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1     AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
5 14-1.09b and 14-6.04 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b)
7     Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist.
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.
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:
17         (1) Holds (A) Holds a regular license as a
18     speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois
19     Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, (B)
20     holds a current Certificate of Clinical Competence in
21     speech-language pathology from the American
22     Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a regular license
23     in speech-language pathology from another state or
24     territory or the District of Columbia and has applied for a
25     regular license as a speech-language pathologist pursuant
26     to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
27     Practice Act, or (C) holds or has applied for a temporary
28     license pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Illinois
29     Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act and
30     has completed an approved program.
31         (2) Holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major
32     emphasis in speech-language pathology from an institution

 

 

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1     whose course of study was approved or program was
2     accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
3     Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American
4     Speech-Language-Hearing Association or its predecessor.
5         (3) Either (i) has completed a program of study before
6     July 1, 2002 that includes course work and supervised
7     clinical experience sufficient in breadth and depth to
8     demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the specific
9     problems, methods and procedures applicable to students
10     with disabilities in a school setting serving ages 3
11     through 21 or (ii) meets the content area standards for
12     speech-language pathologists approved adopted by the State
13     Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teachers
14     Certification Board, (ii) has completed a program in
15     another state, territory, or possession of the United
16     States that is comparable to an approved program of study
17     described in item (i), or (iii) holds a certificate issued
18     by another state, territory, or possession of the United
19     States that is comparable to the school service personnel
20     certificate with a speech-language endorsement. If the
21     requirements described in items (i), (ii), or (iii) of this
22     paragraph (3) have not been met, a person must provide
23     evidence that he or she has completed at least 150 clock
24     hours of supervised experience in speech-language
25     pathology with students with disabilities in a school
26     setting, including experience required by federal law or
27     federal court order; however, a person who lacks such
28     experience may obtain interim certification as established
29     by the Illinois State Board of Education, in consultation
30     with the State Teacher Certification Board, and shall
31     participate in school-based professional experience of at
32     least 150 clock hours to meet this requirement.
33         (4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois
34     certification tests.
35         (5) Has paid the application fee required for
36     certification.

 

 

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1     The provisions of this subsection (b) do not preclude the
2 issuance of a teaching certificate to a speech-language
3 pathologist who qualifies for such a certificate.
4 (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 93-112, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
5     (105 ILCS 5/14-6.04)
6     Sec. 14-6.04. Contracting for speech-language pathology
7 services.
8     (a) For purposes of this Section:
9     "Reasonable efforts" means performing all of the
10 following:
11         (1) placing at least 3 employment advertisements for a
12     speech-language pathologist published in the newspaper of
13     widest distribution within the school district or
14     cooperative;
15         (2) placing one employment listing in the placement
16     bulletin of a college or university that has a
17     speech-language pathology curriculum that is located in
18     the geographic area of the school district or cooperative,
19     if any; and
20         (3) posting the position for speech-language
21     pathologist on the Illinois Association of School
22     Administrators' job placement service for at least 30 days.
23     "Speech-language pathologist" means a person who:
24         (1) holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major
25     emphasis in speech-language pathology from an institution
26     whose course of study was approved or program was
27     accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
28     Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American
29     Speech-Language-Hearing Association or its predecessor;
30     and
31         (2) either (i) has completed a program of study prior
32     to July 1, 2002 that includes course work and supervised
33     clinical experience sufficient in breadth and depth to
34     demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the specific
35     problems, methods, and procedures applicable to students

 

 

