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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
New Orleans, LA
November 16-17, 2001
Copies of committee reports submitted are on file in the National Office. Formal actions seconded and passed by the Legislative Council begin with the word RESOLVED and are numbered in boldface type.
Meetings of the Legislative Council of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association were held in the La Louisiane Ballroom of the New Orleans Convention Center and in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, LA, with President John E. Bernthal presiding. The first session of the November 2001 meeting of the Legislative Council was called to order at 8:30 am on November 16 in the La Louisiane Ballroom of the Convention Center. The Chair of the Committee on Credentials reported the names of two permanent replacements seated on the Council since April 2001, and the names of seven temporary replacements for the November 2001 meeting. The report of the Committee was accepted. A roll call was taken. One hundred forty-one Councilors were present. The President declared a quorum present. New Councilors introduced themselves and Councilors completing terms on December 31, 2001 identified themselves.
The agenda for the November 2001 meeting of the Legislative Council, as distributed at the opening session, was approved. The Business/Floor Procedures contained in the workbook were approved. Introductions were given.
The Chair of the Legislative Council Coordinating Committee presented a report of activities. The Chair of the Committee on Special Rules reported a number of editorial changes made to the Special Rules. Those changes were approved. The Chair of the Operational Procedures Review Group reported that all committee procedures had been approved by the Group.
The President presented his State of the Association address. The President highlighted Association activities for the year. These included public relations accomplishments, advocacy activities, the literacy initiative, and activities related to the Focused Initiatives.
The Membership Forum was held. Twelve members availed themselves of this opportunity to address the Legislative Council about their issues of concern.
The President called for the Legislative Council Forum to begin. He indicated that the Forum would be concluded during its scheduled time on November 17. Six Councilors presented comments.
The Legislative Council recessed at 10:30 am. The Council reconvened in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel at 12:35 pm.
The Consent Calendar was introduced. LC 15-2001, and LC 20-2001were removed to be treated in the regular fashion. The following resolution on the Consent Calendar was approved.
LC 18-2001. RESOLVED , That ASHA acknowledge its many members who volunteer their leadership, professional expertise, energy and time in advancing the mission, agenda, business and vision of the Association by establishing a year long celebration and tribute entitled; "2003: ASHA's Year of the Volunteer," and further
RESOLVED , That appropriate forms of recognition for these volunteers be developed. [APPROVED]
LC 19-2001 was withdrawn.
The names of two Councilors were placed in nomination for election as the 2002 Speaker of the Legislative Council. Following balloting, Gail Richard was announced as having been elected.
The Vice President for Administration and Planning presented information about the state of the 2001 ASHA Budget and the proposed budget for 2002.
LC 17-2001. RESOLVED , That the 2002 budget for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association be approved. [APPROVED]
The Vice President for Administration and Planning presented information about the 2003 ASHA Budget. Forecasts of expenses and revenues were presented. Questions were asked about features of the 2003 budget and information in response to the questions was provided.
LC 12-2001. RESOLVED , That the "Rights and Responsibilities of Test Takers: Guidelines and Expectations" document developed by the Joint Committee on Testing Practices (JCTP), be approved. [APPROVED]
LC 14-2001. RESOLVED , That the Bylaws of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Section 4.3.c, Nominations, be amended as follows:
A committee consisting of…The Legislative Council may, by two-thirds vote, make no more than two additional nominations for each office…. A nominee may be any member of the Association including a Councilor who must express willingness to serve if elected. Members of the Executive Board may not be considered for nomination for an Executive Board office in any year they are serving on the Executive Board. [APPROVED]
LC 15-2001. RESOLVED , That resolution LC 44-83 which requires LC elections to be held in April be rescinded. [APPROVED]
An amendment to LC 13-2001 was proposed but received no second and was ruled out of order as it did not conform to the customary practice of the body for submitting amendments to the Code of Ethics.
LC 13-2001. RESOLVED , That the Code of Ethics of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association be amended as follows:
Principle of Ethics I
Rules of Ethics
D. Individuals shall not misrepresent the credentials of assistants, technicians, or support personnel and shall inform those they serve professionally of the name and professional credentials of persons providing services.
