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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and

5Audiology Practice Act is amended  by changing Section 8.5 as 
6follows:
 


7    (225 ILCS 110/8.5)




8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

9    Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language 
10pathology
assistant. A person is qualified to be licensed as a 
11speech-language
pathology assistant if that person has applied 
12in writing or electronically on forms prescribed
by the 
13Department, has paid the required fees, and meets both of the 
14following
criteria:

15        (1) Is of good moral character.  In determining moral 
16    character, the
Department
may take into consideration any 
17    felony conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of 
18    the
applicant, but such a conviction or plea shall not 
19    operate automatically as a complete
bar to licensure.

20        (2) Has received either (i) an associate degree from a 
21    speech-language pathology
assistant
program that has been 
22    approved by the Department and
that meets the minimum 
23    requirements set forth in Section 8.6, or (ii) a 
 
 
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1    bachelor's degree and has completed course work from an 
2    accredited college or university that meets the minimum 
3    requirements set forth in Section 8.6, or (iii) a 
4    bachelor's degree in speech-language pathology or 
5    communication sciences and disorders from a regionally or 
6    nationally accredited institution approved by the 
7    Department, and evidence of completion of at least 100 
8    hours of documented field work supervised by a licensed 
9    speech-language pathologist that is comparable to that 
10    completed in a speech-language pathology assistant program 
11    in this State.

12(Source: P.A. 100-530, eff. 1-1-18.)