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Public Act 094-0528
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LRB094 09293 RAS 39532 b |
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
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Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 3, 3.5, |
4, 5, 7.1, and 8 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 7903)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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Sec. 3. Definitions. The following words and phrases shall |
have the
meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the |
context clearly indicates
otherwise:
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(a) "Department" means the Department of Professional
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Regulation.
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(b) "Director" means the Director of Professional |
Regulation.
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(c) "Board" means the Board of Speech-Language Pathology |
and Audiology
established under Section 5 of this Act.
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(d) "Speech-Language Pathologist" means a person who has |
received a
license pursuant to this Act and who engages in the |
practice
of speech-language pathology.
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(e) "Audiologist" means a person who has received a license |
pursuant to this
Act and who engages in the practice of |
audiology.
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(f) "Public member" means a person who is not a health |
professional.
For purposes of board membership, any person with |
a significant financial
interest in a health service or |
profession is not a public member.
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(g) "The practice of audiology" is the application of |
nonmedical methods
and procedures for the identification, |
measurement, testing,
appraisal, prediction, habilitation, |
rehabilitation, or instruction
related to hearing
and |
disorders of hearing. These procedures are for the
purpose of |
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counseling, consulting and rendering or offering to render
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services or for participating in the planning, directing or |
conducting of
programs that are designed to modify |
communicative disorders
involving
speech, language or auditory |
function related to hearing loss.
The practice of audiology may |
include, but shall not be limited to, the
following:
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(1) any task, procedure, act, or practice that is |
necessary for the
evaluation of hearing or
vestibular |
function;
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(2) training in the use of amplification devices
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including hearing aids;
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(3) the fitting, dispensing, or servicing of hearing |
instruments; and
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(4)
(3) performing basic speech and language screening |
tests and procedures
consistent with audiology training.
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(h) "The practice of speech-language pathology" is the |
application of
nonmedical methods and procedures for the |
identification,
measurement, testing, appraisal, prediction, |
habilitation, rehabilitation,
and modification related to |
communication development, and disorders or
disabilities of |
speech, language, voice, swallowing, and other speech,
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language and voice related disorders. These procedures are for |
the
purpose of counseling, consulting and rendering or offering |
to render
services, or for participating in the planning, |
directing or conducting of
programs that are designed to modify |
communicative disorders and
conditions in individuals or |
groups of individuals involving speech,
language, voice and |
swallowing function.
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"The practice of speech-language pathology" shall include, |
but
shall not be
limited to, the following:
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(1) hearing screening tests and aural rehabilitation |
procedures
consistent with speech-language pathology |
training;
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(2) tasks, procedures, acts or practices that are |
necessary for the
evaluation of, and training in the use |
of, augmentative communication
systems, communication |
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variation, cognitive rehabilitation, non-spoken
language |
production and comprehension.
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(i) "Speech-language pathology assistant" means a person |
who has received
a license pursuant to this Act to assist a |
speech-language
pathologist in the manner provided in this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02.)
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(225 ILCS 110/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 7904)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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Sec. 4. Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to the
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provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise the |
following
functions, powers and duties:
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(a) Conduct or authorize examinations to ascertain the |
fitness and
qualifications of applicants for license and issue |
licenses to those who are
found to be fit and qualified.
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(b) Prescribe rules and regulations for a method of |
examination of
candidates.
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(c) Prescribe rules and regulations defining what shall |
constitute an
approved school, college or department of a |
university, except that no
school, college or department of a |
university that refuses admittance to
applicants solely on |
account of race, color, creed, sex or national origin
shall be |
approved.
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(d) Conduct hearings on proceedings to revoke, suspend, or |
refusal to
issue such licenses.
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(e) Promulgate rules and regulations required for the |
administration of this
Act.
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(f) Discipline the supervisor of a graduate audiology or |
speech-language pathology student as provided
in this Act for a |
violation by the graduate audiology or speech-language |
pathology student.
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(Source: P.A. 91-932, eff. 1-1-01; 91-949, eff. 2-9-01.)
