Full Text of SB3467 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and | 5 | | Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 3.5, | 6 | | 8.5, and 8.6 as follows: | 7 | | (225 ILCS 110/3.5) | 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) | 9 | | Sec. 3.5. Exemptions. This Act does not prohibit: | 10 | | (a) The practice of speech-language pathology or | 11 | | audiology by students in their course of study in programs | 12 | | approved by the Department , or the performance of | 13 | | speech-language pathology assistant services by graduates | 14 | | who have obtained degrees as set forth in paragraph (2) of | 15 | | Section 8.5 of the Act, when acting under the direction | 16 | | and supervision of licensed speech-language pathologists | 17 | | or audiologists. | 18 | | (b) The performance of any speech-language pathology | 19 | | service by a speech-language pathology assistant or | 20 | | candidate for licensure as a speech-language pathology | 21 | | assistant, if such service is performed under the | 22 | | supervision and full responsibility of a licensed | 23 | | speech-language pathologist. A speech language pathology |
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| 1 | | assistant or candidate for speech-language pathology | 2 | | assistant licensure may perform only those duties | 3 | | authorized by Section 8.7 under the supervision of a | 4 | | speech-language pathologist as provided in Section 8.8. | 5 | | (b-5) The performance of an audiology service by an | 6 | | appropriately trained person if that service is performed | 7 | | under the supervision and full responsibility of a | 8 | | licensed audiologist. | 9 | | (c) The performance of audiometric testing for the | 10 | | purpose of industrial hearing conservation by an | 11 | | audiometric technician certified by the Council of | 12 | | Accreditation for Occupational Hearing Conservation | 13 | | (CAOHC). | 14 | | (d) The performance of an audiometric screening by an | 15 | | audiometric screenings technician certified by the | 16 | | Department of Public Health. | 17 | | (e) The selling or practice of fitting, dispensing, or | 18 | | servicing hearing instruments by a hearing instrument | 19 | | dispenser licensed under the Hearing Instrument Consumer | 20 | | Protection Act. | 21 | | (f) A person licensed in this State under any other | 22 | | Act from engaging in the practice for which he or she is | 23 | | licensed. | 24 | | (g) The performance of vestibular function testing by | 25 | | an appropriately trained person under the supervision of a | 26 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its |
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| 1 | | branches. | 2 | | (h) The performance of neurophysiologic intraoperative | 3 | | monitoring of the seventh and eighth cranial nerve by an | 4 | | individual certified by the American Board of Registration | 5 | | of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential | 6 | | Technologists as Certified in Neurophysiologic | 7 | | Intraoperative Monitoring only if authorized and | 8 | | supervised by the physician performing the surgical | 9 | | procedure. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 100-530, eff. 1-1-18 .) | 11 | | (225 ILCS 110/8.5) | 12 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) | 13 | | Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language | 14 | | pathology assistant. A person is qualified to be licensed as a | 15 | | speech-language pathology assistant if that person has applied | 16 | | in writing or electronically on forms prescribed by the | 17 | | Department, has paid the required fees, and meets both of the | 18 | | following criteria: | 19 | | (1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral | 20 | | character, the Department may take into consideration any | 21 | | felony conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of | 22 | | the applicant, but such a conviction or plea shall not | 23 | | operate automatically as a complete bar to licensure. | 24 | | (2) Has either: | 25 | | (A) received an associate degree from a |
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| 1 | | speech-language pathology assistant program that has | 2 | | been approved by the Department and that meets the | 3 | | minimum requirements set forth in Section 8.6; or | 4 | | (B)(i) received a bachelor's degree in | 5 | | speech-language pathology, communication sciences and | 6 | | disorders, or other content area from an accredited | 7 | | college or university that has been approved by the | 8 | | Department and meets the minimum requirements set | 9 | | forth in Section 8.6, and (ii) completed the | 10 | | requirements for certification as a speech-language | 11 | | pathology assistant or completed an equivalent program | 12 | | as determined by the Department by rule. | 13 | | (2) Has received either (i) an associate degree from a | 14 | | speech-language pathology assistant program that has been | 15 | | approved by the Department and that meets the minimum | 16 | | requirements set forth in Section 8.6, (ii) a bachelor's | 17 | | degree and has completed course work from an accredited | 18 | | college or university that meets the minimum requirements | 19 | | set forth in Section 8.6, or (iii) a bachelor's degree in | 20 | | speech-language pathology or communication sciences and | 21 | | disorders from a regionally or nationally accredited | 22 | | institution approved by the Department, and evidence of | 23 | | completion of at least 100 hours of documented field work | 24 | | supervised by a licensed speech-language pathologist that | 25 | | is comparable to that completed in a speech-language | 26 | | pathology assistant program in this State. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 103-302, eff. 1-1-24 .) | 2 | | (225 ILCS 110/8.6) | 3 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) | 4 | | Sec. 8.6. Minimum requirements for speech-language | 5 | | pathology assistant programs. | 6 | | (a) An applicant for licensure as a speech-language | 7 | | pathology assistant must have earned 60 semester credit hours | 8 | | in a program of study that includes general education and the | 9 | | specific knowledge and skills for a speech-language pathology | 10 | | assistant. The curriculum of a speech-language pathology | 11 | | assistant program must include all of the following content, | 12 | | as further provided by rule promulgated by the Department: | 13 | | (1) Twenty-four semester credit hours in general | 14 | | education. | 15 | | (2) Thirty-six semester credit hours in technical | 16 | | content areas designed to provide students with knowledge | 17 | | and skills required for speech-language pathology | 18 | | assistants, which must include (i) an introductory or | 19 | | overview course in of normal processes of communication | 20 | | disorders ; (ii) phonetics an overview of communication | 21 | | disorders ; (iii) speech sound disorders instruction in | 22 | | speech-language pathology assistant-level service | 23 | | delivery practices ; (iv) language development instruction | 24 | | in workplace behaviors ; (v) language disorders cultural | 25 | | and linguistic factors in communication ; and (vi) anatomy |
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| 1 | | and physiology of speech and hearing mechanisms | 2 | | observation . | 3 | | (3) Completion of at least 100 hours of supervised | 4 | | field work experiences supervised by a licensed | 5 | | speech-language pathologist at least 50% of the time when | 6 | | the student is engaged in contact with the patient or | 7 | | client. An applicant must obtain written verification | 8 | | demonstrating successful completion of the required field | 9 | | work experience, including a description of the setting in | 10 | | which the training was received and an assessment of the | 11 | | student's technical proficiency. | 12 | | (b) The Department may promulgate rules that change the | 13 | | curriculum requirements of subsection (a) in order to reflect | 14 | | the guidelines for speech-language pathology assistant | 15 | | programs recommended by the American Speech-Language Hearing | 16 | | Association. | 17 | | (c) Any applicant for licensure as a speech-language | 18 | | pathology assistant who applies to the Department prior to the | 19 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 20 | | Assembly or any person who holds a valid license as a | 21 | | speech-language pathology assistant on the effective date of | 22 | | this amendatory Act shall not be required to meet the new | 23 | | minimum requirements for a speech language pathology assistant | 24 | | program under subsection (a) of this Section 8.6 that are | 25 | | established by this amendatory Act. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1315, eff. 7-27-10 .) |
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 2 | | 1, 2025. |
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