Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-201 - Definitions

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.

2. "Applicant" means:

a. An individual who submits an application packet; or

b. A person who submits a request for approval for a continuing education course.

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

3. "Application packet" means the information, documents, and fees required by the Department for a license.

4. 3. "ASHA" means the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, a national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students.

5. 4. "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.

6. 5. "CCC" means Certificate of Clinical Competence, an award issued by ASHA to an individual who:

a. Completes a degree in audiology or speech-language pathology from an accredited college or university that includes a clinical practicum,

b. Passes the ETSNEA or ETSNESLP, and

c. Completes a clinical fellowship.

7. 6. "Clinical fellow" means an individual engaged in a clinical fellowship.

8. 7. "Clinical fellowship" means an individual's postgraduate professional experience assessing, diagnosing, screening, treating, writing reports, and counseling individuals exhibiting speech, language, hearing, or communication disorders, obtained:

a. After completion of graduate level academic course work and a clinical practicum;

b. Under the supervision of a clinical fellowship supervisor; and

c. While employed on a full-time or part-time equivalent basis.

9. 8. Clinical fellowship agreement means the document submitted to the Department by a clinical fellow to register the initiation of a clinical fellowship.

10. 9. "Clinical fellowship report" means a document completed by a clinical fellowship supervisor containing:

a. A summary of the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed by the clinical fellow,

b. A verification by the clinical fellowship supervisor of the clinical fellow's performance of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and

c. An evaluation of the clinical fellow's ability to perform the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

11. 10. "Clinical fellowship supervisor" means a licensed speech-language pathologist who:

a. Is or has been a sponsor of a temporary licensee,

b. Had a CCC while supervising a clinical fellow before October 28, 1999, or

c. Has a CCC while supervising a clinical fellow in another state.

12. 11. "Clinical practicum" means the experience acquired by an individual who is completing course work in audiology or speech-language pathology, while supervised by a licensed audiologist, a licensed speech-language pathologist, or an individual holding a CCC, by assessing, diagnosing, evaluating, screening, treating, and counseling individuals exhibiting speech, language, cognitive, hearing, or communication disorders.

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

14. 13. "Course" means a workshop, seminar, lecture, conference, or class.

15. "Current CCC" means documentation issued by ASHA verifying that an individual is presently certified by ASHA.

16. "Department-designated written hearing aid dispenser examination" means one of the following that has been identified by the Department as complying with the requirements in A.R.S. § 36-1924 :

a. The International Licensing Examination for Hearing Healthcare Professionals, administered by the International Hearing Society; or

b. A test provided by the Department or other organization.

14. "Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures" means the principles and methods used by an audiologist in the practice of audiology or a speech-language pathologist in the practice of speech-language pathology.

15. "Disciplinary action" means a proceeding that is brought against a licensee by the Department under A.R.S. § 36-1934 or a state licensing entity.

16. "ETSNEA" means Educational Testing Service National Examination in Audiology, the specialty area test of the Praxis Series given by the Education Testing Service, Princeton, N.J.

17. "ETSNESLP" means Educational Testing Service National Examination in Speech-Language Pathology, the specialty area test of the Praxis Series given by the Education Testing Service, Princeton, N.J.

18. "Full-time" means 30 clock hours or more per week.

22. "Graduate level" means leading to, or creditable towards, a master's or doctoral degree.

19. "Hearing aid dispenser examination" means the International Licensing Examination for Hearing Healthcare Professionals approved by the Department as complying with A.R.S. § 36-1924.

23. 20. "Local education agency" means a governing board established by A.R.S. § 15-101 or A.R.S. Title 15, Chapter 3, Article 3.

24. 21. "Monitoring" means being responsible for and providing direction to a clinical fellow without directly observing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

25. 22. "On-site observations" means the presence of a clinical fellowship supervisor who is watching a clinical fellow perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

26. 23. "Part-time equivalent" means:

a. 25-29 clock hours per week for 48 weeks,

b. 20-24 clock hours per week for 60 weeks, or

c. 15-19 clock hours per week for 72 weeks.

27. "Pupil" means a child attending a school, a charter school, a private school, or an accommodation school as defined in A.R.S. § 15-101 .

28. 24. "Semester credit hour" means one earned academic unit of study based on completing, at an accredited college or university, a 50 to 60 minute class session per calendar week for 15 to 18 weeks.

29. 25. "Semester credit hour equivalent" means one quarter credit, which is equal in value to 2/3 of a semester credit hour.

30. 26. "State-supported institution" means a school, a charter school, a private school, or an accommodation school as defined in A.R.S. § 15-101.

27. "Student" means a child attending a school, a charter school, a private school, or an accommodation school as defined in A.R.S. § 15-101.

31. 28. "Supervision" means being responsible for and providing direction to:

a. A clinical fellow during on-site observations or monitoring of the clinical fellow's performance of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; or

b. An individual completing a clinical practicum.

32. 29. "Supervisory activities" means evaluating and assessing a clinical fellow's performance of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in assessing, diagnosing, evaluating, screening, treating, and counseling individuals exhibiting speech, language, cognitive, hearing, or communication disorders.

33. "Week" means the period of time beginning at 12:00 a.m. on Sunday and ending at 11:59 p.m. the following Saturday.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-201

Former Section R9-16-201 repealed, new Section R9-16-201 adopted effective January 23, 1978 (Supp. 78-1). Repealed effective March 14, 1994 (Supp. 94-1). Adopted by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 4359, effective October 28, 1999 (Supp. 99-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1998, effective 7/1/2014. Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 816, effective 4/8/2020.