Registration and Regulation Committee
Filed: 11/14/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 205




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 205 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and

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Audiology Practice Act is amended  by changing Section 8.1 as 
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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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)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, a 
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person who has
met the requirements of items (a) through (e) of 
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Section 8 and intends to
undertake supervised professional 
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experience as a speech-language pathologist,
as required by 
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subsection (f) of Section 8 and the rules adopted by the

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Department, must first obtain a temporary license from the 
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Department. A
temporary license may be issued by the Department 
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only to an applicant pursuing
licensure as a speech-language 
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pathologist in this State. A temporary license
shall be issued 
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to an applicant upon receipt of the required fee as set forth

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by rule and documentation on forms prescribed by the Department 
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certifying that his or her professional experience will be 
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supervised by a licensed speech-language pathologist. A 
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temporary license shall be issued
for a period of 12 months and 
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may be renewed only once for good cause shown.
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    A person who has completed the course and clinical 
 


 






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curriculum required to receive a master's degree in 
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speech-language pathology, as minimally required under 
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subsection (d) of Section 8 of this Act for a license to 
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practice speech-language pathology, but who has not yet been 
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been conferred the master's degree, may make application to the 
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Department for a temporary license under this Section  and may 
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begin his or her supervised professional experience as a 
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speech-language pathologist without a temporary license for 
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120 days from the date of application or until disposition of 
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the license application by the Department, whichever is sooner.


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(Source: P.A. 93-112, eff. 1-1-04; 93-1060, eff. 12-23-04.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".