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Public Act 093-1060 |
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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 | ||||
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 | ||||
pathology assistant,
"speech-language pathologist" means a | ||||
person who has received a license
pursuant to the Illinois | ||||
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act
to engage | ||||
in the practice of speech-language pathology.
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(b) The School Service Personnel Certificate with a | ||||
speech-language
endorsement shall be issued under Section | ||||
21-25 of this Code to a
speech-language pathologist who meets | ||||
all of the following requirements:
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(1) Holds (A) Holds a regular license as a | ||||
speech-language pathologist
pursuant to the Illinois | ||||
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
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holds a current Certificate of Clinical Competence in
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speech-language pathology from the American | ||||
Speech-Language-Hearing Association
and a regular license | ||||
in speech-language pathology from another state or
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territory or the District of Columbia and has applied for a | ||||
regular license as
a speech-language pathologist pursuant | ||||
to the Illinois Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology | ||||
Practice Act, or (C) holds or has applied for a temporary | ||||
license pursuant to
Section 8.1 of the Illinois | ||||
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act and | ||||
has
completed an approved program .
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(2) Holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major | ||||
emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution |
whose course of study was
approved or program was | ||
accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
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Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American | ||
Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor.
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(3) Either (i) has completed a program of study before | ||
July 1, 2002 that
includes course work and supervised | ||
clinical experience sufficient in breadth
and depth to | ||
demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the specific | ||
problems,
methods and procedures applicable to students | ||
with disabilities in a school
setting serving ages 3 | ||
through 21 or (ii) meets the content area standards for
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speech-language pathologists approved
adopted by the State | ||
Board of Education, in
consultation with the State Teachers | ||
Certification Board , (ii) has completed a program in | ||
another state, territory, or possession of the United | ||
States that is comparable to an approved program of study | ||
described in item (i), or (iii) holds a certificate issued | ||
by another state, territory, or possession of the United | ||
States that is comparable to the school service personnel | ||
certificate with a speech-language endorsement. If the | ||
requirements described in items (i), (ii), or (iii) of this | ||
paragraph (3) have not been met, a person must provide | ||
evidence that he or she has completed at least 150 clock | ||
hours of supervised experience in speech-language | ||
pathology with students with disabilities in a school | ||
setting, including experience required by federal law or | ||
federal court order; however, a person who lacks such | ||
experience may obtain interim certification as established | ||
by the Illinois State Board of Education, in consultation | ||
with the State Teacher Certification Board, and shall | ||
participate in school-based professional experience of at | ||
least 150 clock hours to meet this requirement .
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(4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois | ||
certification tests.
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(5) Has paid the application fee required for | ||
certification.
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The provisions of this subsection (b) do not preclude the | ||
issuance of a
teaching certificate to a speech-language | ||
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 | ||
services.
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(a) For purposes of this Section:
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"Reasonable efforts" means performing all of the | ||
following:
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(1) placing at least 3 employment advertisements for a | ||
speech-language
pathologist published in the newspaper of | ||
widest distribution within the school
district or | ||
cooperative;
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(2) placing one employment listing in the placement | ||
bulletin of a
college or university that has a | ||
speech-language pathology curriculum that is
located in | ||
the geographic area of the school district or cooperative, | ||
if any;
and
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(3) posting the position for speech-language | ||
pathologist on the Illinois
Association of School | ||
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 | ||
emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution | ||
whose course of study was
approved or program was | ||
accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
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Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American | ||
Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor; | ||
and
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(2) either (i) has completed a program of study prior | ||
to July 1, 2002 that
includes course work and supervised | ||
clinical experience sufficient in breadth
and depth to | ||
demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the specific | ||
problems,
methods, and procedures applicable to students |
with disabilities in a school
setting serving ages 3 to 21 | ||
or (ii) meets the content-area standards for
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speech-language pathologists approved
adopted by the State | ||
Board of Education, in
consultation with the State Teacher | ||
Certification Board , (ii) has completed a program in | ||
another state, territory, or possession of the United | ||
States that is comparable to an approved program of study | ||
described in item (i), or (iii) holds a certificate issued | ||
by another state, territory, or possession of the United | ||
States that is comparable to the school service personnel | ||
certificate with a speech-language endorsement. If the | ||
requirements described in items (i), (ii), or (iii) of this | ||
paragraph (2) have not been met, a person must provide | ||
evidence that he or she has completed at least 150 clock | ||
hours of supervised experience in speech-language | ||
pathology with students with disabilities in a school | ||
setting, including experience required by federal law or | ||
federal court order; however, a person who lacks such | ||
experience may obtain interim certification as established | ||
by the Illinois State Board of Education, in consultation | ||
with the State Teacher Certification Board, and shall | ||
participate in school-based professional experience of at | ||
least 150 clock hours to meet this requirement .
