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Public Act 103-1004
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and |
Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 3.5, |
8.5, and 8.6 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 110/3.5) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) |
Sec. 3.5. Exemptions. This Act does not prohibit: |
(a) The practice of speech-language pathology or |
audiology by students in their course of study in programs |
approved by the Department, or the performance of |
speech-language pathology assistant services by graduates |
who have obtained degrees as set forth in paragraph (2) of |
Section 8.5 of the Act, when acting under the direction |
and supervision of licensed speech-language pathologists |
or audiologists. |
(b) The performance of any speech-language pathology |
service by a speech-language pathology assistant or |
candidate for licensure as a speech-language pathology |
assistant, if such service is performed under the |
supervision and full responsibility of a licensed |
speech-language pathologist. A speech language pathology |
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assistant or candidate for speech-language pathology |
assistant licensure may perform only those duties |
authorized by Section 8.7 under the supervision of a |
speech-language pathologist as provided in Section 8.8. |
(b-5) The performance of an audiology service by an |
appropriately trained person if that service is performed |
under the supervision and full responsibility of a |
licensed audiologist. |
(c) The performance of audiometric testing for the |
purpose of industrial hearing conservation by an |
audiometric technician certified by the Council of |
Accreditation for Occupational Hearing Conservation |
(CAOHC). |
(d) The performance of an audiometric screening by an |
audiometric screenings technician certified by the |
Department of Public Health. |
(e) The selling or practice of fitting, dispensing, or |
servicing hearing instruments by a hearing instrument |
dispenser licensed under the Hearing Instrument Consumer |
Protection Act. |
(f) A person licensed in this State under any other |
Act from engaging in the practice for which he or she is |
licensed. |
(g) The performance of vestibular function testing by |
an appropriately trained person under the supervision of a |
physician licensed to practice medicine in all its |
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branches. |
(h) The performance of neurophysiologic intraoperative |
monitoring of the seventh and eighth cranial nerve by an |
individual certified by the American Board of Registration |
of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential |
Technologists as Certified in Neurophysiologic |
Intraoperative Monitoring only if authorized and |
supervised by the physician performing the surgical |
procedure. |
(Source: P.A. 100-530, eff. 1-1-18.)
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(225 ILCS 110/8.5) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) |
Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language |
pathology assistant. A person is qualified to be licensed as a |
speech-language pathology assistant if that person has applied |
in writing or electronically on forms prescribed by the |
Department, has paid the required fees, and meets both of the |
following criteria: |
(1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral |
character, the Department may take into consideration any |
felony conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of |
the applicant, but such a conviction or plea shall not |
operate automatically as a complete bar to licensure. |
(2) Has either: |
(A) received an associate degree from a |
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speech-language pathology assistant program that has |
been approved by the Department and that meets the |
minimum requirements set forth in Section 8.6; or |
(B)(i) received a bachelor's degree in |
speech-language pathology, communication sciences and |
disorders, or other content area from an accredited |
college or university that has been approved by the |
Department and meets the minimum requirements set |
forth in Section 8.6, and (ii) completed the |
requirements for certification as a speech-language |
pathology assistant or completed an equivalent program |
as determined by the Department by rule. |
(2) Has received either (i) an associate degree from a |
speech-language pathology assistant program that has been |
approved by the Department and that meets the minimum |
requirements set forth in Section 8.6, (ii) a bachelor's |
degree and has completed course work from an accredited |
college or university that meets the minimum requirements |
set forth in Section 8.6, or (iii) a bachelor's degree in |
speech-language pathology or communication sciences and |
disorders from a regionally or nationally accredited |
institution approved by the Department, and evidence of |
completion of at least 100 hours of documented field work |
supervised by a licensed speech-language pathologist that |
is comparable to that completed in a speech-language |
pathology assistant program in this State. |
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(Source: P.A. 103-302, eff. 1-1-24.)
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(225 ILCS 110/8.6) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) |
Sec. 8.6. Minimum requirements for speech-language |
pathology assistant programs. |
(a) An applicant for licensure as a speech-language |
pathology assistant must have earned 60 semester credit hours |
in a program of study that includes general education and the |
specific knowledge and skills for a speech-language pathology |
assistant. The curriculum of a speech-language pathology |
assistant program must include all of the following content, |
as further provided by rule promulgated by the Department: |
(1) Twenty-four semester credit hours in general |
education. |
(2) Thirty-six semester credit hours in technical |
content areas designed to provide students with knowledge |
and skills required for speech-language pathology |
assistants, which must include (i) an introductory or |
overview course in of normal processes of communication |
disorders; (ii) phonetics an overview of communication |
disorders; (iii) speech sound disorders instruction in |
speech-language pathology assistant-level service |
delivery practices; (iv) language development instruction |
in workplace behaviors; (v) language disorders cultural |
and linguistic factors in communication; and (vi) anatomy |
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and physiology of speech and hearing mechanisms |
observation. |
(3) Completion of at least 100 hours of supervised |
field work experiences supervised by a licensed |
speech-language pathologist at least 50% of the time when |
the student is engaged in contact with the patient or |
client. An applicant must obtain written verification |
demonstrating successful completion of the required field |
work experience, including a description of the setting in |
which the training was received and an assessment of the |
student's technical proficiency. |
(b) The Department may promulgate rules that change the |
curriculum requirements of subsection (a) in order to reflect |
the guidelines for speech-language pathology assistant |
programs recommended by the American Speech-Language Hearing |
Association. |
(c) Any applicant for licensure as a speech-language |
pathology assistant who applies to the Department prior to the |
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General |
Assembly or any person who holds a valid license as a |
speech-language pathology assistant on the effective date of |
this amendatory Act shall not be required to meet the new |
minimum requirements for a speech language pathology assistant |
program under subsection (a) of this Section 8.6 that are |
established by this amendatory Act. |
(Source: P.A. 96-1315, eff. 7-27-10.)
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