§ 5-48.2-10. Supervision of support personnel — Newborn hearing screeners and school hearing screeners.
(a) Hospital-based newborn hearing screeners and school-based hearing screeners shall be trained by a licensed audiologist working in the newborn hearing or school screening program according to training guidelines established by the programs.
(b) Supervision shall include a method of evaluation and documenting the competency of each screener upon completion of the initial training and at least annually thereafter by a licensed audiologist working in the newborn hearing or school screening program.
(c) Observations of a speech-language pathology assistant (SLPA) pathology support personnel must be completed and documented as to date, amount of time, and accuracy and efficacy of service according to the following:
(1) Direct on-site observations of the first ten (10) hours of direct client contact; and ten percent (10%) of clinical sessions after the first ten (10) hours of each forty (40) consecutive hours worked; and
(2) Indirect supervision (e.g., phone, interactive television, audio/video review) of ten percent (10%) of each forty (40) consecutive hours worked.
(d) Supervisors must observe all provisions of the ASHA policy regarding support personnel unless a specific policy is addressed in this chapter, including, but not limited to, that the licensee must maintain records that document the frequency and type of supervision of support personnel, such records to be available for audit upon request by the board.
History of Section.
P.L. 2023, ch. 221, § 1, effective June 21, 2023; P.L. 2023, ch. 222, § 1, effective
June 21, 2023.