Public Act 103-0302
 
HB2274 EnrolledLRB103 25230 AMQ 51574 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and

Audiology Practice Act is amended  by changing Section 8.5 as 
follows:
 


    (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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)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 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, or (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.

(Source: P.A. 100-530, eff. 1-1-18.)