C-26, r. 178 - Regulation respecting the professional activities that may be engaged in by persons other than speech therapists and audiologists

Updated to 12 December 2023

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chapter C-26, r. 178

Regulation respecting the professional activities that may be engaged in by persons other than speech therapists and audiologists

Professional Code

(chapter C-26, s. 94, par. h).

1. A student may, on the conditions set out in section 3, among the professional activities that may be engaged in by the members of the Ordre des orthophonistes et audiologistes du Québec, engage in the activities required to complete a clinical practicum within the scope of a program of university studies leading to

(1)  a diploma giving access to a permit issued by the Order;

(2)  a master’s degree in speech therapy or audiology issued by a Canadian university outside Québec;

(3)  a diploma obtained at the master’s level in speech therapy or audiology issued by a university outside Canada comprising a minimum of 36 credits out of the 48 credits of professional training in speech therapy or audiology and a minimum of 350 hours of clinical practicum and internship in speech therapy or audiology, as described in Schedule I of the Regulation respecting the standards for diploma equivalence or training equivalence for the issue of a permit by the Ordre des orthophonistes et audiologistes du Québec (chapter C-26, r. 189);

(4)  a bachelor’s degree in speech therapy or a bachelor’s degree in audiology issued by the Université de Montréal; or

(5)  a post-graduate degree in speech therapy issued by the Université de Montréal.

O.C. 632-2007, s. 1.

2. The applicant referred to in the second paragraph of section 9 or the third paragraph of section 10 of the Regulation respecting the standards for diploma equivalence or training equivalence for the issue of a permit by the Ordre des orthophonistes et audiologistes du Québec (chapter C-26, r. 189) may, on the conditions set out in section 3, among the professional activities that may be engaged in by members of the Order, engage in the activities required to complete a clinical practicum to comply with the committee’s request or complete the training that would allow the applicant to be granted an equivalence.

O.C. 632-2007, s. 2.

3. The student referred to in section 1 or the applicant referred to in section 2 may engage in the professional activities that the student or applicant is allowed to engage in on the condition that

(1)  the student or applicant is listed in the Order’s register; and

(2)  the student or applicant engages in the activities under the supervision of a speech therapist or an audiologist in compliance with the rules applicable to members of the Order, in particular those relating to the code of ethics, records and offices, and the rules of practice of the profession of speech therapist or audiologist, including the Normes relatives à la compétence clinique de l’orthophoniste et de l’audiologiste adopted by the board of directors of the Order on 3 February 1995, with any subssequent amendments.

The speech therapist or audiologist referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph is registered on a list established by the Order of members who

(1)  have been practising for at least 2 years in the case of the supervision of a student referred to in section 1 and for at least 5 years in the case of the supervision of an applicant referred to in section 2;

(2)  have not been the subject of any penalty imposed by the disciplinary council of the Order or by the Professions Tribunal; and

(3)  have not been required to serve a refresher training period in accordance with the Regulation respecting refresher training periods for speech therapists and audiologists (chapter C-26, r. 191) and whose right to practise has not been limited or suspended within the last 5 years.

O.C. 632-2007, s. 3.

4. (Omitted).

O.C. 632-2007, s. 4.

REFERENCES

O.C. 632-2007, 2007 G.O.2, 2417

S.Q. 2008, c. 11, s. 212