(a) An applicant who has met the education requirements prescribed in section 75.1 of this Part shall meet the supervised experience requirements for licensure as a speech pathologist by submitting sufficient documentation of having completed at least 36 weeks of supervised experience of a scope and nature satisfactory to the State Board for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

1. (1) Within any four-year period following completion of an educational program that meets the requirements of section 75.1 of this Part, an applicant must accrue at least 36 weeks of acceptable supervised experience. A week of acceptable experience is defined as not less than 35 clock hours.

2. (2) Credit toward the experience requirement may be given for part-time employment accumulated at the rate of not less than 12 hours per week for continuous periods of not less than six months. The department may excuse the requirement that such experience be continuous where such continuous experience cannot be completed due to the COVID-19 crisis.

   (c) Supervision of the experience.

   The experience shall be supervised in accordance with the requirements of this subdivision.

3. (1) Supervision of the experience shall include meeting with and observing the applicant on a regular basis to review and evaluate the supervised experience and to foster professional development.
4. (2) Such supervision shall include regular observation of the applicant while the applicant is providing assessment and intervention services and shall take place at the beginning of the treatment and periodically throughout the treatment.
5. (3) The supervisor shall be familiar with the applicant's treatment plans, shall have ongoing involvement in the care provided, and shall review the need for ongoing services.
6. (4) Supervision shall be provided by the organization in which the applicant is working, and by an individual who is licensed in New York State in speech-language pathology, except supervision of experience acquired outside New York State or in an exempt setting as established in section 8207 of the Education Law may be provided by a person approved for supervision by an acceptable certifying agency as defined in section 52.36 of this Title, or by a person holding the Certificate of Clinical Competence of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.

(b) Duration.