E. Individuals who hold the Certificates of Clinical Competence shall not delegate tasks that require the unique skills, knowledge, and judgment that are within the scope of their profession to assistants, technicians, support personnel, or any nonprofessionals over whom they have supervisory responsibility. An individual may delegate support services to assistants, technicians, support personnel, or any other persons only if those services are adequately supervised by an individual who holds the appropriate Certificate of Clinical Competence.
I. Individuals shall not provide clinical services solely by correspondence.
J. Individuals may practice by telecommunication (for example, telehealth/e-health), where not prohibited by law.
Principle of Ethics II
Rules of Ethics
D. Individuals shall delegate the provision of clinical services only to: (1) persons who hold the appropriate Certificate of Clinical Competence; (2) persons in the education or certification process who are appropriately supervised by an individual who holds the appropriate Certificate of Clinical Competence; or (3) assistants, technicians, or support personnel who are adequately supervised by an individual who holds the appropriate Certificate of Clinical Competence.
Principle of Ethics III
Rules of Ethics
C. Individuals shall refer those served professionally solely on the basis of the interest of those being referred and not on any personal financial interest.
Principles of Ethics IV
Rules of Ethics
B. Individuals shall not engage in dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, sexual harassment, or any other form of conduct that adversely reflects on the professions or on the individual’s fitness to serve persons professionally.
C. Individuals shall not engage in sexual activities with clients or students over whom they exercise professional authority.
E. Individuals shall reference the source when using other persons’ ideas, research, presentations, or products in written, oral, or any other media presentation or summary.
I. Individuals who have reason to believe that the Code of Ethics has been violated shall inform the Board of Ethics.
J. Individuals shall comply fully with the policies of the Board of Ethics in its consideration and adjudication of complaints of violations of the Code of Ethics. and further
RESOLVED , That the Code of Ethics be amended to reorder the rules supporting the Principles of Ethics as follows:
Principle I, Rule F, old Rule D
Rule G, old Rule E
Rule H, old Rule F
Rule I, old Rule G
Rule K, old Rule H
Rule L, old Rule I
Rule M, old Rule J
Rule N, old Rule K
Rule O, old Rule L
Principle III, Rule D, old Rule C
Rule E, old Rule D
Rule F, old Rule E
Principle IV, Rule D, old Rule C
Rule F, old Rule D
Rule G, old Rule E
Rule H, old Rule F
Rule I, old Rule G
Rule J, old Rule H
[APPROVED]
LC 16-2001. RESOLVED , That the Bylaws of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association be amended as follows:
Article IV.
4.2b Composition The Legislative Council shall consist of… The Legislative Council shall include:
(1) The Speaker of the Council who will be charged with presiding over the business portion of all meetings of the Legislative Council; and
(2) Two subgroups: The Audiology/Hearing Science Assembly; and the Speech-Language Pathology/Speech or Language Science Assembly. Members of each Assembly shall be responsible for voting on resolutions and issues that relate only to their profession and area of the discipline. All Assembly members of the Legislative Council shall be responsible for voting on resolutions and issues that relate to the discipline of human communication sciences and disorders.
The Legislative Council shall also include…
4.2f. Vacancies
If a Councilor (1) changes residence to another Constituency or (2) for any reason no longer fulfills the requirement for election to his or her seat or (3) advises the President that he or she is no longer willing to serve, the member shall no longer serve as Councilor, and a committee so charged by the Legislative Council shall designate as a replacement for the unexpired term of that Councilor, the highest ranking alternate whose term begins in the year the Councilor resigns, and if there is no alternate, the committee shall designate a replacement and an alternate for the replacement from among the members of the Association within that Councilor’s Constituency
4.2g. Removal From Office
Any elected Councilor, except those elected pursuant to Section 9.2 may be removed from office by (1) a written petition for removal signed by 10 percent of the total number of members residing in the Councilor’s Constituency submitted to the President and (2) approval of the petition by 75 percent of the members of the Association residing in that Councilor’s Constituency who vote in response to the mail submission of the petition, or (3) if a Councilor is absent from the constituent area he/she represents for more than 16 consecutive weeks, he/she may be removed from office by the Committee on Credentials. [APPROVED]
An amendment to LC 20-2001 was proposed, and approved, to name the Speaker of the Council as chair of the group assigned to prepare agendas for meetings of the Legislative Council.