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"Speech-language pathology services" means the application | ||
of methods and
procedures for identifying, measuring, testing, | ||
appraising, predicting, and
modifying communication | ||
development and disorders or disabilities of speech,
language, | ||
voice, swallowing, and other speech, language, and | ||
voice-related
disorders for the purpose of counseling, | ||
consulting, and rendering services or
participating in the | ||
planning, directing, or conducting of programs that are
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designed to modify communicative disorders and conditions in | ||
individuals or
groups of individuals involving speech, | ||
language, voice, and swallowing
functions.
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(b) A school district or a cooperative must make reasonable | ||
efforts to
employ a speech-language pathologist. While making |
those reasonable efforts or
after unsuccessful reasonable | ||
efforts have been made, or both, a school
district or | ||
cooperative may contract for speech-language pathology
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services with a speech-language pathologist or an entity that | ||
employs
speech-language pathologists. A speech-language | ||
pathologist who provides
speech-language pathology services | ||
pursuant to a contract must hold :
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(1) hold a speech-language pathology license under the | ||
Illinois Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology Practice | ||
Act or hold or have applied for a temporary license issued | ||
under Section 8.1 of that Act ; and
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(2) hold a certificate under this Code with an | ||
endorsement 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 | ||
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 | ||
(a) through (e) of Section 8 and intends to
undertake | ||
supervised professional experience as a speech-language | ||
pathologist,
as required by subsection (f) of Section 8 and the | ||
rules adopted by the
Department, must first obtain a temporary | ||
license from the Department. A
temporary license may be issued | ||
by the Department only to an applicant pursuing
licensure as a | ||
speech-language pathologist in this State. A temporary license
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shall be issued to an applicant upon receipt of the required | ||
fee as set forth
by rule and documentation on forms prescribed | ||
by the Department certifying that his or her professional | ||
experience will be supervised by
demonstrating
that a licensed | ||
speech-language pathologist has agreed to supervise the
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professional experience of the applicant . A temporary license |
shall be issued
for a period of 12 months and may be renewed | ||
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 | ||
pathology
assistant.
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(a) A person is qualified to be licensed as a | ||
speech-language
pathology assistant if that person has applied | ||
in writing on forms prescribed
by the Department, has paid the | ||
required fees, and meets both of the following
criteria:
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(1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral | ||
character, the
Department
may take into consideration any | ||
felony conviction of the
applicant, but such a conviction | ||
shall not operate automatically as a complete
bar to | ||
licensure.
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(2) Has received an associate degree from a | ||
speech-language pathology
assistant
program that has been | ||
approved by the Department and
that meets the minimum | ||
requirements set forth in Section 8.6. | ||
(b) Until July 1, 2005
January 1, 2004 , a person holding a | ||
bachelor's level degree in
communication disorders who was | ||
employed to assist a speech-language
pathologist on June 1, | ||
2002 (the effective date of P.A. 92-510)
the effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly shall be | ||
eligible to receive a license as a speech-language pathology
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assistant from the Department upon completion of forms | ||
prescribed by the
Department and the payment of the required | ||
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 | ||
becoming law.
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