Supervision of support personnel — Newborn hearing screeners and school hearing screeners

R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-48.2-10., under Chapter 5-48.2 Professional Licensing and Regulation of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-48.2-10.

(a) Hospital-based newborn hearing screeners and school-based hearing screeners shall be trained by a licensed audiologist working in the newborn hearing or school screening program according to training guidelines established by the programs.

(b) Supervision shall include a method of evaluation and documenting the competency of each screener upon completion of the initial training and at least annually thereafter by a licensed audiologist working in the newborn hearing or school screening program.

(c) [Deleted by P.L. 2025, ch. 331, § 1 and P.L. 2025, ch. 332, § 1.]

(d) Supervisors shall maintain records that document the frequency and type of supervision of support personnel, such records to be available for audit upon request by the board.