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whose course of study was
approved or program was |
accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
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Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American |
Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor.
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(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
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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.
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(4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois |
certification tests.
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(5) Has paid the application fee required for |
certification.
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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.
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(Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 93-112, eff. 1-1-04.)
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(105 ILCS 5/14-6.04)
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Sec. 14-6.04. Contracting for speech-language pathology |
services.
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(a) For purposes of this Section:
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"Reasonable efforts" means performing all of the |
following:
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(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;
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(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
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(3) posting the position for speech-language |
pathologist on the Illinois
Association of School |
Administrators' job placement service for at least 30
days.
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"Speech-language pathologist" means a person who:
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(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
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Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American |
Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor; |
and
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(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 |
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with disabilities in a school
setting serving ages 3 to 21 |
or (ii) meets the content-area standards for
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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.
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"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
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designed to modify communicative disorders and conditions in |
individuals or
groups of individuals involving speech, |
language, voice, and swallowing
functions.
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(b) A school district or a cooperative must make reasonable |
efforts to
employ a speech-language pathologist. While making |
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those reasonable efforts or
after unsuccessful reasonable |
efforts have been made, or both, a school
district or |
cooperative may contract for speech-language pathology
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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:
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(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
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(2) hold a certificate under this Code with an |
endorsement in speech-language
pathology.
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(Source: P.A. 93-110, eff. 7-8-03.)
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Section 10. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
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Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 8.1 and |
8.5 as 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
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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
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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
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professional experience of the applicant. A temporary license |
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shall be issued
for a period of 12 months and may be renewed |
only once for good cause shown.
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(Source: P.A. 93-112, eff. 1-1-04.)
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(225 ILCS 110/8.5)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language |
pathology
assistant.
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(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:
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(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.
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(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
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assistant from the Department upon completion of forms |
prescribed by the
Department and the payment of the required |
fee.
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(Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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