Conselho Federal De Fonoaudiologia

What Conselho Federal De Fonoaudiologia does

Conselho Federal de Fonoaudiologia (CFFa) is the Brazilian federal regulatory council (autarquia pública federal) for the speech-language pathology profession, established under Lei nº 6965/1981 and headquartered in Brasília at SHN Quadra 2, Bloco F, Ed. Executive Office Tower, Salas 901/911, Asa Norte. The organization is the exclusive statutory regulator of fonoaudiologia practice in Brazil and oversees a network of 9 regional councils (Conselhos Regionais de Fonoaudiologia — CRFas) that collectively administer the registration of approximately 60,000 fonoaudiólogos across all Brazilian states. Its principal functions are professional licensing, specialist title certification (Título de Especialista), ethical oversight and disciplinary enforcement (Código de Ética, Código de Processo Disciplinar), and the issuance of resolutions and technical opinions that set the standard of clinical practice — including audiological equipment calibration (Resoluções 553/2019 and 554/2019), care parameters (Resolução 488/2016), telehealth (Resolução 427/2013), and biosafety guidance.

CFFa's service surface is delivered through a portfolio of public-facing digital products rather than a commercial technology platform: the Portal da Transparência, E-OUV (complaints portal), E-SIC (citizen information service), specialist and regional professional directories, the Revista Comunicar publication, public health awareness campaigns (voice health, hearing preservation, stuttering, breastfeeding, dysphagia, educational fonoaudiologia), and the legislative/normative repository. Distribution operates both directly from the Brasília headquarters (14 staff) and indirectly through the 9 CRFas, with communication reinforced via Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, email, telephone, and the Revista Comunicar magazine.

As a federal autarchy, CFFa is funded by professional registration fees and annual dues collected from practitioners via the regional councils; it has no equity, no investors, and no parent company, and is not a commercial enterprise. It coordinates policy positions with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Conselho Nacional de Saúde, ANVISA, the Fórum dos Conselhos Federais da Área da Saúde (FCFAS), SBFa, AMIB, Fiocruz, EBSERH, and internationally with IALP (where CFFa is hosting IALP 2026). The organization is active in the national conversation on healthcare workforce policy, most visibly during the COVID-19 pandemic through coordinated guidance and inclusion of fonoaudiólogos in federal hospital response teams.

Name

Conselho Federal De Fonoaudiologia

Legal name

Conselho Federal de Fonoaudiologia

Website

https://fonoaudiologia.org.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brazilian federal regulatory council (autarquia pública federal) for speech-language pathology, established under Lei nº 6965/1981, overseeing professional licensing, specialist certification, and ethical discipline across a network of 9 regional councils serving approximately 60,000 registered fonoaudiólogos.

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Product category

Healthcare Professional Regulation

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Standards, Norms & Technical Regulatory Bodies (BPADAAAJ), Qualifications & Credit Framework Authorities (EDADAEAD), Qualifications Framework Authorities (NQF/Skills Framework) (EDADAFAB)

Keywords

• Professional licensing
• Healthcare regulation
• Specialist certification
• Public health campaigns
• Professional ethics oversight

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Registration and Licensing Fees: As a federal autarchy, CFFa collects registration fees and annual fees from speech-language pathologists (fonoaudiólogos) registered with the regional councils. Professionals must be registered with their respective CRFa to legally practice in Brazil.

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Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CFFa is the federal regulatory council for speech-language pathology in Brazil, responsible for professional registration and licensing of fonoaudiólogos, issuing specialist titles, enforcing ethical standards, publishing professional guidelines and legislation, and conducting public health awareness campaigns. It operates through its Brasília headquarters and 9 regional councils that cover all Brazilian states, regulating a profession of approximately 60,000 professionals.

Product overview

Conselho Federal de Fonoaudiologia (CFFa) is a Brazilian federal regulatory body for speech-language pathology and audiology. Rather than offering a technology product platform, CFFa provides regulatory services including professional registration and certification (Título de Especialista), transparency portals (Portal da Transparência, E-OUV, E-SIC), a specialist directory, public health awareness campaigns, publications (Revista Comunicar), and access to legislative and normative documents. The organization oversees 16 regional councils across Brazil and maintains databases of approximately 60,000 registered speech-language pathologists. CFFa also publishes professional guidelines including the Parâmetros Assistenciais em Fonoaudiologia and Manual de Biossegurança.