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1     with disabilities in a school setting serving ages 3 to 21
2     or (ii) meets the content-area standards for
3     speech-language pathologists approved adopted by the State
4     Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
5     Certification Board, (ii) has completed a program in
6     another state, territory, or possession of the United
7     States that is comparable to an approved program of study
8     described in item (i), or (iii) holds a certificate issued
9     by another state, territory, or possession of the United
10     States that is comparable to the school service personnel
11     certificate with a speech-language endorsement. If the
12     requirements described in items (i), (ii), or (iii) of this
13     paragraph (2) have not been met, a person must provide
14     evidence that he or she has completed at least 150 clock
15     hours of supervised experience in speech-language
16     pathology with students with disabilities in a school
17     setting, including experience required by federal law or
18     federal court order; however, a person who lacks such
19     experience may obtain interim certification as established
20     by the Illinois State Board of Education, in consultation
21     with the State Teacher Certification Board, and shall
22     participate in school-based professional experience of at
23     least 150 clock hours to meet this requirement.
24     "Speech-language pathology services" means the application
25 of methods and procedures for identifying, measuring, testing,
26 appraising, predicting, and modifying communication
27 development and disorders or disabilities of speech, language,
28 voice, swallowing, and other speech, language, and
29 voice-related disorders for the purpose of counseling,
30 consulting, and rendering services or participating in the
31 planning, directing, or conducting of programs that are
32 designed to modify communicative disorders and conditions in
33 individuals or groups of individuals involving speech,
34 language, voice, and swallowing functions.
35     (b) A school district or a cooperative must make reasonable
36 efforts to employ a speech-language pathologist. While making

 

 

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1 those reasonable efforts or after unsuccessful reasonable
2 efforts have been made, or both, a school district or
3 cooperative may contract for speech-language pathology
4 services with a speech-language pathologist or an entity that
5 employs speech-language pathologists. A speech-language
6 pathologist who provides speech-language pathology services
7 pursuant to a contract must hold:
8         (1) hold a speech-language pathology license under the
9     Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice
10     Act or hold or have applied for a temporary license issued
11     under Section 8.1 of that Act; and
12         (2) hold a certificate under this Code with an
13     endorsement in speech-language pathology.
14 (Source: P.A. 93-110, eff. 7-8-03.)
 
15     Section 10. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
16 Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 8.1 and
17 8.5 as follows:
 
18     (225 ILCS 110/8.1)
19     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
20     Sec. 8.1. Temporary license. On and after July 1, 2005
21 January 1, 2004, a person who has met the requirements of items
22 (a) through (e) of Section 8 and intends to undertake
23 supervised professional experience as a speech-language
24 pathologist, as required by subsection (f) of Section 8 and the
25 rules adopted by the Department, must first obtain a temporary
26 license from the Department. A temporary license may be issued
27 by the Department only to an applicant pursuing licensure as a
28 speech-language pathologist in this State. A temporary license
29 shall be issued to an applicant upon receipt of the required
30 fee as set forth by rule and documentation on forms prescribed
31 by the Department certifying that his or her professional
32 experience will be supervised by demonstrating that a licensed
33 speech-language pathologist has agreed to supervise the
34 professional experience of the applicant. A temporary license

 

 

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1 shall be issued for a period of 12 months and may be renewed
2 only once for good cause shown.
3 (Source: P.A. 93-112, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
4     (225 ILCS 110/8.5)
5     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
6     Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language
7 pathology assistant.
8     (a) A person is qualified to be licensed as a
9 speech-language pathology assistant if that person has applied
10 in writing on forms prescribed by the Department, has paid the
11 required fees, and meets both of the following criteria:
12         (1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral
13     character, the Department may take into consideration any
14     felony conviction of the applicant, but such a conviction
15     shall not operate automatically as a complete bar to
16     licensure.
17         (2) Has received an associate degree from a
18     speech-language pathology assistant program that has been
19     approved by the Department and that meets the minimum
20     requirements set forth in Section 8.6.
21     (b) Until July 1, 2005 January 1,2004, a person holding a
22 bachelor's level degree in communication disorders who was
23 employed to assist a speech-language pathologist on June 1,
24 2002 (the effective date of P.A. 92-510) the effective date of
25 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly shall be
26 eligible to receive a license as a speech-language pathology
27 assistant from the Department upon completion of forms
28 prescribed by the Department and the payment of the required
29 fee.
30 (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02.)
 
31     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.