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Resolve, Directing the Board of Speech, Audiology and Hearing To Adopt Rules To Facilitate Speech-Language Therapy
Sec. 1 Rules. Resolved: That the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Board of Speech, Audiology and Hearing shall adopt rules governing speech-language pathology assistants serving children in school districts:
1. To permit a speech-language pathology assistant to have more than one approved supervisor; and
2. To permit a supervising speech-language pathologist to supervise up to 3 speech-language pathology assistants.
Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
 
SUMMARY
This resolve directs the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Board of Speech, Audiology and Hearing to adopt rules to permit speech-language pathology assistants serving children in school districts to practice under the supervision of more than one speech-language pathologist and to allow speech-language pathologists to supervise up to 3 speech-language pathology assistants on their license.