Authority: IC 25-35.6-1-8; IC 25-35.6-2-2

Affected: IC 25-35.6-1-2

Sec. 3. (a) The minimum educational requirement for an SLP associate is an associate degree or its equivalent from an accredited institution in the area for which the applicant is requesting to be registered.

(b) As used in this section, "equivalent" means having completed the following:

1. (1) A minimum of a sixty (60) semester credit hours in a program of study that includes the following:

   1. (A) General education.
   2. (B) The specific knowledge and skills for a speech-language pathology associate.

2. (2) A minimum of twenty-four (24) credit hours of the sixty (60) semester hours required must be completed in general education. The general education curriculum shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

   1. (A) Oral and written communication.
   2. (B) Mathematics.
   3. (C) Computer applications.
   4. (D) Social sciences.
   5. (E) Natural sciences.

3. (3) A minimum of twenty-four (24) credit hours of the sixty (60) semester credit hours required must be completed in technical content areas. Technical content course work provides students with knowledge and skills to assume the job responsibilities and core technical skills for the speech-language pathology associate and must include the following:

   1. (A) Instruction about normal processes of communication.
   2. (B) Instruction targeting the practices and methods of service delivery that are specific to speech-language pathology associates.
   3. (C) Instruction regarding the treatment of communication disorders.

   4. (D) Instruction targeting the following workplace behavior and skills:

      1. (i) Working with clients or patients in a supportive manner.
      2. (ii) Following supervisor's instructions.
      3. (iii) Maintaining confidentiality.
      4. (iv) Communicating with oral and written forms.
      5. (v) Following established health and safety precautions.
   5. (E) Clinical observation.

   6. (F) A minimum of one hundred (100) clock hours of supervised field experience that provides the applicant with appropriate experience for learning speech-language pathology associate-specific:

      1. (i) job responsibilities; and
      2. (ii) workplace behaviors;
   7. of the speech-language pathology associate.

(Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board; 880 IAC 1-2.1-3; filed Oct 6, 2003, 5:15 p.m.: 27 IR 534; filed Aug 25, 2008, 3:07 p.m.: 20080924-IR-880070671FRA; readopted filed Dec 1, 2014, 8:41 a.m.: 20141231-IR-880140397RFA; readopted filed Oct 28, 2020, 1:59 p.m.: 20201125-IR-880200444RFA)