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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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