Section 20-416(b)-12 - Supervised professional employment in Connecticut(a) In order to meet the requirements of Section 20-411(a) (4) of the Connecticut General Statutes, professional employment undertaken in Connecticut shall be approved in advance by the Department. Applications for approval shall be upon such forms and provide such information as the Department shall prescribe. The duties of the period of professional employment shall be appropriate to, and shall be supervised by an individual holding, the type of license sought. Candidates seeking licensure in both speech pathology and audiology shall complete two periods of professional employment, one appropriate to speech pathology and one appropriate to audiology.(b) The length of a professional employment period approved by the Department shall be no longer than 12 months full-time employment or 24 months part-time employment.(c) The licensed speech pathologist or audiologist supervising the candidate during the professional employment period shall submit an evaluation of the candidate's performance at the end of the professional employment period upon such forms as the Department shall prescribe.(d) If a candidate beginning the period of approved supervised professional employment has not previously satisfactorily completed the examination prescribed pursuant to Section 20-411(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes, the candidate shall apply for and take the first available examination.(e) A professional employment period shall not be accepted as meeting the requirements of Section 20-411(a) (4) of the Connecticut General Statutes if the candidate fails to receive an evaluation satisfactory to the Department from the licensed speech pathologist or audiologist supervising the professional employment. When a candidate fails to receive a satisfactory evaluation of performance for his period of professional employment, the Department may, in its discretion, approve an additional period of professional employment if the candidate provides documentation of additional formal education or training acceptable to the Department which addresses the deficiencies identified by the Department in its review of the evaluation of the professional employment period.(f) The Department shall not approve an additional period of professional employment for any candidate who has not passed the examination prescribed pursuant to Section 20-411(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes.(g) The supervision of the professional employment period shall consist of at least six (6) sessions of supervision per month providing a total of at least four (4) hours of supervision per month. At least two (2) of these six sessions shall provide a total of at least two (2) hours of direct on-site observation of speech pathology or audiology services delivered by the candidate.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 20-416(b)-12
Effective December 23, 1987