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Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICESChapter 16 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
Article 5 - LICENSING SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST ASSISTANTS
Section R9-16-501 - Definitions

Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-16-501

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Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section R9-16-501 - Definitions

In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. § 36-1901, the following definitions apply in this Article unless otherwise specified:

1. "Accredited" means approved by the:
a. New England Commission of Higher Education,
b. Middle States Commission on Higher Education,
c. Higher Learning Commission,
d. Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities,
e. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, or
f. WASC Senior College and University Commission.

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2. "Applicant" means an individual who submits a license application and required documentation for approval to practice as a speech-language pathologist assistant.

3. "Calendar day" means each day, not including the day of the act, event, or default from which a designated period of time begins to run, but including the last day of the period unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, statewide furlough day, or legal holiday, in which case the period runs until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, statewide furlough day, or legal holiday.

4. "Continuing education" means a course that provides instruction and training that is designed to develop or improve a licensee's professional competence in disciplines that directly relate to the licensee's scope of practice.

5. "Course" means a workshop, seminar, lecture, conference, or class.
6. "Documentation" means information in written, photographic, electronic, or other permanent form.
7. "General education" means instruction that includes:
a. Oral communication,
b. Written communication,
c. Mathematics,
d. Computer instruction,
e. Social sciences, and
f. Natural sciences.
8. "Observation" means to witness:
a. The provision of speech-language pathology services to a client, or
b. A demonstration of how to provide speech-language pathology services to a client.
9. "Semester credit hour" means one earned academic unit of study completed, at an accredited college or university, by:
a. Attending a 50 to 60 minute class session each calendar week for at least 16 weeks, or
b. Completing practical work for a course as determined by the accredited college or university.
10. "Speech-language pathologist" means an individual who is licensed under A.R.S. § 36-1940.01.
11. "Speech-language pathology technical course work" means a curriculum that provides knowledge to develop core skills and assume job responsibilities, including:
a. Language acquisition,
b. Speech development,
c. Communication disorders,
d. Articulation and phonology, and
e. Intervention techniques for speech and language disorders.
12. "Supervision" means instruction and monitoring provided by a licensed speech-language pathologist as required in A.R.S. § 36-1940.04(E) and (F) to an individual training to become a speech-language pathologist assistant.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-501

New Section made by final rulemaking at 15 A.A.R. 2132, effective January 30, 2010 (Supp. 09-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1998, effective 7/1/2014. Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 852, effective 4/8/2020.