Bill Text: MN HF1846 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Speech-language pathology assistant training requirements conformed with national guidelines, and speech-language pathologists employed in a small rural school district allowed to supervise up to two assistants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-24 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Reform [HF1846 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1846-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; conforming speech-language pathology assistant training
1.3requirements with national guidelines; allowing a speech-language pathologist
1.4employed in a small rural school district to supervise up to two assistants;
1.5amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148.5192, subdivision 1.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148.5192, subdivision 1, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subdivision 1. Delegation requirements. (a) A licensed speech-language
1.10pathologist may delegate duties to a speech-language pathology assistant in accordance
1.11with this section. Duties may only be delegated to an individual who has documented with
1.12a transcript from an educational institution satisfactory completion ofeither:
1.13(1) an associate degree from a speech-language pathology assistant program that
1.14is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of
1.15Colleges or its equivalent as approved by the commissioner; or.
1.16(2) a bachelor's degree in the discipline of communication sciences or disorders with
1.17additional transcript credit in the area of instruction in assistant-level service delivery
1.18practices and completion of at least 100 hours of supervised field work experience as a
1.19speech-language pathology assistant student.
1.20(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a licensed speech-language pathologist employed
1.21in a school district located outside the seven-county metropolitan area with fewer than
1.222,000 enrolled students may delegate duties to up to two speech-language pathology
1.23assistants who meet the preparation requirements under paragraph (a).
1.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3requirements with national guidelines; allowing a speech-language pathologist
1.4employed in a small rural school district to supervise up to two assistants;
1.5amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148.5192, subdivision 1.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148.5192, subdivision 1, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subdivision 1. Delegation requirements. (a) A licensed speech-language
1.10pathologist may delegate duties to a speech-language pathology assistant in accordance
1.11with this section. Duties may only be delegated to an individual who has documented with
1.12a transcript from an educational institution satisfactory completion of
1.13
1.14is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of
1.15Colleges or its equivalent as approved by the commissioner
1.16
1.17
1.18
1.19
1.20(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a licensed speech-language pathologist employed
1.21in a school district located outside the seven-county metropolitan area with fewer than
1.222,000 enrolled students may delegate duties to up to two speech-language pathology
1.23assistants who meet the preparation requirements under paragraph (a).
1.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
