[Busmgrs] BSPA Info Flash: Permit to Supervise SLPAs & Permit Fees No Longer Required

[SpeechAud Board]

8-9-10 BSPA Information Flash!
Quick updates from the Oregon Board of Examiners for Speech-Language
Pathology & Audiology	 

Permit to Supervise SLPAs & Permit Fees No Longer Required
Sandy Leybold, MPH
Executive Director

Permits to Supervise SLPAs previously issued by the Board expired on
July 31, 2010.  Typically, SLPs licensed by TSPC who needed these
permits would submit applications and permit fees during the summer and
fall for staffing assignments for new school year.  

The Board has re-evaluated its criteria for supervision for SLPAs and
has just filed temporary rules changing these requirements.  These rules
are effective immediately and are in effect for six months.  During that
time, the Board intends to propose making these rules permanent, and
there will be an opportunity for public hearing.  However, the Board
does not anticipate any opposition since these changes make the
requirements for supervision more consistent for those licensed by the
Board and by TSPC, and since it eliminates the permit fees for TSPC
licensees.  

The Board requires all SLPs supervising SLPAs to hold either a Board
license or a TSPC license with a communications disorders endorsement
and to have at least two years of full-time professional experience as
an SLP.  The clinical fellowship (CFY) may be counted as one of those
two years.  In addition, every supervising SLP must agree to the
supervision requirements in Oregon Administrative Rules.  The SLPA
Supervisor Change Notice now summarizes these rules and asks each
supervisor to attest that they are aware of these rules and will follow
them.  SLPs who are not Board-licensed are asked to complete additional
demographic information so that the Board can track the supervisory
relationships of non-licensees in our database (as we do for licensees),
and so that we have complete contact information for each supervisor.  

The SLPA Supervisor Change Notice is available on the Board's website
under the Forms tab, or click here:
http://www.oregon.gov/BSPA/pdfs/SLPA_Supervision_Change_Notice.pdf .
This form needs to be submitted to the Board by the SLPA within 30 days
of any change of supervisor-both additions and deletions.  This form
requires information and signatures from both the SLPA and the SLP.  In
the case of a TSPC-licensed supervisor, a third party must also attest
that individual has more than 2 years of professional experience.  (This
information is already on file for Board-licensed SLPs.)  It is up to
the SLPA to get appropriate signatures and submit the form on time;
however, it is the responsibility of both the SLPA and SLP to conform to
SLPA supervision rules.

The other change is for SLPs supervising persons completing their SLPA
practicum.  Supervisors of practicum students now may be either
Board-licensed or hold their ASHA CCC's.  This makes the qualifications
consistent for practica supervisors inside and outside Oregon, and
conforms to the emerging national standard.  

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Board office
at 971-673-0220 or speechaud.board at state.or.us.  

Please share this information with your Special Education Director and
other school administrators.

Oregon Board of Examiners for
For Speech-Lang. Pathology & Audiology
800 NE Oregon St Ste 407
Portland OR 97232
(971) 673-0220
fax (971) 673-0226

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