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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
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5 | Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 7903)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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9 | Sec. 3. Definitions. The following words and phrases shall | ||||||
10 | have the
meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the | ||||||
11 | context clearly indicates
otherwise:
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12 | (a) "Department" means the Department of Financial and
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13 | Professional
Regulation.
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14 | (b) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and | ||||||
15 | Professional Regulation.
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16 | (c) "Board" means the Board of Speech-Language Pathology | ||||||
17 | and Audiology
established under Section 5 of this Act.
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18 | (d) "Speech-Language Pathologist" means a person who has | ||||||
19 | received a
license pursuant to this Act and who engages in the | ||||||
20 | practice
of speech-language pathology.
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21 | (e) "Audiologist" means a person who has received a license | ||||||
22 | pursuant to this
Act and who engages in the practice of | ||||||
23 | audiology.
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1 | (f) "Public member" means a person who is not a health | ||||||
2 | professional.
For purposes of board membership, any person with | ||||||
3 | a significant financial
interest in a health service or | ||||||
4 | profession is not a public member.
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5 | (g) "The practice of audiology" is the application of | ||||||
6 | nonmedical methods
and procedures for the identification, | ||||||
7 | measurement, testing,
appraisal, prediction, habilitation, | ||||||
8 | rehabilitation, or instruction
related to hearing
and | ||||||
9 | disorders of hearing. These procedures are for the
purpose of | ||||||
10 | counseling, consulting and rendering or offering to render
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11 | services or for participating in the planning, directing or | ||||||
12 | conducting of
programs that are designed to modify | ||||||
13 | communicative disorders
involving
speech, language or auditory | ||||||
14 | function related to hearing loss.
The practice of audiology may | ||||||
15 | include, but shall not be limited to, the
following:
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16 | (1) any task, procedure, act, or practice that is | ||||||
17 | necessary for the
evaluation of hearing or
vestibular | ||||||
18 | function;
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19 | (2) training in the use of amplification devices;
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20 | (3) the fitting, dispensing, or servicing of hearing | ||||||
21 | instruments; and
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22 | (4) performing basic speech and language screening | ||||||
23 | tests and procedures
consistent with audiology training.
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24 | (h) "The practice of speech-language pathology" is the | ||||||
25 | application of
nonmedical methods and procedures for the | ||||||
26 | identification,
measurement, testing, appraisal, prediction, |
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1 | habilitation, rehabilitation,
and modification related to | ||||||
2 | communication development, and disorders or
disabilities of | ||||||
3 | speech, language, voice, swallowing, and other speech,
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4 | language and voice related disorders. These procedures are for | ||||||
5 | the
purpose of counseling, consulting and rendering or offering | ||||||
6 | to render
services, or for participating in the planning, | ||||||
7 | directing or conducting of
programs that are designed to modify | ||||||
8 | communicative disorders and
conditions in individuals or | ||||||
9 | groups of individuals involving speech,
language, voice and | ||||||
10 | swallowing function.
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11 | "The practice of speech-language pathology" shall include, | ||||||
12 | but
shall not be
limited to, the following:
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13 | (1) hearing screening tests and aural rehabilitation | ||||||
14 | procedures
consistent with speech-language pathology | ||||||
15 | training;
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16 | (2) tasks, procedures, acts or practices that are | ||||||
17 | necessary for the
evaluation of, and training in the use | ||||||
18 | of, augmentative communication
systems, communication | ||||||
19 | variation, cognitive rehabilitation, non-spoken
language | ||||||
20 | production and comprehension ; and . | ||||||
21 | (3) the use of instrumental procedures, including the | ||||||
22 | use of rigid and flexible endoscopes to observe the | ||||||
23 | pharyngeal and laryngeal areas of the throat to: | ||||||
24 | (A) collect data and measure the parameters of | ||||||
25 | communication and swallowing; and | ||||||
26 | (B) guide communication and swallowing assessment |
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1 | and therapy. | ||||||
2 | However, instrumental procedures may not be used by a | ||||||
3 | speech-language pathologist as a diagnostic procedure | ||||||
4 | without authorization from a physician licensed to | ||||||
5 | practice medicine in all of its branches.
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6 | (i) "Speech-language pathology assistant" means a person | ||||||
7 | who has received
a license pursuant to this Act to assist a | ||||||
8 | speech-language
pathologist in the manner provided in this Act.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 94-528, eff. 8-10-05; 95-465, eff. 8-27-07.)
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