LC 20-2001. RESOLVED , That the second resolved of LC16-2000, be amended to read the as follows:
RESOLVED , That the task of preparing agendas for meetings of the Legislative Council be assigned to a delegation from the Legislative Council consisting of the Speaker of the Council who shall serve as chair of this group, the two Coordinators and two Associate Coordinators of the Legislative Council Assemblies, the two Floor Leaders of Legislative Council, the chair of the Legislative Council Coordinating Committee, the ASHA President-Elect, and the ASHA President; and further . . . [APPROVED AS AMENDED]
LC 21-2001 was introduced. An amendment was proposed, and approved, to change the fourth RESOLVED to include the convention years of 2003-2005. A second amendment proposed and approved added the words "and doctoral student members of ASHA" to the first RESOLVED following the words "NSSLHA members." A motion to refer to the Executive Board was made and seconded, but due to time constraints, the vote on the motion was delayed until the November 17th session.
The meeting adjourned at 4:00 pm.
The November 17th session of the Legislative Council was called to order at 1:25 pm
The Chair of the Committee on Credentials presented a supplemental report which was approved. A revised agenda for the remainder of the meeting was distributed and approved.
The Legislative Council took up LC 21-2001 which had been recommended for referral to the Executive Board during the previous session.
LC 21-2001. RESOLVED , That ASHA provide complimentary convention registration to NSSLHA members and doctoral student members of ASHA whose presentations are selected for inclusion in ASHA’s annual convention program; and further
RESOLVED , That in the case of joint student authorship of a presentation, only one complimentary registration per presentation be provided; and further
RESOLVED , That in the case of joint authorship including students and non-students of a presentation, one complimentary registration be provided to a student only if he or she is identified as the lead author; and further
RESOLVED , That this initiative be for the convention years 2003 – 2005, after which it shall be evaluated. [REFERRED TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD]
LC 22-2001 was withdrawn.
The President called for the conclusion of the Legislative Council Forum. Nineteen Councilors made comments during this portion of the Forum.
The Legislative Council approved the addition of LC 23-2001 to the agenda.
LC 23-2001. RESOLVED , That effective January 1, 2002 the reporting of election results in the LC be reported to the LC as described in Robert’s Rule of Order Newly Revised. [DEFEATED]
The names of 19 Fellows were placed in nomination to serve on the Committee on Honors for three year terms (2002-2004). Following balloting, Roberta B. Aungst, Frederick Britten, and Raymond D. Kent were announced as having been elected.
The names of 4 Councilors were placed in nomination to serve on the Legislative Council Coordinating Committee for two year terms (2002-2003). Ellen Estomin, Regina B. Grantham, Constance Spak, and Linda S. Tepperman were announced as having been elected by acclamation. It was later announced that the 2002 Chair of the Committee is Linda Jacobs-Condit.
The names of two Councilors were placed in nomination to serve on the Committee on Credentials for two year terms (2002-2003). Ron Bender and Barbara Moore-Brown were announced as having been elected by acclamation.
The name of one Councilor was placed in nomination to serve on the Financial Planning Board for a three year term (2002-2004). Roberta A. Kreb was announced as having been elected by acclamation.
The names of 8 Councilors were placed in nomination to serve on the Committee on Special Rules for two year terms (2002-2003). Following balloting, Martin Audiffred, Mary S. Gray and Mary D. Pannbacker were announced as having been elected .
Announcement was made of names of Legislative Councilors who were awarded Honors of the Association and Fellowship in 2001.
President-Elect Nancy Creaghead presented a report on Critical Issues and Member Needs identified via survey of ASHA members conducted on the web site. She also reported on program reviews being conducted by the Executive Board. Questions were invited and information in response to the questions was provided.
