PURPOSE: This rule defines acceptable continuing education activity, and details the documentation necessary as proof of compliance with the continuing education requirement.

1. (1) A minimum of twenty (20) hours of the required thirty (30) hours of continuing education must be obtained as follows:

   1. (A) Activity/Provider approved by the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), the American Medical Association (AMA), the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management, the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Neurology; or courses sponsored by the Missouri Speech- Language-Hearing Association (MSHA) or the Missouri Academy of Audiology (MAA), the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), or the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC); and/or
   2. (B) Academic coursework at a regionally accredited college or university in subject matter as specified in subsection (2)(D) of this rule.

2. (2) A maximum of ten (10) hours of the required thirty (30) hours of continuing education may be obtained from entities other than those specified in subsection (1)(A), as follows:

   1. (A) Activity that can be documented by the licensee as an organized program of learning;
   2. (B) Is conducted by individuals who have education, training, or experience by reason of which said individuals may be considered qualified to present the subject matter of the program;
   3. (C) Contributes to the professional competence of the licensee; and

   4. (D) Pertains to subject matters which integrally relate to the practice of speech-language pathology, audiology, or both, which is described as—

      1. 1. Basic communication processes—information (beyond

the basic certification requirements) applicable to the normal development and use of speech, language, and hearing, i.e., anatomic and physiologic bases for the normal development and use of speech, language, and hearing; physical bases and processes of the production and perception of speech, language, and hearing; linguistic and psycholinguistic variables related to normal development and use of speech, language, and hearing; and technological, biomedical, engineering, and instrumentation information which would enable expansion of knowledge in the basic communication processes. Any computer course used for continuing education must involve the actual application to the communicatively impaired population;

1. 2. Professional areas—information pertaining to disorders

of speech, language, and hearing, i.e., various types of disorders of communication, their manifestations, classification, and causes; evaluation skills, including procedures, techniques, and instrumentation for assessment; and management procedures and principles in habilitation and rehabilitation of communication disorders. The board shall accept dysphagia courses provided by qualified instructors; and

1. 3. Related areas—study pertaining to the understanding

of human behavior, both normal and abnormal, as well as services available from related professions which apply to the contemporary practice of speech-language pathology/ audiology, e.g., theories of learning and behavior; services available from related professions that also deal with persons who have disorders of communications; information from these professions about the sensory, physical, emotional, social, or intellectual states of child or adult; and other areas such as general principles of program and business management, professional ethics, clinical supervision, counseling, and interviewing.

1. (3) For the purpose of this rule, thirty (30) days spent in a clinical fellowship during a reporting period shall satisfy the required continuing education requirement for that reporting period.

2. (4) Documentation of continuing education compliance shall be evidenced by—

   1. (A) A Continuing Education Registry Form from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Missouri Speech-Language-Hearing Association (MSHA), American Medical Association (AMA), American Academy of Audiology

3. (AAA) or the Missouri Academy of Audiology (MAA), the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), or the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC); specifically listing the continuing education obtained by the licensee and the dates of obtainment; or

   1. (B) A certificate of attendance provided by a sponsor which contains the date of program, the program title and presenter(s), program site, number of clock hours attended, name of sponsor, and name of licensee; or
   2. (C) A personal letter to the licensee which contains the date of the program, the program title and presenter(s), program site, number of clock hours attended, name of sponsor, name of licensee and is signed by a program official; or
   3. (D) An official transcript, from a regionally accredited college or university, indicating successful completion of academic coursework in appropriate subject matter as specified in subsection (2)(D) of this rule. One (1) semester hour of coursework is equivalent to fifteen (15) hours of continuing education and one-quarter (1/4) hour of coursework is equivalent to ten (10) hours of continuing education.

AUTHORITY: sections 345.030, RSMo Supp. 2008 and section 345.051, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-4.053. Original rule filed Nov. 17, 1997, effective June 30, 1998. Amended: Filed Nov. 16, 1998, effective July 30, 1999. Amended: Filed April 15, 2004, effective Oct. 30, 2004. Moved to 20 CSR 2150-4.053, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Aug. 27, 2009, effective Feb. 28, 2010. *Original authority: 345.030, RSMo 1973, amended 1981, 1995, 1998, 2007 and 345.051, RSMo 1990, amended 1995, 1998.