(1) (a) A speech-language pathologist shall maintain continuing professional competency to practice.
(b) The director shall establish a continuing professional competency program that includes, at a minimum, the following elements:
A self-assessment of the knowledge and skills of a speech-language pathologist seeking to renew or reinstate a certification;
Development, execution, and documentation of a learning plan based on the assessment; and
Periodic demonstration of knowledge and skills through documentation of activitiesnecessary to ensure at least minimal ability to safely practice the profession; except that a speech-language pathologist certified pursuant to this article 305 need not retake any examination required by section 12-305-107 for initial certification.
The director shall establish that a speech-language pathologist satisfies the continuing competency requirements of this section if the speech-language pathologist meets the continuing professional competency requirements of one of the following entities: (a) An accrediting body approved by the director; or (b) An entity approved by the director.
(a) After the program is established, a speech-language pathologist shall satisfy the requirements of the program in order to renew or reinstate a certification to practice speechlanguage pathology.
(b) The requirements of this section apply to individual speech-language pathologists, and nothing in this section requires a person who employs or contracts with a speech-language pathologist to comply with this section.
Records of assessments or other documentation developed or submitted in connection with the continuing professional competency program are confidential and not subject to inspection by the public or discovery in connection with a civil action against a speech-language pathologist or other professional regulated under this title 12. A person or the director shall not use the records or documents unless used by the director to determine whether a speech-language pathologist is maintaining continuing professional competency to engage in the profession.
As used in this section, "continuing professional competency" means the ongoingability of a speech-language pathologist to learn, integrate, and apply the knowledge, skill, and judgment to practice as a speech-language pathologist according to generally accepted standards and professional ethical standards.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1596, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-43.7-107 as it existed prior to 2019.