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Abstract: Establish a Legislative Council Standing Committee on Affirmation of Currency of ASHA Policy Documents
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Council establish a Legislative Council Standing Committee on Affirmation of Currency of ASHA Policy Documents consisting of 3 speech-language pathologists who are members of the Speech-Language Pathology/Speech or Language Science Assembly and 3 audiologists who are members of the Audiology/Hearing Science Assembly elected by the respective Assembly, who have served at least one full year on Council and have two years remaining on their current term, and who shall serve staggered terms of two years each; and for the terms starting January 1, 2004 the person in each Assembly receiving the fewest votes serve for a term of one year; and further,
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Council Standing Committee on Affirmation of Currency of ASHA Policy Documents be charged to review reports submitted by either the Vice President for Professional Practice in Audiology or the Vice President for Professional Practice in Speech-Language pathology that lists ASHA policy documents (e.g. Scope of Practice, Preferred Practice Patterns, position statements, guidelines, and knowledge and skills statements) to affirm their currency; and further
RESOLVED, That by March 1, 2004, the Legislative Council Standing Committee on Affirmation of Currency of ASHA Policy Documents will have developed the committee’s operational procedures in accordance with the Legislative Council Committee Operational Procedures Template and the process for affirmation of currency of ASHA policy documents as supported by the ASHA Executive Board and the Legislative Council Coordinating Committee; and further
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Council Special Rules be amended as needed to include the Legislative Council Standing Committee on Affirmation of Currency of ASHA Policy Documents.
Rationale: The ASHA Vice Presidents for Professional Practices in Audiology and in Speech-Language Pathology have responsibility for the periodic review and updating of ASHA practice documents in audiology and speech-language pathology. As a result of the review process, a document may be deemed to be current although its approval date was several or many years ago. The current review process does not provide a way to make it clear that a document has been reviewed and its content affirmed as current. Because of this the Executive Board requested that National Office staff develop a process for affirmation of currency of ASHA policy documents (see attached document). The proposed process has been reviewed and is supported by the Executive Board and the Legislative Council Coordinating Committee.
As part of the process, there is a need to have members of the Legislative Council affirm that policy documents approved by the Legislative Council are current. To complete this task, It is recommended that a Legislative Council Standing Committee on Affirmation of Currency of ASHA Policy Documents with members who are audiologists and speech-language pathologists be established.
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