… Association considering CFs to be qualified professionals. Passage of the law is largely the result of advocacy from the Massachusetts Speech-Language Hearing … be paying out-of-pocket to cover a first year SLP’s salary. That a law like this is even necessary might surprise most; the limitations on first year SLPs certainly … department, and it became clear that even they weren’t aware.” The situation is complex and the prior regulations, archaic. How It Started Back in 2010, Wilson …