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1 | AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 14-1.09b and 14-6.04 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b)
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7 | Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist.
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8 | (a) For purposes of supervision of a speech-language | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | pathology assistant,
"speech-language pathologist" means a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | person who has received a license
pursuant to the Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act
to engage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | in the practice of speech-language pathology.
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13 | (b) The School Service Personnel Certificate with a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | speech-language
endorsement shall be issued under Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 21-25 of this Code to a
speech-language pathologist who meets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | all of the following requirements:
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17 | (1) Holds (A) a regular license as a speech-language | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | pathologist
pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
(B) a current | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Certificate of Clinical Competence in
speech-language | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Association
and a regular license in speech-language | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | pathology from another state or
territory or the District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | of Columbia and has applied for a regular license as
a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | (C) a temporary license pursuant to
Section 8.1 of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Act and has
completed an approved program.
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30 | (2) Holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | whose course of study was
approved or program was |
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1 | accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
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2 | Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American | ||||||
3 | Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor.
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4 | (3) Either (i) has completed a program of study before | ||||||
5 | July 1, 2002 that
includes course work and supervised | ||||||
6 | clinical experience sufficient in breadth
and depth to | ||||||
7 | demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the specific | ||||||
8 | problems,
methods and procedures applicable to students | ||||||
9 | with disabilities in a school
setting serving ages 3 | ||||||
10 | through 21 or (ii) meets the content area standards for
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11 | speech-language pathologists adopted by the State Board of | ||||||
12 | Education, in
consultation with the State Teachers | ||||||
13 | Certification Board.
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14 | (4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois | ||||||
15 | certification tests.
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16 | (5) Has paid the application fee required for | ||||||
17 | certification.
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18 | The provisions of this subsection (b) do not preclude the | ||||||
19 | issuance of a
teaching certificate to a speech-language | ||||||
20 | pathologist who qualifies for such a
certificate.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 93-112, eff. 1-1-04.)
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22 | (105 ILCS 5/14-6.04)
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23 | Sec. 14-6.04. Contracting for speech-language pathology | ||||||
24 | services.
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25 | (a) For purposes of this Section:
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26 | "Reasonable efforts" means performing all of the | ||||||
27 | following:
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28 | (1) placing at least 3 employment advertisements for a | ||||||
29 | speech-language
pathologist published in the newspaper of | ||||||
30 | widest distribution within the school
district or | ||||||
31 | cooperative;
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32 | (2) placing one employment listing in the placement | ||||||
33 | bulletin of a
college or university that has a | ||||||
34 | speech-language pathology curriculum that is
located in | ||||||
35 | the geographic area of the school district or cooperative, |
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1 | if any;
and
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2 | (3) posting the position for speech-language | ||||||
3 | pathologist on the Illinois
Association of School | ||||||
4 | Administrators' job placement service for at least 30
days.
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5 | "Speech-language pathologist" means a person who:
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6 | (1) holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major | ||||||
7 | emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution | ||||||
8 | whose course of study was
approved or program was | ||||||
9 | accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
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10 | Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American | ||||||
11 | Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | (2) either (i) has completed a program of study prior | ||||||
14 | to July 1, 2002 that
includes course work and supervised | ||||||
15 | clinical experience sufficient in breadth
and depth to | ||||||
16 | demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the specific | ||||||
17 | problems,
methods, and procedures applicable to students | ||||||
18 | with disabilities in a school
setting serving ages 3 to 21 | ||||||
19 | or (ii) meets the content-area standards for
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20 | speech-language pathologists adopted by the State Board of | ||||||
21 | Education, in
consultation with the State Teacher | ||||||
22 | Certification Board.
