334A.033 License for speech-language pathology assistant -- Requirements for licensure -- Supervision requirements

334A.033 License for speech-language pathology assistant -- Requirements for

licensure -- Supervision requirements.

(1) The board may issue a license to practice as a speech-language pathology assistant

under the following conditions:

(a) The practice shall be limited to the public schools and shall be under the

supervision of an appropriately qualified supervisor;

(b) The requirements for supervision shall be set forth in administrative

regulations promulgated by the board and shall include requirements that:

1. A person holding an interim license as a speech-language pathology

assistant shall receive no less than three (3) hours per week of

documented direct supervision and three (3) hours per week of indirect

supervision from an appropriate supervisor as determined by the board;

2. A person holding a license as a speech-language pathology assistant with

less than three (3) years of full-time experience shall receive no less than

two (2) hours per week of documented direct supervision and two (2)

hours per week of indirect supervision from an appropriate supervisor as

determined by the board;

3. A person holding a license as a speech-language pathology assistant with

three (3) or more years of full-time experience shall receive no less than

one (1) hour per week of documented direct supervision and one (1)

hour per week of indirect supervision, unless, in the professional

judgment of the supervisor, the ability of the speech-language pathology

assistant requires a higher level of supervision in order to avoid

compromising the quality of services provided to students; and

4. Supervision shall be adjusted proportionally for less than full-time

employment;

(c) An individual shall not supervise or be listed as the supervisor for more than

two (2) speech-language pathology assistants; and

(d) The supervisor shall delegate to the assistant the appropriate tasks pursuant to

KRS 334A.020 and the supervisor and assistant shall work together to provide

the appropriate services to all assigned pupils taking into account the severity

and complexity of the needs of individual students and the respective

workloads of the supervisor and assistant. The maximum number of pupils

served by each speech-language pathology assistant shall not exceed the direct

service caseload of the speech-language pathologist as established in KRS

334A.190.

(2) To be eligible for licensure by the board as a speech-language pathology assistant,

the applicant shall meet the following requirements:

(a) A baccalaureate degree in the area of speech-language pathology as defined by

administrative regulation;

(b) Completion of postgraduate professional experience deemed appropriate by

the board by administrative regulation; and

(c) List on the application the name of the appropriately qualified supervisor who

has agreed to provide supervision as set forth by the board by administrative

regulation.