Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 690 - Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Fees › Subchapter 3 - Licensure of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiologists › Section 690:10-3-5 - Supervised clinical practicum requirement

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Speech - language pathology applicants must submit evidence of satisfactory completion of four hundred (400) clock hours of supervised clinical practicum, of which at least 375 must be in direct client/patient contact and 25 in clinical observation that are provided by the educational institution or by one of its cooperating programs. At least 325 of the 400 clock hours must be completed while the applicant is engaged in graduate study in a program accredited in speech language pathology by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. Each speech-language pathology applicant seeking licensure from a non-accredited program shall submit a bona fide official academic transcript(s) and verification of clinical practicum hours.
(b) With the exception of post-masters professional degree (Au.D) applicants and applicants with a Ph.D. with a major emphasis in audiology, audiology applicants must demonstrate completion of a minimum of (1820) supervised clinical hours in audiology through clinical practicum, clinical rotations, or externships during their professional or graduate doctoral degree program. Audiology applicants with a post-masters distance education professional degree (Au.D.) and applicants with a Ph.D. with a major emphasis in audiology must provide evidence of a minimum of (350) supervised clinical hours obtained in audiology through clinical rotations, or externships during their masters or Ph.D. degree program. In addition, audiology applicants with a post-masters distance education professional degree (Au.D.) or a Ph.D. with a major emphasis in audiology must provide evidence of a completed clinical experience of no less than nine (9) months of successful full-time, paid clinical experience in audiology, obtained under the supervision of one or more independent practitioners licensed under the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act, 59 O.S. 1601, et. seq., as amended or of one or more persons whose education and experience are the equivalent of an independent practitioner. The supervisor of clinical experience must be eligible for licensure as an audiologist. This supervision must entail the personal and direct involvement of the supervisor in any and all ways that will permit him to evaluate the applicant's performance in professional clinical employment and must include direct observation. The applicant and his supervisor must list and describe the methods of supervision employed. Specific information should be given regarding the professional activity supervised, the number of supervisory contacts per month, and the length of each supervisory contact. The supervisor shall base his total evaluation on no less than thirty-six (36) supervisory visits. This experience must follow completion of the requirements of 690:10-3-3 and 690:10-3-6. "Full-time" is defined as at least thirty (30) hours per week; the nine (9) months of full time paid experience must be obtained within a period of twenty-four consecutive months. This requirement may also be fulfilled by eighteen (18) months of half time paid experience of at least fifteen (15) hours per week which must be completed within a period of thirty-six (36) consecutive months. All clinical practicum, clinical rotations or externships adduced to satisfy this requirement must have been obtained under the supervision of an individual eligible for licensure as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist under the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act, 59 O.S. 1601, et. seq., as amended, and this Chapter. The supervisor of clinical practicum, clinical rotations or externships must be eligible for licensure in the professional area (speech-language pathology or audiology) in which the supervision is provided.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 4234, eff 7-31-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1247, eff 5-13-99; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 1786, eff 5-25-01; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 3116, eff 7-6-04 (emergency); Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1508, eff 6-11-05; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1961, eff 6-25-10; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 2112, eff 7-11-11