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.
2.
"Applicant" means:
a.
An individual who submits a license application
packet, or
b.
A person who submits a request for approval of a
continuing education course.
2. "Applicant" means an individual who
submits a license application and required documentation for approval to
practice as a speech-language pathologist assistant.
3.
"Application packet" means the information,
documents, and fees required by the Department to apply for a
license.
4.
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.
5. "Client" means an individual
who receives speech-language pathology services from a speech-language
pathologist assistant.
6.
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.
7. "Continuing education hour"
means 50 to 60 minutes of continuous instruction.
8.
5.
"Course" means a workshop, seminar, lecture, conference, or class.
9.
6.
"Documentation" means information in written, photographic, electronic, or
other permanent form.
10.
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.
11.
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.
12.
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.
13.
10.
"Speech-language pathologist" means an individual who is licensed under A.R.S.
§
36-1940.01.
14.
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.
15.
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.
a.
On-site observation and guidance;
and
b.
Activities, such as consultation, record review, and
review and evaluation of an audiotaped or videotaped screening evaluation or
clinical session.
