(1) For monitoring purposes, the supervisor must complete an aide registration form supplied by the board. This must include an acceptable schedule of supervision.

(2) Speech-language pathology aides or assistants shall be supervised in accordance with their level of aide classification under the following schedule:

(a) aide I or assistant shall be supervised a minimum of 30 percent while performing diagnostic and interpretive functions in the first year of nonallowable activities. The supervision requirement will be 5 percent of client contact time, of which 2 percent shall be direct contact after the first year, at the discretion of the supervising speech-language pathologist;

(b) aide II or assistant shall be supervised 10 percent of client contact time, of which 5 percent shall be direct contact; and

(c) aide III or assistant shall be supervised 20 percent of client contact time, of which 10 percent shall be direct contact.

(3) Audiology aides or assistants shall be supervised in accordance with the following schedule:

(a) audiology aides or assistants shall be supervised under a proposed plan to be submitted by the supervisor with the aide application, but which shall include a minimum of 10 percent of client contact time; and

(b) industrial audiology aides or assistants shall be supervised under (3) (a) , but may be authorized to conduct pure tone air conduction threshold audiograms when performing outside the physical presence of a supervisor.

(4) The schedule of supervision must be signed by the proposed supervisor and by a responsible representative of the employing agency. The schedule must be reviewed and approved by the board annually by October 31. Aides employed after October 31 shall work no more than 30 calendar days without registering with the board.

(5) Each supervisor must also submit a supervisor summary form, as prescribed by the board, which lists each speech or audiology aide or assistant, number of hours, and other information as required by the board. The board will review the supervisor summary forms, which indicate a supervisor supervises three or more speech or audiology aides or assistants, for compliance with the appropriate ratio of supervisor hours as stated in the rules.

(6) The supervisor must complete a midyear verification form by February 25 of each year, on the supervisor's renewal form, to indicate continuing compliance with the schedule of supervision previously filed under (1) .