16 Tex. Admin. Code § 111.2 - Definitions
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings.
(1) ABA--The American Board of
Audiology.
(2) Act--Texas
Occupations Code, Chapter 401, relating to Speech-Language Pathologists and
Audiologists.
(3) Acts--Texas
Occupations Code, Chapter 401, relating to Speech-Language Pathologists and
Audiologists; and Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 402, relating to Hearing
Instrument Fitters and Dispensers.
(4) Advisory board--The Speech-Language
Pathologists and Audiologists Advisory Board.
(5) ASHA--The American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
(6) Assistant in audiology--An individual
licensed under Texas Occupations Code §
401.312 and §
111.90 of this chapter and who
provides audiological support services to clinical programs under the
supervision of an audiologist licensed under the Act.
(7) Assistant in speech-language
pathology--An individual licensed under Texas Occupations Code §
401.312 and
§111.60 of this chapter and who provides speech-language pathology support
services under the supervision of a speech-language pathologist licensed under
the Act.
(8) Audiologist--An
individual who holds a license under Texas Occupations Code §
401.302 and §
401.304 to practice
audiology.
(9) Audiology--The
application of nonmedical principles, methods, and procedures for measurement,
testing, appraisal, prediction, consultation, counseling, habilitation,
rehabilitation, or instruction related to disorders of the auditory or
vestibular systems for the purpose of providing or offering to provide services
modifying communication disorders involving speech, language, or auditory or
vestibular function or other aberrant behavior relating to hearing
loss.
(10) Caseload--The number of
clients served by the licensed speech-language pathologist or licensed
speech-language pathology intern.
(11) Client--A consumer or proposed consumer
of audiology or speech-language pathology services.
(12) Commission--The Texas Commission of
Licensing and Regulation.
(13)
Department--The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
(14) Direct Supervision (Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology)--Real-time observation and guidance by the supervisor
while a client contact or clinical activity or service is performed by the
assistant or intern. Direct supervision may be performed in person or via
tele-supervision as authorized and prescribed by this chapter.
(15) Ear specialist--A licensed physician who
specializes in diseases of the ear and is medically trained to identify the
symptoms of deafness in the context of the total health of the client, and is
qualified by special training to diagnose and treat hearing loss. Such
physicians are also known as otolaryngologists, otologists, neurotologists,
otorhinolaryngologists, and ear, nose, and throat specialists.
(16) Executive director--The executive
director of the department.
(17)
Extended absence--More than two consecutive working days for any single
continuing education experience.
(18) Extended recheck--Starting at 40 dB and
going down by 10 dB until no response is obtained or until 20 dB is reached and
then up by 5 dB until a response is obtained. The frequencies to be evaluated
are 1,000, 2,000, and 4,000 hertz (Hz).
(19) Fitting and dispensing hearing
instruments--The measurement of human hearing by the use of an audiometer or
other means to make selections, adaptations, or sales of hearing instruments.
The term includes prescribing, ordering, or authorizing the use of hearing
instruments, the making of impressions for earmolds to be used as a part of the
hearing instruments, and providing any necessary postfitting counseling for the
purpose of fitting and dispensing hearing instruments.
(20) Hearing aid--Any wearable device
designed for, offered for the purpose of, or represented as aiding persons with
or compensating for impaired hearing. The term includes hearing instruments and
over-the-counter hearing aids.
(21)
Hearing instrument--A prescription hearing aid as that term is defined in
21 C.F.R.
800.30.
(22) Hearing screening--A test administered
with pass/fail results for the purpose of rapidly identifying those persons
with possible hearing impairment which has the potential of interfering with
communication.
(23) In-person--The
licensee is physically present with the client while a client contact or
clinical activity or service is performed. In the case of supervision, the
supervisor is physically present with the assistant or intern while a client
contact or clinical activity or service is performed.
(24) Indirect supervision (Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology)--The supervisor performs monitoring activities or
provides guidance to the assistant or intern, either of which does not occur
during actual client contact by the assistant or intern or while the assistant
or intern is providing a clinical activity or service. Tele-supervision may be
used for indirect supervision as authorized and prescribed under this
chapter.
(25) Intern in
audiology--An individual licensed under Texas Occupations Code §
401.311 and §
111.80 of this chapter and who is
supervised by an individual who holds an audiology license under Texas
Occupations Code §
401.302 and §
401.304.
(26) Intern in speech-language pathology--An
individual licensed under Texas Occupations Code §
401.311 and §
111.40 of this chapter and who is
supervised by an individual who holds a speech-language pathology license under
Texas Occupations Code §
401.302 and §
401.304.
(27) Intern Plan and Agreement of Supervision
Form (for Interns in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology)--An agreement
between a supervisor and an intern in which the parties enter into a
supervisory relationship and the supervisor agrees to assume responsibility for
all services provided by the intern.
(28) Over-the-counter hearing aid--The term
has the meaning assigned by 21 C.F.R. Section
800.30.
(29) Provisional Licensee--An individual
granted a provisional license under Texas Occupations Code §
401.308.
(30) Sale --The term includes a lease,
rental, or any other purchase or exchange for value. The term does not include
a sale at wholesale by a manufacturer to a person licensed under the Act or to
a distributor for distribution and sale to a person licensed under the
Act.
(31) Speech-language
pathologist--An individual who holds a license under Texas Occupations Code
§
401.302 and §
401.304, to practice
speech-language pathology.
(32)
Speech-language pathology--The application of nonmedical principles, methods,
and procedures for measurement, testing, evaluation, prediction, counseling,
habilitation, rehabilitation, or instruction related to the development and
disorders of communication, including speech, voice, language, oral pharyngeal
function, or cognitive processes, for the purpose of evaluating, preventing, or
modifying or offering to evaluate, prevent, or modify those disorders and
conditions in an individual or a group.
(33) Supervisor--An individual who holds a
license under Texas Occupations Code §
401.302 and §
401.304 and whom the
department has approved to oversee the services provided by the assigned
assistant and/or intern. The term "supervisor" and "department-approved
supervisor" have the same meaning as used throughout this chapter.
(34) Supervisory Responsibility Statement
(SRS) Form (for Assistants in Audiology or Speech-Language Pathology)--An
agreement between a supervisor and an assistant in which the parties enter into
a supervisory relationship, the supervisor agrees to assume responsibility for
the assistant's activities, and the assistant agrees to perform only those
activities assigned by the supervisor that are not prohibited under this
chapter.
(35) Telehealth--See
definition(s) in Subchapter V, Telehealth.
(36) Tele-supervision--Supervision of interns
or assistants that is provided remotely using telecommunications technology.
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