1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; conforming speech-language pathology assistant training 
1.3 	requirements with national guidelines; allowing a speech-language pathologist 
1.4 	employed in a small rural school district to supervise up to two assistants;
1.5 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148.5192, subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148.5192, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.8 	read:
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Delegation requirements. (a) A licensed speech-language 
1.10 	pathologist may delegate duties to a speech-language pathology assistant in accordance 
1.11 	with this section. Duties may only be delegated to an individual who has documented with 
1.12 	a transcript from an educational institution satisfactory completion of either:
1.13 	(1) an associate degree from a speech-language pathology assistant program that 
1.14 	is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of 
1.15 	Colleges or its equivalent as approved by the commissioner; or.
1.16 	(2) a bachelor's degree in the discipline of communication sciences or disorders with 
1.17 	additional transcript credit in the area of instruction in assistant-level service delivery 
1.18 	practices and completion of at least 100 hours of supervised field work experience as a 
1.19 	speech-language pathology assistant student.
1.20 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a licensed speech-language pathologist employed 
1.21 	in a school district located outside the seven-county metropolitan area with fewer than 
1.22 	2,000 enrolled students may delegate duties to up to two speech-language pathology 
1.23 	assistants who meet the preparation requirements under paragraph (a).

1.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.