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Delegation to assistive personnel—Supervisor duties.
Speech-language pathologists are responsible for patient care given by assistive personnel under their supervision. A speech-language pathologist may delegate to assistive personnel selected acts, tasks, or procedures that fall within the scope of speech-language pathology practice but do not exceed the education or training of the assistive personnel.
NOTES:
Intent—Implementation—2009 c 301: See notes following RCW
18.35.010.
Speech-language pathology assistants—Certification requirements—2009 c 301: See note following RCW
18.35.040.