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Standard

A practicing registrant of RCASLPNB maintains professional competence and fulfills RCASLPNB continuing education requirements.

Indicators

To demonstrate this standard, the registrant will:

1. Participate in appropriate learning activities to maintain competence to practice, and where necessary, acquire and/or enhance competence in new areas of practice.
2. Meet the RCASLPNB requirements regarding continuing education.
3. Restrict practice until the required competencies are achieved to ensure safe and effective service delivery. This may involve engaging in professional development activities such as coursework, supervision, mentorship, or creating a learning plan that addresses specific areas for growth.

Expected Outcome

Patients or clients can expect services to be delivered in a safe, effective, and professional manner based on best practices and current research.

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Glossary

Competence/competent/competency refers to the combined knowledge, skills, attitudes and judgment required to provide safe, effective, and ethical professional services.

Patient or client refers to a recipient of the services of an audiologist or speech-language pathologist.

Registrant means an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist and any person whose name is entered in the temporary register or in any of the rosters established and maintained under the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Act, the bylaws and rules.

Supervision refers to a dynamic and evolving process involving the oversight of another’s work. Regardless of the relationship, the purpose of supervision is to help ensure the delivery of competent, safe and ethical audiology and speech-language pathology services.