- The scope of practice for an apprentice in speech and language is to provide adjunct services that are planned, selected or designed by the supervising speech-language pathologist. These services may include:
- A. conducting speech-language or hearing screenings;
- B. following documented intervention plans or protocols;
- C. preparing written daily plans based on the overall intervention plan;
- D. recording, charting, graphing or otherwise displaying data relative to client performance and reporting performance changes to the supervisor;
- E. maintaining daily service notes and completing daily charges as requested;
- F. reporting but not interpreting data relative to client performance to teacher, family or other professionals;
- G. performing clerical duties, including maintenance of therapy and diagnostic materials, equipment and client files as directed by the supervisor;
- H. assisting the speech-language pathologist during client treatment and assessment; and
- I. assisting the speech-language pathologist in research, in-service, training and public relations programs.
History: Laws 1999, ch. 128, § 3; 2005, ch. 250, § 1.
ANNOTATIONS
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-14B-25 NMSA 1978.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, changed "treatment" to "intervention" in Subsection B; deleted "or delivery notes" in Subsection E; and deleted former Subsection F, which provided that the services may include reporting but not interpreting data relative to client performance to teacher, family or other professionals.