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Alaska Speech Therapy Legal Definitions

Asynchronous Telemedicine - The capturing and transmitting of data for the later viewing or interpreting by a person licensed or registered in Alaska.

Department - The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

Direct Supervision  - Supervision that is on-site or available by visual or real-time electronic means through which a supervising SLP observes and guides a SLPA while the assistant performs a clinical activity; “direct supervision” may include demonstration, coaching, and observation to the extent that the demonstration, coaching, or observation.

Immediate Supervision- Supervision in the physical presence of the SLP during the provision of client services by the SLPA.

Indirect Supervision - Supervision by telephonic or electronic means or by intermittent on-site visits while located either inside or outside of the facility in which the SLPA is located; “indirect supervision” may include demonstrations, record review, evaluation of audiotaped or videotaped client services, or communication by telephone or electronic mail to the extent that these activities.

In-Person Treatment - Providing consultation, testing, or therapeutic services to a client who is physically present at the same location as the provider.

Licensed Health Care Provider - Includes:

    • A person who holds the same category of license or registration as the provider of telemedicine services, or another audiologist or SLP licensed under AS 08.11;
    • A physician, osteopathic physician, or physician assistant licensed under AS 08.64; or
    • An advanced practice registered nurse under AS 08.68.

Practice of Speech-Language Pathology - The application of principles, methods, and procedures related to the development and disorders of human communication, including:

    • Screening for, identifying, assessing, interpreting, diagnosing, rehabilitating, and preventing disorders of speech, such as disorders related to articulation, fluency, voice, and language;
    • Screening for, identifying, assessing, interpreting, diagnosing, and rehabilitating disorders of oral pharyngeal function or dysphagia or related disorders;
    • Screening for, identifying, assessing, interpreting, diagnosing, and rehabilitating cognitive and communication disorders;
    • Assessing, selecting, and developing augmentative and alternative communication systems and providing training in their use;
    • Providing aural rehabilitation and related counseling services to hearing impaired individuals and their families;
    • Enhancing speech-language proficiency and communication effectiveness, such as accent reduction; and
    • Screening of hearing and other factors for the purpose of speech-language evaluation or the initial identification of individuals with other communication disorders, if judgments and descriptive statements about the results of the screening are limited to pass-fail determinations.

Screening - A procedure in which a client is identified by either “pass” or “fail” for purposes of necessitating further evaluation of speech, language, or hearing.

Speech-Language Pathologist - An individual who is licensed to practice speech-language pathology in Alaska.

Supervision - The provision of direction and evaluation of the tasks assigned.

Telemedicine Facilitator - A person at the client site trained in the use of telemedicine technology and trained to assist a client in understanding and using that technology at the direction of the licensee or registrant.

Reference

AS § 08.11.200

12 AAC 07.090

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