The National Office Chief Staff Officer for Operations presented information about a plan to increase non-dues revenue by providing services under the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act.
Presentation of gifts and acknowledgements were made to outgoing Executive Board members, Legislative Councilors, and others.
The meeting adjourned at 5:00 pm.
The following actions were taken by the Audiology/Hearing Science Assembly during its meeting on November 17.
Elected Kathleen E. Peterson as Coordinator and Stephanie A. Davidson as Associate Coordinator for the Assembly in 2002.
Elected Kenneth R. Bouchard and Sandra Turek to serve on the Committee on Nominations and Elections beginning January 1, 2002.
The following actions were taken by the Speech-Language Pathology/Speech and Language Science Assembly during its meeting on November 17.
Elected Marion C. Hammett as Coordinator and Vickie H. Irwin as Associate Coordinator for the Assembly in 2002.
Elected Barbara Bard to serve on the Committee on Nominations and Elections beginning January 1, 2002.
LC SLP/SLS 1-2001. RESOLVED , That the document "Knowledge and Skills for Supervisors of Speech-Language Pathology Assistants" be approved as an official statement of ASHA; and further
RESOLVED , That the "Knowledge and Skills for Supervisors of Speech-Language Pathology Assistants" be published in the next annual supplement to The ASHA Leader or other appropriate publication, be posted on the ASHA professional Web site, be made available upon request from the ASHA Action Center and via Fax-on-Demand, be included in the next revision of the ASHA Desk Reference, and be mailed to the directors of academic programs in speech-language pathology. [APPROVED]
LC SLP/SLS 2-2001. RESOLVED , That the document "Knowledge and Skills for Speech-Language Pathologists Performing Endoscopic Assessment of Swallowing Function" be approved as policy of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); and further
RESOLVED , That the document be published in the next annual Supplement to The ASHA Leader and posted on the Web, made available through Fax-on-Demand, and included in the next revision of the ASHA Desk Reference. [APPROVED]
LC SLP/SLS 3-2001. RESOLVED , That the document entitled "Roles of Speech-Language Pathologists in Swallowing and Feeding Disorders: Position Statement" be approved as policy of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; and further
RESOLVED , That "Roles of Speech-Language Pathologists in Swallowing and Feeding Disorders: Position Statement" be published in the next annual Supplement to The ASHA Leader and that it be posted on the professional Web site, be made available upon request from the ASHA Action Center and Fax-on-Demand, and be included in the next revision of the ASHA Desk Reference. [APPROVED]
LC SLP/SLS 4-2001. RESOLVED , That the document entitled "Knowledge and Skills Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists Providing Services to Individuals With Swallowing and/or Feeding Disorders" be approved as policy of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; and further
RESOLVED , That "Knowledge and Skills Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists Providing Services to Individuals With Swallowing and/or Feeding Disorders" be published in the next annual Supplement to The ASHA Leader and that it be posted on the professional Web site, be made available upon request from the ASHA Action Center and Fax-on-Demand, and be included in the next revision of the ASHA Desk Reference; and further
RESOLVED , That the 1990 Guidelines entitled "Knowledge and Skills Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists Providing Services to Dysphagia Patients/Clients" be rescinded and replaced by this document. [APPROVED]
LC SLP/SLS 5-2001. RESOLVED , That "Service Delivery by Speech-Language Pathologists to Individuals Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Knowledge and Skills"be approved as policy of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; and further
RESOLVED , That "Service Delivery by Speech-Language Pathologists to Individuals Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Knowledge and Skills" be published in the next annual Supplement to The ASHA Leader and that it be posted on the professional Web site, be made available upon request from the ASHA Action Center and Fax-on-Demand, and be included in the next revision of the ASHA Desk Reference; and further
RESOLVED , That "Competencies for SLPs Providing Services in Augmentative Communciation" be rescinded and replaced by this document. [APPROVED]
Minutes of November 16-17, 2001 Legislative Council Meeting Approved.
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