The Board proposes to incorporate revised applications for supplementary evaluations for every three months of the professional employment experience and the supervisory report for provisional licensees.

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B20-2.004Professional Employment Experience

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes to incorporate revised applications for supplementary evaluations for every three months of the professional employment experience and the supervisory report for provisional licensees.

SUMMARY: The proposed rule incorporates revised applications.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION:

The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the Agency.

The Agency has determined that the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification based on the statement of estimated regulatory costs or if no SERC is required, the information expressly relied upon and described herein: During discussion of the economic impact of this rule at its Board meeting, the Board concluded that this rule change will not have any impact on licensees and their businesses or the businesses that employ them. The rule will not increase any fees, business costs, personnel costs, will not decrease profit opportunities, and will not require any specialized knowledge to comply. This change will not increase any direct or indirect regulatory costs. Hence, the Board determined that a Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs (SERC) was not necessary and that the rule will not require ratification by the Legislature. No person or interested party submitted additional information regarding the economic impact at that time.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 468.1135(4) FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 468.1165 FS.

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAR.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Kama Monroe, Executive Director, Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C06, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3256.

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 

64B20-2.004 Professional Employment Experience.

(1) through (2) No change.

(3) During the professional employment experience required by Section 468.1165, F.S., the monitoring licensee shall evaluate the provisional speech-language pathology or audiology licensee each three (3) months of the provisional period separately. The monitoring licensee shall record the evaluation on Form SPA-2B, Supplementary Evaluations for Every Three Months Each One-Third of the Professional Employment Experience, which is incorporated by reference herein, revised effective (06/2020March 25, 1991). and can be obtained from http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-            , or the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C-06, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3256 or at http://floridasspeechaudiology.gov/resources/.  These evaluations shall be included with the final supervisory report, Form SPA-2C, Supervisory Report for Provisional Licensees, which is incorporated by reference herein, revisedeffective (06/2020March 25, 1991). and can be obtained from http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-            , or the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C-06, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3256 or at http://floridasspeechaudiology.gov/resources/.  For monitors of provisional audiology licensees, a separate evaluation must be completed during the final two (2) months of the professional employment experience. All evaluation forms as well as the final supervisory report shall be submitted to the Department within thirty (30) days of the completion of the professional employment experience. For the purpose of this section, nine (9) months of full-time professional employment is equivalent to thirty (30) hours per week for thirty-six (36) weeks. For purposes of this section, part-time professional employment is equivalent to a minimum of fifteen (15) hours per week for seventy-two (72) weeks. The forms incorporated by reference in this paragraph can be obtained from and the reports shall be sent to the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C-06, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3256.

(4) through (5) No change.

Rulemaking Authority 468.1135(4) FS. Law Implemented 468.1165 FS. History–New 3-14-91, Formerly 21LL-2.004, 61F14-2.004, Amended 9-26-95, Formerly 59BB-2.004, Amended 9-17-00, 2-14-07,                       .

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: October 23, 2020

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: November 25, 2020