We don’t need a national association to charge us $225/year to lobby and market their certification product. If they want to recommend certain standards, go for it. But SLPs who are underpaid, overworked, and who don’t feel seen, heard, or valued by the association should not have to pay them a penny if they choose not to. Associations are required to earn the trust and respect of their members, not demand it by conflating membership with certification and heavily lobbying that SLPs are required to pay for their certification every year.
We’ve been getting feedback that ASHA “can’t legally lobby.”
This is not true. A communication with a legislator or government official will be treated as a direct lobbying communication, if, but only if, the communication: (i) refers to specific legislation, and (ii) reflects a view on such legislation. (Duke Health Government Relations).
Let’s take a look at some of ASHA’s lobbying efforts (paid for by YOU!) …
2019
February 4, 2019
ASHA lobbies the Hawaii Senate to require both a state license and the CCC in order to legally practice as an SLP in Hawaii:
February 4, 2019
ASHA lobbies the Colorado House to require both a state license and the CCC in order to legally practice as an SLP in Colorado:
February 6, 2019
ASHA lobbies the Hawaii House, stating that SLPs holding a provisional license in Hawaii must be supervised by an SLP who pays for the CCC:
February 11, 2019
ASHA lobbies the New Mexico Senate to require ASHA certification and to require that SLPAs can only be supervised by SLPs who pay for the CCC:
February 11, 2019
ASHA lobbies the Arizona House to require both state licensure and the CCC in order to practice as an SLP in the state of Arizona:
February 12, 2019
And the New Mexico Senate (same issue):
February 21, 2019
ASHA lobbies the Washington House to require both state licensure and ASHA CCC in order to practice as an SLP in the state of Washington:
February 21, 2019
ASHA lobbies New Mexico House and Senate to require both state licensure and ASHA CCC in order to practice as an SLP in the state of New Mexico:
February 25, 2019
ASHA lobbies Hawaii to add the CCC to their state certification incentive program:
March 11, 2019
ASHA lobbies the Labor and Employment Subcommittee of South Carolina to require both state licensure and the CCC to be able to practice as an SLP in the state of South Carolina:
March 11, 2019
ASHA lobbies the Montana House to require that SLPAs be ASHA certified and to require that SLPAs can only be supervised by SLPs who pay for the CCC:
March 12, 2019
ASHA lobbies the Idaho governor to require both state licensure and the CCC to be able to practice as an SLP in the state of Idaho:
May 9, 2019
ASHA lobbies the Oregon Board of Examiners to clarify that certification is required for SLPAs and only allow supervision of SLPAs by SLPs who pay for the CCC:
August 6, 2019
ASHA lobbies the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to ensure that licensed SLPs cannot use the word “certified” unless they pay for a certification (presumably the CCC):
September 17, 2019
ASHA lobbies the Oregon Board of Examiners, recommending that SLPAs be supervised only by SLPs who hold the CCC:
2020
January 31, 2020
ASHA lobbies the Arizona Department of Health Services to require that SLPs in their supervised work experience can legally only be supervised by someone who has paid for the CCC:
March 3, 2020
ASHA lobbies the Alaska House to require that SLPAs in Alaska are only supervised by SLPs who pay for the CCC so that those SLPAs can apply for ASHA’s certification program.
March 12, 2020
ASHA lobbies the Mississippi House to require both a state license and the CCC to legally practice in the state of Mississippi:
March 12, 2020
ASHA lobbies the Florida Senate to require both a state license and the CCC to legally practice in the state of Florida:
March 18, 2020
ASHA lobbies the Alaska House to require both a state license and the CCC to legally practice in the state of Alaska:
June 10, 2020
ASHA lobbies the Maine Board of Speech, Audiology and Hearing to legally require SLPAs to only be supervised by SLPs who pay for the CCC so that SLPAs can apply for the C-SLPA:
August 24, 2020
ASHA lobbies the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies to reduce the qualifications required to be an SLP because they exceed the CCC requirements:
https://www.asha.org/siteassets/uploadedfiles/advocacy/comments/asha-support-letter-to-co.pdf
November 9, 2020
ASHA lobbies the Medical Services Board Coordinator at the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies to require that SLPAs only be supervised by SLPs who pay for the CCC, stating, “These amendments will enable an SLPA to qualify for ASHA’s Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Certification Program.”
September 8, 2020
ASHA lobbies the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies to require both a state license and the CCC in order to legally practice as an SLP in Colorado:
December 31, 2020
ASHA lobbies the Office of the Colorado State Board of Education to clarify language that would legally require all SLPs supervising SLPAs to pay for the CCC:
2021
March 9, 2021
ASHA lobbies the Arizona Senate to require that SLPAs can legally only be supervised by SLPs who pay for the CCC:
April 5, 2021
ASHA lobbies the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies to include language that makes it so that SLPs-in-training must have been supervised by someone who pays for the CCC: “Successfully completed a speech-language pathology clinical fellowship as defined by the Council for Clinical Certification in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology:
October 19, 2021
ASHA lobbies the South Carolina Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to require that supervisors of SLPAs have the CCC:
December 30, 2021
ASHA lobbies the New Hampshire House, using CCC language to recommend the standards for the state licensing board. While they were attempting to clarify that the board should require at minimum a masters degree in SLP, the language takes it even further and recommends that the board use the CCC as their standard for licensing:
2022
March 4, 2022
ASHA lobbies the Arizona House to pass legislation that SLPAs are legally required to be supervised by an SLP that pays for the CCC:
April 6, 2022
ASHA lobbies the Rhode Island House to require SLPs to pay for the CCC in order to legally become licensed in the state of Rhode Island- in the context of advocating that state licensing boards shouldn’t allow any person to petition to modify or repeal entry regulations.
April 11, 2022
ASHA lobbies the Idaho Division of Occupational & Professional Licenses to require that all SLPAs be supervised by SLPs who pay for the CCC:
May 23, 2022
ASHA lobbies the Utah State Board of Education to use the CCC as the standard for licensing, including SLPA licensing.
July 7, 2022
ASHA lobbies the state of Nevada, thanking them for following their recommendations to require SLPs licensed in the state of Nevada to pay for the CCC.
October 6, 2022
ASHA lobbies the Nevada Department of Education to legally require those seeking an endorsement to teach pupils, ages 3 to 21, inclusive, who have speech and language impairments in Nevada to pay for the CCC.
2023
January 17, 2023
ASHA lobbies the Virginia Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, opposing the petition to remove the CCC from the requirements to obtain a license as an SLP in the state of Virginia.
March 22, 2023
ASHA lobbies the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board to legally require SLPAs providing services remotely to be supervised by an SLP who pays for the CCC:
September 29, 2023
ASHA lobbies the Department of Veterans Affairs, stating: “We encourage the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to adopt ASHA’s requirements as the National Standards of Practice for audiologists and SLPs.”