D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-7999
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed:
Approved continuing education - A continuing education program or activity that meets the requirements of § 7907.
Board - the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, established by Section 841 of the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 6, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-219; D.C. Official Code § 3-1208.41 (2012 Repl.)).
Clinical fellow - a person who is completing the clinical fellowship requirements set forth under § 7903 and Chapter 84 (Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Fellows) of this title.
Clinical fellowship - the experience required by Section 7903 and regulated under Chapter 84 of this title.
Direct supervision - supervision in which the supervisor is immediately available on the premises to the supervisee and within vocal communication of the supervisee eit her directly or by a communication device.
Director - the Director of the Department of Health, or the Director's designee.
Dual licensure renewal - renewal of both an audiology and a speech-language pathology license in the District of Columbia, within the same renewal period.
General supervision - supervision in which the supervisor is available to the person supervised, either in person or by a communication device.
Good cause - serious illness of the applicant, the death or serious illness of a member of the applicant's immediate family, or other cause sufficient to the Board.
Graduate student - a person enrolled in a Master's or Doctoral degree program in speech-language pathology.
LGBTQ continuing education - continuing education on cultural competency or specialized clinical training focusing on patients or clients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, queer, or question their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression ("LGBTQ") meeting the requirements of Section 510(b)(5) of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.10(b)(5) (2016 Supp.)).
Licensure cycle - a two-year period between the January 1 of each odd-numbered year and December 31 of each even-numbered year during which a license issued pursuant to this chapter is valid in accordance with § 7901.1.
Practice of speech-language pathology - means the application of principles, methods, or procedures related to the development and disorders of human communication, including any condition, whether of organic or non-organic origin, that impedes the normal process of human communication including disorders and related disorders of speech, articulation, fluency, voice, oral, or written language; auditory comprehension and processing; oral, pharyngeal or laryngeal sensorimotor competencies; swallowing; auditory or visual processing; auditory or vis ual memory or cognition; communication; and assisted augmentative communication treatment and devices. The term "practice of speech language pathology" also includes the planning, directing, supervising, and conducting of a habilitative and rehabilitative counseling program for individuals or groups of individuals who have, or are suspected of having, disorders of communication, and any service in speech-language pathology including prevention, identification, evaluation, consultation, habilitation or rehabilitation, ins truction or research. The practice of speech-language pathology may include pure-tone air conduction hearing screening, screening of tympanometry, and acoustic reflex screening, limited to a pass-or-fail determination for the identification of individuals with other disorders of communication and may also include aural habilitation or rehabilitation, which means the provision of services and procedures for facilitating adequate auditory, speech, and language skills in individuals with hearing impair ment. The practice of speech-language pathology does not include the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine, or the performance of a task in the normal practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine by a person to whom the task is delegated by a licensed physician.
Reinstatement - The reinstatement of a license in accordance with D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.12.
Requestor - a person seeking continuing education credits.
The definitions in § 4099 of Chapter 40 (Health Occupations: General Rules) of this title are incorporated by reference into and are applicable to this chapter.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-7999