Public Act 094-0528
Public Act 0528 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 094-0528
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| SB0451 Enrolled |
LRB094 09293 RAS 39532 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
| Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 3, 3.5, | 4, 5, 7.1, and 8 as follows:
| (225 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 7903)
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
| Sec. 3. Definitions. The following words and phrases shall | have the
meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the | context clearly indicates
otherwise:
| (a) "Department" means the Department of Professional
| Regulation.
| (b) "Director" means the Director of Professional | Regulation.
| (c) "Board" means the Board of Speech-Language Pathology | and Audiology
established under Section 5 of this Act.
| (d) "Speech-Language Pathologist" means a person who has | received a
license pursuant to this Act and who engages in the | practice
of speech-language pathology.
| (e) "Audiologist" means a person who has received a license | pursuant to this
Act and who engages in the practice of | audiology.
| (f) "Public member" means a person who is not a health | professional.
For purposes of board membership, any person with | a significant financial
interest in a health service or | profession is not a public member.
| (g) "The practice of audiology" is the application of | nonmedical methods
and procedures for the identification, | measurement, testing,
appraisal, prediction, habilitation, | rehabilitation, or instruction
related to hearing
and | disorders of hearing. These procedures are for the
purpose of |
| counseling, consulting and rendering or offering to render
| services or for participating in the planning, directing or | conducting of
programs that are designed to modify | communicative disorders
involving
speech, language or auditory | function related to hearing loss.
The practice of audiology may | include, but shall not be limited to, the
following:
| (1) any task, procedure, act, or practice that is | necessary for the
evaluation of hearing or
vestibular | function;
| (2) training in the use of amplification devices
, | including hearing aids;
| (3) the fitting, dispensing, or servicing of hearing | instruments; and
| (4)
(3) performing basic speech and language screening | tests and procedures
consistent with audiology training.
| (h) "The practice of speech-language pathology" is the | application of
nonmedical methods and procedures for the | identification,
measurement, testing, appraisal, prediction, | habilitation, rehabilitation,
and modification related to | communication development, and disorders or
disabilities of | speech, language, voice, swallowing, and other speech,
| language and voice related disorders. These procedures are for | the
purpose of counseling, consulting and rendering or offering | to render
services, or for participating in the planning, | directing or conducting of
programs that are designed to modify | communicative disorders and
conditions in individuals or | groups of individuals involving speech,
language, voice and | swallowing function.
| "The practice of speech-language pathology" shall include, | but
shall not be
limited to, the following:
| (1) hearing screening tests and aural rehabilitation | procedures
consistent with speech-language pathology | training;
| (2) tasks, procedures, acts or practices that are | necessary for the
evaluation of, and training in the use | of, augmentative communication
systems, communication |
| variation, cognitive rehabilitation, non-spoken
language | production and comprehension.
| (i) "Speech-language pathology assistant" means a person | who has received
a license pursuant to this Act to assist a | speech-language
pathologist in the manner provided in this Act.
| (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02.)
| (225 ILCS 110/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 7904)
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
| Sec. 4. Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to the
| provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise the | following
functions, powers and duties:
| (a) Conduct or authorize examinations to ascertain the | fitness and
qualifications of applicants for license and issue | licenses to those who are
found to be fit and qualified.
| (b) Prescribe rules and regulations for a method of | examination of
candidates.
| (c) Prescribe rules and regulations defining what shall | constitute an
approved school, college or department of a | university, except that no
school, college or department of a | university that refuses admittance to
applicants solely on | account of race, color, creed, sex or national origin
shall be | approved.
| (d) Conduct hearings on proceedings to revoke, suspend, or | refusal to
issue such licenses.
| (e) Promulgate rules and regulations required for the | administration of this
Act.
| (f) Discipline the supervisor of a graduate audiology or | speech-language pathology student as provided
in this Act for a | violation by the graduate audiology or speech-language | pathology student.
| (Source: P.A. 91-932, eff. 1-1-01; 91-949, eff. 2-9-01.)
