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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 Section 8.5 as |
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| follows:
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| (225 ILCS 110/8.5)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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| Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language |
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| pathology
assistant.
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| (a) A person is qualified to be licensed as a |
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| speech-language
pathology assistant if that person has applied |
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| in writing on forms prescribed
by the Department, has paid the |
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| required fees, and meets both of the following
criteria:
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| (1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral |
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| character, the
Department
may take into consideration any |
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| felony conviction of the
applicant, but such a conviction |
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| shall not operate automatically as a complete
bar to |
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| licensure.
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| (2) Has received an associate degree from a |
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| speech-language pathology
assistant
program that has been |
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| approved by the Department and
that meets the minimum |
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| requirements set forth in Section 8.6 or has received, |
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| prior to June 1, 2003, an associate degree from a |
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| speech-language pathology assistant program approved by |
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| the Illinois Community College Board. |
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| (b) Until July 1, 2005, a person holding a bachelor's level |
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| degree in
communication disorders who was employed to assist a |
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| speech-language
pathologist on June 1, 2002 (the effective date |
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| of P.A. 92-510) shall be eligible to receive a license as a |
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| speech-language pathology
assistant from the Department upon |
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| completion of forms prescribed by the
Department and the |