Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 20, § 2165-2.020
Supervisors
Effective Dec 30, 2008sections 346.075.2 and 346.115.1(7), RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 165-2.020. Emergency rule filed March 18, 1996, effective March 28, 1996, expired Sept. 23, 1996. Emergency rule filed Oct. 28, 1996, effective Nov. 7, 1996, expired May 5, 1996. Original rule filed Oct. 16, 1996, effective May 30, 1997. Moved to 20 CSR 2165-2.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed June 27, 2008, effective Dec. 30, 2008. *Original authority: 346.075, RSMo 1973, amended 1981, 1995 and 346.115, RSMo 1973, amended 1981, 1993, 1995Board of Examiners for Hearing Instrument Specialists
PURPOSE: This rule outlines and explains the responsibilities and requirements of a registered supervisor.
- (1) A licensed hearing instrument specialist may obtain a certificate of authority as a registered supervisor by completing an application from the board and paying the required fee as defined in 20 CSR 2165-1.020.
- (2) A registered supervisor of a hearing instrument specialist in training must be FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
licensed in Missouri as a hearing instrument specialist for a minimum of two (2) years.
- (A) A licensed hearing instrument specialist who holds any professional license which is or has been subject to probation, suspension, or revocation may be prohibited from serving as a supervisor of a hearing instrument specialist in training; and
(B) Within twelve (12) months of the effective date of the proposed rule, as published in the Code of State Regulations, a licensed hearing instrument specialist shall pass the National Competency Examination (N.C.E.) administered by National Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences (NBC-HIS) in order to qualify as a registered supervisor.
- 1. 20 CSR 2165-2.020(2)(B) shall not
apply to a licensed hearing instrument specialist licensed as an audiologist pursuant to Chapter 345, RSMo, and possessing a certificate of clinical competence or is completing the clinical fellowship year offered by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- 2. 20 CSR 2165-2.020(2)(B) shall not
apply to a licensed hearing instrument specialist who has passed the N.C.E. administered by NBC-HIS prior to the effective date of this proposed rule. (3) The registered supervisor shall exercise full order, control, guidance and professional responsibility involved in the practice of fitting hearing instruments by a hearing instrument specialist in training.
- (4) The registered supervisor shall meet with the hearing instrument specialist in training at least once per workweek, face-to-face, to review all purchase agreements, audiometric evaluations, instrument orders, ear impressions, whether a purchase is made or not, and all hearing instrument fittings. The registered supervisor must affix his/her signature and license number to purchase agreements and audiometric evaluation results.
(5) Within thirty (30) days of completion of registered supervision, pursuant to 20 CSR 2165-2.010(5) the registered supervisor shall document the supervision and training on an attestation form provided by the board.
- (A) Within thirty (30) days of termination of registered supervision, the registered supervisor shall submit both the attestation form and temporary permit to the board; and
- (B) A hearing instrument specialist in training shall remain under supervision until s/he is licensed by the board.
AUTHORITY: sections 346.075.2 and 346.115.1(7), RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 165-2.020. Emergency rule filed March 18, 1996, effective March 28, 1996, expired Sept. 23, 1996. Emergency rule filed Oct. 28, 1996, effective Nov. 7, 1996, expired May 5, 1996. Original rule filed Oct. 16, 1996, effective May 30, 1997. Moved to 20 CSR 2165-2.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed June 27, 2008, effective Dec. 30, 2008. *Original authority: 346.075, RSMo 1973, amended 1981, 1995 and 346.115, RSMo 1973, amended 1981, 1993, 1995.