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(225 ILCS 110/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 7905)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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Sec. 5. Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. |
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There is created a Board of Speech-Language Pathology and |
Audiology to be
composed of persons designated from time to |
time by the Director, as follows:
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(a) Five persons, 2 of whom have been licensed |
speech-language
pathologists for
a period of 5 years or |
more, 2 of whom have been licensed audiologists for
a |
period of
5 years or more, and one public member. The board |
shall annually elect a
chairperson and a vice-chairperson.
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(b) Terms for all members shall be for 3 years. Partial |
terms over 2
years in length shall be considered as full |
terms. A member may be
reappointed for a successive term, |
but no member shall serve more than 2 full
terms.
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(c) The membership of the Board should reasonably |
reflect representation
from the various geographic areas |
of the State.
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(d) In making appointments to the Board, the Director |
shall give due
consideration to recommendations by |
organizations of the speech-language
pathology and |
audiology professions in Illinois, including the Illinois
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Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Illinois |
Academy of Audiology, and shall promptly give due notice to
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such organizations of any vacancy in the membership of the |
Board. The
Director may terminate the appointment of any |
member for any cause, which
in the opinion of the Director, |
reasonably justifies such termination.
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(e) A majority of the Board members currently appointed |
shall constitute
a
quorum. A vacancy in the membership of |
the Board shall not impair the right
of a quorum to |
exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the |
Board.
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(f) The members of the Board shall each receive as |
compensation a
reasonable sum as determined by the Director |
for each day actually engaged
in the duties of the office, |
and all legitimate and necessary expenses
incurred in |
attending the meetings of the Board.
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(g) Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in |
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any action based
upon any disciplinary proceedings or other |
activities performed in good
faith as members of the Board.
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(h) The Director may consider the recommendations of |
the Board in
establishing guidelines for professional |
conduct, the conduct of formal
disciplinary proceedings |
brought under this Act, and
qualifications of applicants. |
Notice of proposed rulemaking
shall be transmitted to the |
Board and the Department shall review the response
of the |
Board and any recommendations made in the response. The |
Department, at
any time, may seek the expert advice and |
knowledge of the Board on any matter
relating to the |
administration or enforcement of this Act.
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(i) Whenever the Director is satisfied that |
substantial justice has not
been done either in an |
examination or in the revocation, suspension, or refusal
of |
a license, or other disciplinary action relating to a |
license, the Director
may order a
reexamination or |
rehearing.
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(Source: P.A. 90-69, eff. 7-8-97.)
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(225 ILCS 110/7.1)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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Sec. 7.1. Graduate audiology students. Full-time Graduate |
students
enrolled
in a program of audiology in an
accredited
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college or university may engage in the dispensing of hearing |
instruments
as a part of a program of audiology without a |
license under
the supervision of an audiologist licensed under |
this Act.
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The supervisor and the supervisor's employer shall be |
jointly and
severally liable for any acts of the student
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relating to the practice of fitting or dispensing hearing |
instruments as
defined
in the rules promulgated
under this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 91-932, eff. 1-1-01.)
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(225 ILCS 110/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 7908)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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Sec. 8. Qualifications for licenses to practice |
speech-language pathology
or audiology.
The Department shall |
require that each applicant for a license to practice
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speech-language pathology or audiology shall:
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(a) (Blank);
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(b) be at least 21 years of age;
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(c) not have violated any provisions of Section 16 of |
this
Act;
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(d) present satisfactory evidence of receiving a |
master's
or doctoral degree in
speech-language pathology |
or audiology from a program approved by the
Department. |
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent any |
program
from establishing higher standards than specified |
in this Act;
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(e) pass a national
an examination recognized
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authorized by the Department in the
theory and
practice of |
the profession, provided that the Department may recognize |
a
certificate granted by the American |
Speech-Language-Hearing Association in
lieu of such |
examination; and
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(f) for a license as a speech-language pathologist,
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have completed the equivalent of 9 months of
full-time,
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supervised professional experience; and
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(g) for a license as an audiologist, have completed a |
minimum of 1,500 clock hours of supervised experience.
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Applicants have 3 years from the date of application to |
complete the
application process. If the process has not been |
completed within 3 years, the
application shall be denied, the |
fee shall be forfeited, and the applicant must
reapply
and meet |
the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
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(Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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