Full Text of SB2395 93rd General Assembly
SB2395eng 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning professional 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 School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 |
| 14-1.09b and 14-6.04 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b)
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| Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist.
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| (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.
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| (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:
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| (1) Holds (A) a regular license as a speech-language | 18 |
| pathologist
pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language | 19 |
| Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
(B) a current | 20 |
| Certificate of Clinical Competence in
speech-language | 21 |
| pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing | 22 |
| Association
and a regular license in speech-language | 23 |
| pathology from another state or
territory or the District | 24 |
| of Columbia and has applied for a regular license as
a | 25 |
| speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois | 26 |
| Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, or | 27 |
| (C) a temporary license pursuant to
Section 8.1 of the | 28 |
| Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice | 29 |
| Act and has
completed an approved program.
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| (2) Holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major | 31 |
| emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution | 32 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor.
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| (3) Either (i) has completed a program of study before | 5 |
| July 1, 2002 that
includes course work and supervised | 6 |
| clinical experience sufficient in breadth
and depth to | 7 |
| demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the specific | 8 |
| problems,
methods and procedures applicable to students | 9 |
| with disabilities in a school
setting serving ages 3 | 10 |
| through 21 or (ii) meets the content area standards for
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| speech-language pathologists adopted by the State Board of | 12 |
| Education, in
consultation with the State Teachers | 13 |
| Certification Board.
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| (4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois | 15 |
| certification tests.
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| (5) Has paid the application fee required for | 17 |
| certification.
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| The provisions of this subsection (b) do not preclude the | 19 |
| issuance of a
teaching certificate to a speech-language | 20 |
| 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 | 24 |
| services.
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| (a) For purposes of this Section:
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| "Reasonable efforts" means performing all of the | 27 |
| following:
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| (1) placing at least 3 employment advertisements for a | 29 |
| speech-language
pathologist published in the newspaper of | 30 |
| widest distribution within the school
district or | 31 |
| cooperative;
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| (2) placing one employment listing in the placement | 33 |
| bulletin of a
college or university that has a | 34 |
| speech-language pathology curriculum that is
located in | 35 |
| 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 | 3 |
| pathologist on the Illinois
Association of School | 4 |
| 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 | 7 |
| emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution | 8 |
| whose course of study was
approved or program was | 9 |
| accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
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| Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American | 11 |
| Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor; | 12 |
| and
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| (2) either (i) has completed a program of study prior | 14 |
| to July 1, 2002 that
includes course work and supervised | 15 |
| clinical experience sufficient in breadth
and depth to | 16 |
| demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the specific | 17 |
| problems,
methods, and procedures applicable to students | 18 |
| with disabilities in a school
setting serving ages 3 to 21 | 19 |
| or (ii) meets the content-area standards for
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| speech-language pathologists adopted by the State Board of | 21 |
| Education, in
consultation with the State Teacher | 22 |
| Certification Board.
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| "Speech-language pathology services" means the application | 24 |
| of methods and
procedures for identifying, measuring, testing, | 25 |
| appraising, predicting, and
modifying communication | 26 |
| development and disorders or disabilities of speech,
language, | 27 |
| voice, swallowing, and other speech, language, and | 28 |
| voice-related
disorders for the purpose of counseling, | 29 |
| consulting, and rendering services or
participating in the | 30 |
| planning, directing, or conducting of programs that are
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| designed to modify communicative disorders and conditions in | 32 |
| individuals or
groups of individuals involving speech, | 33 |
| language, voice, and swallowing
functions.
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| (b) A school district or a cooperative must make reasonable | 35 |
| efforts to
employ a speech-language pathologist. While making | 36 |
| those reasonable efforts or
after unsuccessful reasonable |
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| efforts have been made, or both, a school
district or | 2 |
| cooperative may contract for speech-language pathology
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| services with a speech-language pathologist or an entity that | 4 |
| employs
speech-language pathologists. A speech-language | 5 |
| pathologist who provides
speech-language pathology services | 6 |
| pursuant to a contract must hold:
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| (1) a speech-language pathology license under the | 8 |
| Illinois Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology Practice | 9 |
| Act or a valid temporary license issued under Section 8.1 | 10 |
| of that Act ; and
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| (2) a certificate under this Code with an endorsement | 12 |
| 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 | 16 |
| 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 | 21 |
| (a) through (e) of Section 8 and intends to
undertake | 22 |
| supervised professional experience as a speech-language | 23 |
| pathologist,
as required by subsection (f) of Section 8 and the | 24 |
| rules adopted by the
Department, must first obtain a temporary | 25 |
| license from the Department. A
temporary license may be issued | 26 |
| by the Department only to an applicant pursuing
licensure as a | 27 |
| speech-language pathologist in this State. A temporary license
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| shall be issued to an applicant upon receipt of the required | 29 |
| fee as set forth
by rule and documentation on forms prescribed | 30 |
| by the Department demonstrating
that a licensed | 31 |
| speech-language pathologist has agreed to supervise the
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| professional experience of the applicant. A temporary license | 33 |
| shall be issued
for a period of 12 months and may be renewed | 34 |
| only once for good cause shown.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-112, eff. 1-1-04.)
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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 | 5 |
| pathology
assistant.
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| (a) A person is qualified to be licensed as a | 7 |
| speech-language
pathology assistant if that person has applied | 8 |
| in writing on forms prescribed
by the Department, has paid the | 9 |
| required fees, and meets both of the following
criteria:
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| (1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral | 11 |
| character, the
Department
may take into consideration any | 12 |
| felony conviction of the
applicant, but such a conviction | 13 |
| shall not operate automatically as a complete
bar to | 14 |
| licensure.
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| (2) Has received an associate degree from a | 16 |
| speech-language pathology
assistant
program that has been | 17 |
| approved by the Department and
that meets the minimum | 18 |
| requirements set forth in Section 8.6. | 19 |
| (b) Until July 1, 2005
January 1, 2004 , a person holding a | 20 |
| bachelor's level degree in
communication disorders who was | 21 |
| employed to assist a speech-language
pathologist on June 1, | 22 |
| 2002 (the effective date of P.A. 92-510)
the effective date of | 23 |
| this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly shall be | 24 |
| eligible to receive a license as a speech-language pathology
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| assistant from the Department upon completion of forms | 26 |
| prescribed by the
Department and the payment of the required | 27 |
| 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 | 30 |
| becoming law.
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