, evaluation,
			 assessment, habilitation, and rehabilitation.
3. The supervision shall include eighteen
			 (18) other monitoring activities.
a. At least
			 six (6) other monitoring activities shall be completed during each of the three
			 (3) segments of the postgraduate professional experience.
b. These other monitoring activities may be
			 executed by correspondence, review of video tapes or audio tapes, evaluation of
			 written reports, phone conferences with the interim licensee, or evaluations by
			 professional colleagues.
4. The supervisor periodically shall conduct
			 a formal evaluation of the applicant's progress in the development of
			 professional skills.
5. A person
			 with an interim license shall take and pass a national PRAXIS examination in
			 speech-language pathology. Official documentation of scores shall be sent to
			 the board directly from Educational Testing Services. A person with an interim
			 license shall continue to practice under supervision if a successful score is
			 not achieved. If the applicant is unable to obtain a passing score within
			 twenty (24) months, they shall seek board approval to continue to practice. The
			 applicant shall:
a. Submit a written, signed
			 letter to the board requesting board approval; and
b. Appear before the board.