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Products and services

• Título de Especialista (Specialist Title Certification) Certification program establishing rules for obtaining or renewing specialist credentials in various speech-language pathology areas for fonoaudiólogos registered with regional councils in Brazil.
• Buscar Profissionais por Região (Professional Directory by Region) Online directory for locating speech-language pathology professionals organized by geographic region throughout Brazil.
• Buscar Especialista por Área (Specialist Directory by Area) Online directory for locating certified speech-language pathology specialists by area of expertise throughout Brazil.
• Revista Comunicar Official communication magazine of the Federal Council of Speech-Language Pathology, publishing scientific and professional articles for fonoaudiólogos.
• Legislação e Normativos (Legislation and Normatives) Collection of laws, resolutions, recommendations, opinions, ethical codes, and internal regulations governing speech-language pathology practice in Brazil.
• Parâmetros Assistenciais em Fonoaudiologia (Healthcare Parameters) Healthcare parameters document (Resolution CFFa nº 488/2016) establishing adequate quantities of speech-language pathology procedures and client-to-professional ratios per 6-hour work period.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026IALP is the global 'UN' of speech-language pathology with consultative status at the World Health Organization (WHO). Founded in 1924, IALP participates in the development of global guidelines on hearing, communication, language, and swallowing. CFFa is hosting IALP 2026 in Brazil, representing a significant international recognition of Brazilian speech-language pathology.
• Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia (SBFa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for joint campaigns including 'Seja amigo da sua voz' (Be a friend of your voice) and World Voice Day celebrations. The SBFa represents the scientific community in speech-language pathology.
• Fórum dos Conselhos Federais da Área da Saúde (FCFAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCFFa participates in this forum of federal councils in the health area, coordinating positions and actions on health policy matters affecting multiple professions.
• Conselho Nacional de Saúde (CNS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCFFa works with CNS and other entities to combat distance learning courses in health professions and advocate for quality standards in health education.
• Associação Brasileira de Medicina intensiva (AMIB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration during COVID-19 pandemic for guidance on speech-language pathology intervention in intensive care settings, particularly for dysphagia management in intubated patients.
• FiocruzminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCFFa contacted Fiocruz requesting that speech-language pathologists be included in COVID-19 response teams during the pandemic.
• Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares (EBSERH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCFFa contacted EBSERH requesting speech-language pathologist inclusion in federal hospital COVID-19 teams during the pandemic response.
• Ministério da SaúdecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCFFa coordinates with the Ministry of Health on professional matters, including the 'O Brasil Conta Comigo' (Brazil Counts on Me) COVID-19 training program for healthcare professionals, and advocacy for speech-language pathology inclusion in government health campaigns.
• Ministério da Educação (MEC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCFFa engages with MEC on higher education matters, advocating against distance learning in speech-language pathology programs and for quality standards in university education.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Conselho Federal de Farmácia (CFF): Federal regulatory council for pharmacists in Brazil. Operates under the same autarquia framework with regional councils (CRFs) and shares the same health-area Forum (FCFAS) as CFFa.
• Conselho Federal de Odontologia (CFO): Federal regulatory council for dentistry in Brazil. Closely analogous to CFFa in structure, scope (healthcare professional regulation), specialist title program, and revenue model based on professional registration fees.
• Conselho Federal de Psicologia (CFP): Federal regulatory council for psychology in Brazil. Shares the autarquia structure, CRPs (regional councils), specialist title programs, and ethics oversight model that CFFa uses for fonoaudiólogos.
• Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM): The Brazilian federal regulatory council for physicians, with the same autarquia structure, exclusive statutory authority, regional council network, and central registry model as CFFa. Most directly comparable peer in terms of governance and revenue model.
• Conselho Federal de Enfermagem (COFEN): Brazilian federal regulatory council for nursing. Operates with the same autarquia structure under Lei 5.905/73, oversees a much larger professional base (~2 million), and is a leading member of the Fórum dos Conselhos Federais da Área da Saúde alongside CFFa.
• Conselho Federal de Nutricionistas (CFN): Federal regulatory council for nutritionists in Brazil. Same autarquia structure, regional councils (CRNs), specialist registration, and ethics oversight; part of the same health-area Forum as CFFa.
• Conselho Federal de Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional (COFFITO): Federal regulatory council for physiotherapists and occupational therapists in Brazil. Operates the same autarquia model with regional councils (CREFITOs), specialist titles, and code of ethics, and is a fellow health-area council like CFFa.

Broad incumbents

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA): U.S. national professional, credentialing, and advocacy association for speech-language pathologists. Comparable in scope (certification, ethics, standards, advocacy) and serves as a useful international benchmark for CFFa's regulatory approach.
• International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP): Global 'UN' of speech-language pathology with WHO consultative status and CFFa strategic partner. Comparable as the international-level standards body for the same professional field CFFa regulates nationally.

Emerging players

• Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia (SBFa): Scientific society for speech-language pathology in Brazil. While CFFa regulates the profession, SBFa represents the scientific community and co-leads public campaigns (e.g., 'Seja amigo da sua voz') with CFFa. Complementary rather than regulatory peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cffono
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/cffono
• Facebookfacebook.com/ConselhoFederaldeFonoaudiologia
• Instagraminstagram.com/conselhofederalfonoaudiologia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/conselho-federal-de-fonoaudiologia

Compliance13 records

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