880 Ind. Admin. Code 1-1-3.1

Current through October 31, 2024

Section 880 IAC 1-1-3.1 - Clinical fellowship

Authority: IC 25-35.6-1-8; IC 25-35.6-2-2

Affected: IC 25-35.6-1-2

Sec. 3.1.

(a) An individual preparing to enter the clinical fellowship must notify the board by filing:

(1) a form provided by the licensing agency; and

(2) the application fee provided by section 5 of this rule; before the beginning date of the clinical fellowship.

(b) The clinical fellowship shall consist of nine (9) months full-time employment or its equivalent not to exceed a maximum period of eighteen (18) consecutive months.

(c) A clinical fellowship of fewer than fifteen (15) hours per week will not fulfill any part of the supervised experience requirement.

(d) Clinical fellowship supervision must entail the personal and direct involvement of the supervisor in any and all ways that will permit the clinical fellowship supervisor to:

(1) monitor;

(2) improve; and

(3) evaluate; the clinical fellow's performance in professional employment.

(e) A person completing the supervised professional experience shall practice only speech-language pathology using the designation clinical fellow.

(f) A clinical fellow shall not supervise support personnel.

(g) A clinical fellowship supervisor assumes professional responsibility for services provided by the clinical fellow under his or her supervision.

(h) A clinical fellow must do the following:

(1) Report any change in supervision to the board within thirty (30) days of that change.

(2) Submit the appropriate application.

(i) A person who completes a clinical fellowship may not practice as a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist until the person has been:

(1) approved for licensure by the board; and

(2) issued a license by the licensing agency.

(j) A person completing the clinical experience requirement may not hold himself or herself out as:

(1) a speech-language pathologist as set forth in IC 25-35.6-1-2(c); or

(2) an audiologist as set forth in IC 25-35.6-1-2(e).

880 IAC 1-1-3.1

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board; 880 IAC 1-1-3.1; filed Dec 15, 1989, 5:00 p.m.: 13 IR 900; filed Jun 9, 1994, 2:00 p.m.: 17 IR 2355; readopted filed Nov 9, 2001, 3:18 p.m.: 25 IR 1345; readopted filed Jul 19, 2007, 12:51 p.m.: 20070808-IR-880070069RFA; filed Aug 25, 2008, 3:07 p.m.: 20080924-IR-880070671FRA

Readopted filed 12/1/2014, 8:41 a.m.: 20141231-IR-880140397RFA

Readopted filed 10/28/2020, 1:59 p.m.: 20201125-IR-880200444RFA