Idaho § 54-2907
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 54-2907, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 54-2907.
Audiology, speech-language pathology and hearing aid dealers and fitters support personnel - Speech-language pathology aides and speech-language pathology assistants. (1) Audiology, speech-language pathology and hearing aid dealer and fitter support personnel must be trained under the direction of an audiologist, speech-language pathologist or hearing aid dealer and fitter, respectively, and may only perform designated and supervised routine audiology, speech-language pathology or hearing aid dealer and fitter tasks, respectively.
(2) Support personnel, speech-language pathology aides and speech-language pathology assistants shall not act independently and shall only work under the direction and supervision of an audiologist, speech-language pathologist or hearing aid dealer and fitter, respectively, licensed under this chapter.
(3) The supervising audiologist, speech-language pathologist or hearing aid dealer and fitter accepts full responsibility for the tasks and activities of support personnel and speech-language pathology aides and assistants under their direction and supervision.
(4) Support personnel, aides and assistants shall at all times be designated by the title "support personnel," "aide" or "assistant," respectively, which clearly identifies such person’s status as support personnel or as an aide or assistant, and such person shall not use any prohibited title as set forth in section 54-2904 , Idaho Code.
(5) The board shall establish rules to define the role of audiology, speech-language pathology and hearing aid dealer and fitter support personnel and speech-language pathology aides and assistants including, but not limited to:
(a) Supervisory responsibilities of the licensee;
(b) Ratio of support personnel, aides or assistants to licensees;
(c) Designation of support personnel’s designated and supervised routine audiology, speech-language pathology or hearing aid dealer and fitter tasks, restrictions and responsibilities;
(d) Scope of practice for speech-language pathology aides and assistants, restrictions, and responsibilities;
(e) Frequency, duration and documentation of direct, on-site supervision; and
(f) The quantity and content of preservice and in-service instruction.
[54-2907, added 2005, ch. 277, sec. 2, p. 856.]
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