Subsection 2: Internship in speech and language therapy with a practitioner.

Speech and language therapy students complete their work placement with a speech and language therapist, known as the “maître de stage”. This placement is either with a speech and language therapist in private practice, or with a speech and language therapist working in a public or private not-for-profit health establishment. In this case, the trainee works under the responsibility of the head doctor or medical director of the establishment where…

The training supervisor must have been in professional practice for at least three years and must be approved by a committee chaired by the director of the student’s training and research unit, in accordance with the procedures defined by an order of the ministers responsible for higher education and health. The director of the training and research unit draws up the list of training supervisors and decides on the assignment…

The maximum number of trainees that the training supervisor may receive may not exceed three if the training supervisor works in a public or private not-for-profit health establishment. Within this limit, it is set by agreement between the training supervisor and the head of department or the medical director of the establishment. In private practice, a training supervisor may not receive more than one trainee at a time.

With the patient’s consent, the trainee attends the activities of the training supervisor and participates, under the responsibility and in the presence of the training supervisor, in the professional acts which the latter usually performs. The student may not receive any remuneration, either from his training supervisor or from patients, for his activities as a trainee.

The director of the training and research unit may terminate or suspend the traineeship on his own initiative or at the request of either the training supervisor, the student or, where applicable, the head of department or medical director of the establishment. If necessary, the trainee will be given another assignment.