(a) Responsibilities of the sponsoring institution and of each field work site shall be clearly established by formal agreement or memorandum of understanding.

(b) The sponsoring institution shall assume primary responsibility for receiving and processing applications for student admissions, curriculum planning, selection of course content, coordination of classroom teaching and supervised field work, appointment of faculty, and granting the completion certificate or degree, or otherwise documenting satisfactory completion of the program.

(c) Student records including admission, enrollment, academic performance directed observation, field work clock hours, and demonstration of field work competencies shall be maintained by the sponsoring institution according to its policies. Grades and credits for courses must be recorded on students' transcripts and shall be maintained by the sponsoring institution. Hours for field work experiences and supervision shall be recorded and documented by supervisory staff.

(d) The program director of the sponsoring institution shall be responsible for ensuring that the scope of responsibilities delegated to students during field work experiences are appropriate to the training received and the clients assigned, and consistent with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Guidelines for the Training, Credentialing, Use, and Supervision of Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (1996, Spring), incorporated herein by reference, and that all approved criteria for speech-language pathology assistant training has been met.