Public Act 093-1060
 
SB2395 Re-Enrolled LRB093 19749 AMC 45490 b

    AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
14-1.09b and 14-6.04 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b)
    Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist.
    (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.
    (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:
        (1) Holds (A) Holds a regular license as a
    speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois
    Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, (B)
    holds a current Certificate of Clinical Competence in
    speech-language pathology from the American
    Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a regular license
    in speech-language pathology from another state or
    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.
        (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
    Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American
    Speech-Language-Hearing Association or its predecessor.
        (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
    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.
        (4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois
    certification tests.
        (5) Has paid the application fee required for
    certification.
    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.
(Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 93-112, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
    (105 ILCS 5/14-6.04)
    Sec. 14-6.04. Contracting for speech-language pathology
services.
    (a) For purposes of this Section:
    "Reasonable efforts" means performing all of the
following:
        (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;
        (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
        (3) posting the position for speech-language
    pathologist on the Illinois Association of School
    Administrators' job placement service for at least 30 days.
    "Speech-language pathologist" means a person who:
        (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
    Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American
    Speech-Language-Hearing Association or its predecessor;
    and
        (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
    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.
    "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
designed to modify communicative disorders and conditions in
individuals or groups of individuals involving speech,
language, voice, and swallowing functions.
    (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
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:
        (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
        (2) hold a certificate under this Code with an
    endorsement in speech-language pathology.
(Source: P.A. 93-110, eff. 7-8-03.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 8.1 and
8.5 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 110/8.1)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
    Sec. 8.1. Temporary license. On and after July 1, 2005
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
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
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.
(Source: P.A. 93-112, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
    (225 ILCS 110/8.5)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
    Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language
pathology assistant.
    (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:
        (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.
        (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
assistant from the Department upon completion of forms
prescribed by the Department and the payment of the required
fee.
(Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.