I support the proposed regulation as written but would advise the board to broaden its scope of acceptable souces for CU to include conferences and short courses that emphasize promoting intervention of literacy skills.

I am in favor of the proposed changes in regulations governing continuing education hours. The changes eliminate the confusion for many therapists between Type 1 and Type 2 hours.  Further, the ability to carry hours over from one year to the next creates some ease for obtaining the total amount of continuing education hours.

I support these changes.

I support passage of this change.  It will make keeping track of hours more streamlined and somewhat more aligned with ASHA hours.  Thank you.

I support the proposed changes.  I am pleased to see consideration being given to the elimination of differentiating between Type 1 and Type 2 continuing education hours.  This will lessen confusion noted by SLPs on the difference between each type.  Additionally, being able to "carryover" units from one year to the next is a definite move in the right direction.  Many SLPs participate in numerous continuing education activities which go beyond BASLP requirements so it will be great to see these hours being applied toward fulfilling continuing education to the upcoming year.

I am very much in support of these changes.The proposed requirement of 10 hours every year coincides with ASHA's requirements.I also appreciate the ability to transfer/credit excess hours to the next renewal year and the elimination of type 1 and 2 designations. Thanks.

JR

I approve the changes that have been proposed.  To clarify, with the continuing education hours not being Type 1 and 2 any longer, do self-studies and inservices no longer count towards continuing education?  

I approve of this action.

Promotes consistency of continuing education- approve!

I am in support of the proposed changes for CE and appreciate the section about being able to carryover hours if needed.  It makes much  more sense to obtain and maintain CEU's this way.

Support the updates. Would like to see a license become available for assistants.

The proposed requirements of 10 hour every year coincide with ASHA's requirements. 

The changes in CE requirements and the ability to carry over extra hours is a welcome change, This will make ASHA and the state CE requirements the same and much easier to ensure they are completed each year.

I support these changes. I appreciate the thought that went into the CE updates.

I am strongly opposed to the discrepancy in the Annual Renewal Fee for school SLPs and non-school SLPs and Audiologists.  Please reconsider this discrepancy and make both fees equal.

18VAC30-21-40. Fees required.

Annual renewal of audiology or speech-language pathology license: $75

Annual renewal of school speech-language pathology license: $40

Sincerely,

Ann Ferrell, M.Ed., CCC/ SLP

I am in favor of the continuing education requirement changes of 10 units per year with the bonus of being able to credit extra units to the following year.  Great move.  Thank you so much.

Sincerely,

Ann Ferrell, M.Ed., CCC/SLP

As a BASLP certified SLP in the school setting, I support the changes that are proposed for requirements for reactivation and reinstatement of licensure,  continuing education requirements, and the expanded grounds for unprofessional conduct.

Julie jhones.

I support these changes for all of the reasons stated previously. In addition to ASHA and state requirements, school-based therapists also have to manage county school system professional development hours. This will help to ease that task.

I support this Regulatory Action.

Thanks to all that made this regulatory action come to fruition.

I am in agreement with the proposed action as written. This will make obtaining/documenting CEUs much more in line with that of our national accredditing body's requirements (ASHA) and eliminate the confusion over type I/type II hours. I also appreciate that extra hours earned in a year can be rolled over to the next year. Thank you.

I am in favor of the 10 hours of renewal credits required yearly.

I support the proposed changes.  Eliminating the determination  between Type 1 and Type 2 continuing education hours is very favorable due the uncertainty of which category to choose. Transferring of units from one year to the next is a definite positive change to assist the SLPs in meeting BASLP certification requirements.