Summary of Revisions

2005 Standards and Implementation Procedures for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology

Following is a summary of revisions to implementation language—as approved by the Council For Clinical Certification (CFCC)—for the 2005 Standards and Implementation Procedures for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology, in chronological order with the most recent at the top.

July 2008

Throughout the document, the phrase "educated in foreign countries" was changed to "educated outside the United States or its territories."

Standard I: Degree, Implementation

• Added "or the official designee" to indicate who can sign the certification application.
• Under Automatic Approval: Added the sentence, "Applicants eligible for automatic approval must submit an official graduate transcript that verifies the date the graduate degree was awarded."
• Under Evaluation Required: Added the sentence, "Applicants requiring evaluating must submit both graduate and undergraduate transcripts for all courses being submitted for certification purposes."

Standard III: Program of Study, Implementation

• Added the sentence, "The minimum 36 hours of course work at the graduate level must be in speech-language pathology."
• Under III-B: Added the sentence, "Methodology courses, such as methods of teaching mathematics, may not be used to satisfy the mathematics requirement."

Standard V: Assessment, Implementation

• Under V-B, Summative Assessment: Added the sentence, "Acceptable exam results are those submitted for initial certification in speech-language pathology that have been obtained no more than five (5) years prior to the submission of the certification application."

Standard VI: Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Fellowship, Implementation

• Under VI-B: Add the sentence, "Use of real-time, interactive video and audio conferencing technology is permitted as a form of on-site observation."

Standard VII: Certification Maintenance, Implementation

• Revision of the certification maintenance interval chart
• Addition of a paragraph explaining the on-going process of certification maintenance.