SECTION .1100 - REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF audiology ASSISTANTS IN DIRECT SERVICE DELIVERY

21 NCAC 64 .1101             DEFINITIONS

(a)  "Assistant" means an Audiology Assistant who is registered by a Primary Supervising Licensee with the Board.

(b)  "Board" means the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists.

(c)  "Licensee" means an individual who holds a current permanent license in audiology from the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists.

(d)  "Primary Supervising Licensee" means the Licensee as defined in this Rule who supervises the majority of the Assistant's work, who is responsible for the Assistant's registration with the Board, and who bears the responsibility for all supervision requirements and notification responsibility to the Board of any changes in registration information.

(e)  "Registration" means the process through which an Assistant is approved by the Board to work with a Licensee to provide services to the public.

(f)  "Secondary Supervising Licensee" means a Licensee as defined in this Rule who supervises the Assistant in the absence of the Primary Supervising Licensee to cover variations in work hours.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-298.1; 90-304(a)(3);

Emergency Adoption Eff. April 24, 2020;

Temporary Adoption Eff. June 26, 2020;

Eff. June 1, 2021.