| (225 ILCS 110/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 7905)
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
| Sec. 5. Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. |
| There is created a Board of Speech-Language Pathology and | Audiology to be
composed of persons designated from time to | time by the Director, as follows:
| (a) Five persons, 2 of whom have been licensed | speech-language
pathologists for
a period of 5 years or | more, 2 of whom have been licensed audiologists for
a | period of
5 years or more, and one public member. The board | shall annually elect a
chairperson and a vice-chairperson.
| (b) Terms for all members shall be for 3 years. Partial | terms over 2
years in length shall be considered as full | terms. A member may be
reappointed for a successive term, | but no member shall serve more than 2 full
terms.
| (c) The membership of the Board should reasonably | reflect representation
from the various geographic areas | of the State.
| (d) In making appointments to the Board, the Director | shall give due
consideration to recommendations by | organizations of the speech-language
pathology and | audiology professions in Illinois, including the Illinois
| Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Illinois | Academy of Audiology, and shall promptly give due notice to
| such organizations of any vacancy in the membership of the | Board. The
Director may terminate the appointment of any | member for any cause, which
in the opinion of the Director, | reasonably justifies such termination.
| (e) A majority of the Board members currently appointed | shall constitute
a
quorum. A vacancy in the membership of | the Board shall not impair the right
of a quorum to | exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the | Board.
| (f) The members of the Board shall each receive as | compensation a
reasonable sum as determined by the Director | for each day actually engaged
in the duties of the office, | and all legitimate and necessary expenses
incurred in | attending the meetings of the Board.
| (g) Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in |
| any action based
upon any disciplinary proceedings or other | activities performed in good
faith as members of the Board.
| (h) The Director may consider the recommendations of | the Board in
establishing guidelines for professional | conduct, the conduct of formal
disciplinary proceedings | brought under this Act, and
qualifications of applicants. | Notice of proposed rulemaking
shall be transmitted to the | Board and the Department shall review the response
of the | Board and any recommendations made in the response. The | Department, at
any time, may seek the expert advice and | knowledge of the Board on any matter
relating to the | administration or enforcement of this Act.
| (i) Whenever the Director is satisfied that | substantial justice has not
been done either in an | examination or in the revocation, suspension, or refusal
of | a license, or other disciplinary action relating to a | license, the Director
may order a
reexamination or | rehearing.
| (Source: P.A. 90-69, eff. 7-8-97.)
| (225 ILCS 110/7.1)
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
| Sec. 7.1. Graduate audiology students. Full-time Graduate | students
enrolled
in a program of audiology in an
accredited
| college or university may engage in the dispensing of hearing | instruments
as a part of a program of audiology without a | license under
the supervision of an audiologist licensed under | this Act.
| The supervisor and the supervisor's employer shall be | jointly and
severally liable for any acts of the student
| relating to the practice of fitting or dispensing hearing | instruments as
defined
in the rules promulgated
under this Act.
| (Source: P.A. 91-932, eff. 1-1-01.)
| (225 ILCS 110/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 7908)
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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| Sec. 8. Qualifications for licenses to practice | speech-language pathology
or audiology.
The Department shall | require that each applicant for a license to practice
| speech-language pathology or audiology shall:
| (a) (Blank);
| (b) be at least 21 years of age;
| (c) not have violated any provisions of Section 16 of | this
Act;
| (d) present satisfactory evidence of receiving a | master's
or doctoral degree in
speech-language pathology | or audiology from a program approved by the
Department. | Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent any | program
from establishing higher standards than specified | in this Act;
| (e) pass a national
an examination recognized
| authorized by the Department in the
theory and
practice of | the profession, provided that the Department may recognize | a
certificate granted by the American | Speech-Language-Hearing Association in
lieu of such | examination; and
| (f) for a license as a speech-language pathologist,
| have completed the equivalent of 9 months of
full-time,
| supervised professional experience; and
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| (g) for a license as an audiologist, have completed a | minimum of 1,500 clock hours of supervised experience.
| Applicants have 3 years from the date of application to | complete the
application process. If the process has not been | completed within 3 years, the
application shall be denied, the | fee shall be forfeited, and the applicant must
reapply
and meet | the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
| (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 8/10/2005
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