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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5497
Introduced , by Rep. Angelo Saviano SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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225 ILCS 110/3 |
from Ch. 111, par. 7903 |
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Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Provides that "the practice of speech-language pathology" includes the use of instrumental procedures, including the use of flexible endoscopes to observe the pharyngeal and laryngeal areas of the throat to (i) collect data and measure the parameters of communication and swallowing and (ii) guide communication and swallowing assessment and therapy. Provides that instrumental procedures may not be used by a speech-language pathologist as a diagnostic procedure without authorization from a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches. |
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LRB095 19852 RAS 46250 b |
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| AN ACT concerning 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 Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
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| Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Section 3 as |
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| follows:
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| (225 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 7903)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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| Sec. 3. Definitions. The following words and phrases shall |
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| have the
meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the |
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| context clearly indicates
otherwise:
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| (a) "Department" means the Department of Financial and
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| Professional
Regulation.
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| (b) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and |
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| Professional Regulation.
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| (c) "Board" means the Board of Speech-Language Pathology |
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| and Audiology
established under Section 5 of this Act.
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| (d) "Speech-Language Pathologist" means a person who has |
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| received a
license pursuant to this Act and who engages in the |
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| practice
of speech-language pathology.
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| (e) "Audiologist" means a person who has received a license |
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| pursuant to this
Act and who engages in the practice of |
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| audiology.
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| (f) "Public member" means a person who is not a health |
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| professional.
For purposes of board membership, any person with |
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| a significant financial
interest in a health service or |
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| profession is not a public member.
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| (g) "The practice of audiology" is the application of |
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| nonmedical methods
and procedures for the identification, |
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| measurement, testing,
appraisal, prediction, habilitation, |
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| rehabilitation, or instruction
related to hearing
and |
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| disorders of hearing. These procedures are for the
purpose of |
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| counseling, consulting and rendering or offering to render
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| services or for participating in the planning, directing or |
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| conducting of
programs that are designed to modify |
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| communicative disorders
involving
speech, language or auditory |
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| function related to hearing loss.
The practice of audiology may |
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| include, but shall not be limited to, the
following:
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| (1) any task, procedure, act, or practice that is |
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| necessary for the
evaluation of hearing or
vestibular |
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| function;
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| (2) training in the use of amplification devices;
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| (3) the fitting, dispensing, or servicing of hearing |
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| instruments; and
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| (4) performing basic speech and language screening |
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| tests and procedures
consistent with audiology training.
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| (h) "The practice of speech-language pathology" is the |
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| application of
nonmedical methods and procedures for the |
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| identification,
measurement, testing, appraisal, prediction, |
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| habilitation, rehabilitation,
and modification related to |
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| communication development, and disorders or
disabilities of |
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| speech, language, voice, swallowing, and other speech,
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| language and voice related disorders. These procedures are for |
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| the
purpose of counseling, consulting and rendering or offering |
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| to render
services, or for participating in the planning, |
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| directing or conducting of
programs that are designed to modify |
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| communicative disorders and
conditions in individuals or |
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| groups of individuals involving speech,
language, voice and |
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| swallowing function.
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| "The practice of speech-language pathology" shall include, |
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| but
shall not be
limited to, the following:
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| (1) hearing screening tests and aural rehabilitation |
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| procedures
consistent with speech-language pathology |
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| training;
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| (2) tasks, procedures, acts or practices that are |
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| necessary for the
evaluation of, and training in the use |
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| of, augmentative communication
systems, communication |
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| variation, cognitive rehabilitation, non-spoken
language |
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| production and comprehension ; and . |
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| (3) the use of instrumental procedures, including the |
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| use of rigid and flexible endoscopes to observe the |
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| pharyngeal and laryngeal areas of the throat to: |
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| (A) collect data and measure the parameters of |
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| communication and swallowing; and |
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| (B) guide communication and swallowing assessment |
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| and therapy. |
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| However, instrumental procedures may not be used by a |
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| speech-language pathologist as a diagnostic procedure |
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| without authorization from a physician licensed to |
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| practice medicine in all of its branches.
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| (i) "Speech-language pathology assistant" means a person |
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| who has received
a license pursuant to this Act to assist a |
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| speech-language
pathologist in the manner provided in this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-528, eff. 8-10-05; 95-465, eff. 8-27-07.)
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