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