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23 | "Speech-language pathology services" means the application | ||||||
24 | of methods and
procedures for identifying, measuring, testing, | ||||||
25 | appraising, predicting, and
modifying communication | ||||||
26 | development and disorders or disabilities of speech,
language, | ||||||
27 | voice, swallowing, and other speech, language, and | ||||||
28 | voice-related
disorders for the purpose of counseling, | ||||||
29 | consulting, and rendering services or
participating in the | ||||||
30 | planning, directing, or conducting of programs that are
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31 | designed to modify communicative disorders and conditions in | ||||||
32 | individuals or
groups of individuals involving speech, | ||||||
33 | language, voice, and swallowing
functions.
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34 | (b) A school district or a cooperative must make reasonable | ||||||
35 | efforts to
employ a speech-language pathologist. While making | ||||||
36 | those reasonable efforts or
after unsuccessful reasonable |
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1 | efforts have been made, or both, a school
district or | ||||||
2 | cooperative may contract for speech-language pathology
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3 | services with a speech-language pathologist or an entity that | ||||||
4 | employs
speech-language pathologists. A speech-language | ||||||
5 | pathologist who provides
speech-language pathology services | ||||||
6 | pursuant to a contract must hold:
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7 | (1) a speech-language pathology license under the | ||||||
8 | Illinois Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology Practice | ||||||
9 | Act or a valid temporary license issued under Section 8.1 | ||||||
10 | of that Act ; and
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11 | (2) a certificate under this Code with an endorsement | ||||||
12 | in speech-language
pathology.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 93-110, eff. 7-8-03.)
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14 | Section 10. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
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15 | Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 8.1 and | ||||||
16 | 8.5 as follows:
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17 | (225 ILCS 110/8.1)
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18 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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19 | Sec. 8.1. Temporary license. On and after July 1, 2005
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20 | January 1, 2004 , a person who has
met the requirements of items | ||||||
21 | (a) through (e) of Section 8 and intends to
undertake | ||||||
22 | supervised professional experience as a speech-language | ||||||
23 | pathologist,
as required by subsection (f) of Section 8 and the | ||||||
24 | rules adopted by the
Department, must first obtain a temporary | ||||||
25 | license from the Department. A
temporary license may be issued | ||||||
26 | by the Department only to an applicant pursuing
licensure as a | ||||||
27 | speech-language pathologist in this State. A temporary license
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28 | shall be issued to an applicant upon receipt of the required | ||||||
29 | fee as set forth
by rule and documentation on forms prescribed | ||||||
30 | by the Department demonstrating
that a licensed | ||||||
31 | speech-language pathologist has agreed to supervise the
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32 | professional experience of the applicant. A temporary license | ||||||
33 | shall be issued
for a period of 12 months and may be renewed | ||||||
34 | only once for good cause shown.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 93-112, eff. 1-1-04.)
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2 | (225 ILCS 110/8.5)
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3 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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4 | Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language | ||||||
5 | pathology
assistant.
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6 | (a) A person is qualified to be licensed as a | ||||||
7 | speech-language
pathology assistant if that person has applied | ||||||
8 | in writing on forms prescribed
by the Department, has paid the | ||||||
9 | required fees, and meets both of the following
criteria:
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10 | (1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral | ||||||
11 | character, the
Department
may take into consideration any | ||||||
12 | felony conviction of the
applicant, but such a conviction | ||||||
13 | shall not operate automatically as a complete
bar to | ||||||
14 | licensure.
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15 | (2) Has received an associate degree from a | ||||||
16 | speech-language pathology
assistant
program that has been | ||||||
17 | approved by the Department and
that meets the minimum | ||||||
18 | requirements set forth in Section 8.6.
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19 | (b) Until January 1, 2005
2004 , a person holding a | ||||||
20 | bachelor's level degree in
communication disorders who was | ||||||
21 | employed to assist a speech-language
pathologist on June 1, | ||||||
22 | 2002 (the effective date of P.A. 92-510)
the effective date of | ||||||
23 | this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly shall be | ||||||
24 | eligible to receive a license as a speech-language pathology
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25 | assistant from the Department upon completion of forms | ||||||
26 | prescribed by the
Department and the payment of the required | ||||||
27 | fee.
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28 | (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02.)
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29 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
30 | becoming law.
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