1. (a) A licensed intern in speech-language pathology (intern) must be supervised by a licensed speech-language pathologist who has been approved by the department to serve as the intern's supervisor (supervisor).
2. (b) A supervisor must agree to assume responsibility for all services provided by the intern. The supervisor must comply with the requirements set out in the Act and §111.154.

3. (c) Intern Supervision Plan. An intern must complete the supervised professional experience under an intern supervision plan. This plan must be submitted in a form and manner prescribed by the department.

   1. (1) Approval from the department shall be required prior to practice by the intern and prior to any changes in supervision.

   2. (2) An intern supervision plan must be submitted upon:

      1. (A) application for an intern license; and
      2. (B) any addition, change, or removal of supervisors.
   3. (3) If more than one speech-language pathologist agrees to supervise the intern, each supervisor must submit an intern supervision plan, in a form and manner prescribed by the department. Each supervisor must add the intern to their license.
   4. (4) The intern may not practice without an approved supervisor. The supervisor must verify that the intern appears under the supervisor's license before allowing the intern to practice.
   5. (5) If the supervisor ceases supervision of the intern, the supervisor must notify the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, and must inform the intern to stop practicing immediately. The supervisor is responsible for the practice of the intern until the intern is removed from the supervisor's license. The supervisor is responsible for verifying the removal.
   6. (6) If the intern's supervisor ceases supervision, the intern must stop practicing immediately. The intern may not practice until the intern has a new approved supervisor and has been added to a new supervisor's license.

4. (d) Internship Requirements. The internship must:

   1. (1) be completed within a maximum period of 48 months once initiated;
   2. (2) be successfully completed after no more than two attempts;
   3. (3) consist of 36 weeks of full-time supervised professional experience (35 hours per week) totaling a minimum of 1,260 hours, or its part-time equivalent, of supervised professional experience in which clinical work has been accomplished in speech-language pathology. Professional experience of less than five hours per week cannot be used to meet the 36 week minimum or added to the minimum 1,260 hours, but the professional experience still must be completed under an approved supervisor;
   4. (4) involve primarily clinical activities such as assessment, diagnosis, evaluation, screening, treatment, report writing, family/client consultation, and/or counseling related to the management process of individuals who exhibit communication disabilities; and

   5. (5) be divided into three segments with no fewer than 36 clock hours of supervisory activities to include:

      1. (A) six hours of direct supervision per segment by the supervisor(s) of the intern's client contact in which the intern provides screening, evaluation, assessment, habilitation, and rehabilitation; and
      2. (B) six hours of indirect supervision per segment with the supervisor(s) which may include correspondence, review of videos, evaluation of written reports, phone conferences with the intern, evaluations by professional colleagues.
5. (e) Only hours earned under the Texas-licensed, approved supervisor(s) may count toward the internship requirements. Hours earned under a supervisor in another state do not apply toward the 36 week, 1,260 hour minimums required for licensure as a speech-language pathologist. If an intern earned hours in another state in addition to hours earned under a Texas intern license, the intern will need to obtain ASHA CCCs before applying for a speech-language pathologist license and apply under §111.35(b).
6. (f) Evaluations. During each segment of the internship, each supervisor must conduct a formal evaluation of the intern's progress in the development of professional skills. Documentation of this evaluation shall be maintained by both parties for four years or until the speech-language pathology license is granted. A copy of this documentation shall be submitted to the department upon request.

7. (g) Reporting Completed Internship Hours.

   1. (1) Each supervisor who supervises an intern must submit a report to the department of the hours and weeks completed under their supervision. This report must be submitted within 30 days of the date the supervision ended and submitted in a form and manner prescribed by the department.
   2. (2) If a supervisor determines that the hours and/or weeks completed under the supervisor's supervision are acceptable, the supervisor must notify the intern and affirm the acceptability of the hours to the department in a form and manner prescribed by the department.

   3. (3) If a supervisor determines that the hours and/or weeks completed under the supervisor's supervision are not acceptable, the supervisor must provide written justification to the department.

      1. (A) This justification must be based on formal evaluation of the intern's progress recorded during each segment of the internship. These formal evaluation records must be provided to the intern at the conclusion of each internship segment.
      2. (B) The justification must be submitted in a form and manner prescribed by the department. A copy of the justification must be provided to the intern upon submission.
      3. (C) The department must review the justification and determine whether to accept the hours and/or weeks submitted. If the department determines the justification is partially or wholly insufficient, the department may affirm some or all the internship hours are acceptable.
   4. (4) If no hours were earned under an approved supervisor, the intern or the approved supervisor must submit a statement, in a form and manner prescribed by the department that no hours were earned and provide the reason. This must be submitted within 30 days of the date the supervision ended.
8. (h) Notwithstanding the supervision provisions in this section, the department may establish procedures, processes, and mechanisms for the monitoring and reporting of the supervision requirements.

Source Note:The provisions of this §111.41 adopted to be effective May 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 2544; amended to be effective August 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 5172; amended to be effective December 30, 2021, 46 TexReg 9021; amended to be effective December 1, 2025, 50 TexReg 7552.