Full Text of HB5532 103rd General Assembly
HB5532ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Travis Weaver Filed: 3/22/2024 | | 10300HB5532ham001 | | LRB103 37461 RTM 71284 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5532
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5532 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 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by changing Sections 3.5, | 6 | | 8.5, and 8.6 as follows: | 7 | | (225 ILCS 110/3.5) | 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) | 9 | | Sec. 3.5.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 |
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| 1 | | or audiologists. | 2 | | (b) The performance of any speech-language pathology | 3 | | service by a speech-language pathology assistant or | 4 | | candidate for licensure as a speech-language pathology | 5 | | assistant, if such service is performed under the | 6 | | supervision and full responsibility of a licensed | 7 | | speech-language pathologist. A speech language pathology | 8 | | assistant or candidate for speech-language pathology | 9 | | assistant licensure may perform only those duties | 10 | | authorized by Section 8.7 under the supervision of a | 11 | | speech-language pathologist as provided in Section 8.8. | 12 | | (b-5) The performance of an audiology service by an | 13 | | appropriately trained person if that service is performed | 14 | | under the supervision and full responsibility of a | 15 | | licensed audiologist. | 16 | | (c) The performance of audiometric testing for the | 17 | | purpose of industrial hearing conservation by an | 18 | | audiometric technician certified by the Council of | 19 | | Accreditation for Occupational Hearing Conservation | 20 | | (CAOHC). | 21 | | (d) The performance of an audiometric screening by an | 22 | | audiometric screenings technician certified by the | 23 | | Department of Public Health. | 24 | | (e) The selling or practice of fitting, dispensing, or | 25 | | servicing hearing instruments by a hearing instrument | 26 | | dispenser licensed under the Hearing Instrument Consumer |
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| 1 | | Protection Act. | 2 | | (f) A person licensed in this State under any other | 3 | | Act from engaging in the practice for which he or she is | 4 | | licensed. | 5 | | (g) The performance of vestibular function testing by | 6 | | an appropriately trained person under the supervision of a | 7 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its | 8 | | branches. | 9 | | (h) The performance of neurophysiologic intraoperative | 10 | | monitoring of the seventh and eighth cranial nerve by an | 11 | | individual certified by the American Board of Registration | 12 | | of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential | 13 | | Technologists as Certified in Neurophysiologic | 14 | | Intraoperative Monitoring only if authorized and | 15 | | supervised by the physician performing the surgical | 16 | | procedure. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 100-530, eff. 1-1-18 .) | 18 | | (225 ILCS 110/8.5) | 19 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) | 20 | | Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language | 21 | | pathology assistant. A person is qualified to be licensed as a | 22 | | speech-language pathology assistant if that person has applied | 23 | | in writing or electronically on forms prescribed by the | 24 | | Department, has paid the required fees, and meets both of the | 25 | | following criteria: |
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| 1 | | (1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral | 2 | | character, the Department may take into consideration any | 3 | | felony conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of | 4 | | the applicant, but such a conviction or plea shall not | 5 | | operate automatically as a complete bar to licensure. | 6 | | (2) Has received either (i) an associate degree from a | 7 | | speech-language pathology assistant program that has been | 8 | | approved by the Department and that meets the minimum | 9 | | requirements set forth in Section 8.6, (ii) a bachelor's | 10 | | degree and has completed course work from an accredited | 11 | | college or university that meets the minimum requirements | 12 | | set forth in Section 8.6, or (iii) a bachelor's degree in | 13 | | speech-language pathology or communication sciences and | 14 | | disorders from a regionally or nationally accredited | 15 | | institution approved by the Department that meets the | 16 | | minimum requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of | 17 | | subsection (a) in Section 8.6 , and evidence of completion | 18 | | of at least 100 hours of documented field work supervised | 19 | | by a licensed speech-language pathologist that is | 20 | | comparable to field work that completed in a | 21 | | speech-language pathology assistant program in this State , | 22 | | and completion of requirements for certification as a | 23 | | speech-language pathology assistant or completion of an | 24 | | equivalent program as determined by the Department by | 25 | | rule . | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 103-302, eff. 1-1-24 .) |
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 110/8.6) | 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) | 3 | | Sec. 8.6. Minimum requirements for speech-language | 4 | | pathology assistant programs. | 5 | | (a) An applicant for licensure as a speech-language | 6 | | pathology assistant must have earned 60 semester credit hours | 7 | | in a program of study that includes general education and the | 8 | | specific knowledge and skills for a speech-language pathology | 9 | | assistant. The curriculum of a speech-language pathology | 10 | | assistant program must include all of the following content, | 11 | | as further provided by rule promulgated by the Department: | 12 | | (1) Twenty-four semester credit hours in general | 13 | | education. | 14 | | (2) Thirty-six semester credit hours in technical | 15 | | content areas designed to provide students with knowledge | 16 | | and skills required for speech-language pathology | 17 | | assistants, which must include (i) an introductory or | 18 | | overview course in of normal processes of communication | 19 | | disorders ; (ii) phonetics an overview of communication | 20 | | disorders ; (iii) speech sound disorders instruction in | 21 | | speech-language pathology assistant-level service | 22 | | delivery practices ; (iv) language development instruction | 23 | | in workplace behaviors ; (v) language disorders cultural | 24 | | and linguistic factors in communication ; and (vi) anatomy | 25 | | and physiology of speech and hearing mechanisms |
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| 1 | | observation . | 2 | | (3) Completion of at least 100 hours of supervised | 3 | | field work experiences supervised by a licensed | 4 | | speech-language pathologist at least 50% of the time when | 5 | | the student is engaged in contact with the patient or | 6 | | client. An applicant must obtain written verification | 7 | | demonstrating successful completion of the required field | 8 | | work experience, including a description of the setting in | 9 | | which the training was received and an assessment of the | 10 | | student's technical proficiency. | 11 | | (b) The Department may promulgate rules that change the | 12 | | curriculum requirements of subsection (a) in order to reflect | 13 | | the guidelines for speech-language pathology assistant | 14 | | programs recommended by the American Speech-Language Hearing | 15 | | Association. | 16 | | (c) Any applicant for licensure as a speech-language | 17 | | pathology assistant who applies to the Department prior to the | 18 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 19 | | Assembly or any person who holds a valid license as a | 20 | | speech-language pathology assistant on the effective date of | 21 | | this amendatory Act shall not be required to meet the new | 22 | | minimum requirements for a speech language pathology assistant | 23 | | program under subsection (a) of this Section 8.6 that are | 24 | | established by this amendatory Act. | 25 | | (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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