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ABSTRACT: Revise charge to the Council for Clinical Certification (CFCC)
RESOLVED, That Section 5.2 of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Bylaws be amended as follows (brackets indicate deletions; additions are in bold):
“The Association shall establish the Council for Clinical Certification in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CFCC), which shall define the standards for clinical certification and apply those standards in the certification of individuals. [The Council For Clinical Certification in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology may also develop and administer a credentialing program for speech-language pathology assistants.] The Council For Clinical Certification in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology shall have final authority to establish the standards and processes for clinical certification of speech-language pathologists and audiologists [and the credentialing of speech-language pathology assistants] and shall develop procedures for withdrawal of certification of speech-language pathologists and audiologists in cases where certification was granted on the basis of information that, if inaccurate, would have disqualified the applicant for certification and, subject to any authorized appeal, the decisions of the CFCC concerning the denial or withdrawal of certification shall be final.”
RATIONALE: The CFCC is proposing this change to its charge in order to address an area that is not currently covered by the current charge or procedures, withdrawing certification when it has been awarded due to submission of inaccurate information and to amend the language concerning SLP assistants in accordance with LC 2-2003.
The CFCC awards certification based on information supplied primarily by the applicant but also, in the case of examination results, from the Educational Testing Service. It is possible that an individual could be awarded certification based on notification of a passing score having been achieved, only to be notified later that ETS had invalidated scores for either a particular testing site or for individuals. Since the current charge permits only the award or denial of certification and the situation may not be one covered by the ASHA Code of Ethics, certification would have been awarded based on inaccurate information.
In areas where there has been a violation of the ASHA Code of Ethics, the Board of Ethics would have jurisdiction; this change would apply only to those individuals who were awarded certification based on inaccurate information.
If approved, the change in charge to the CFCC will require a change in ASHA’s Bylaws.
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