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Public Act 094-1082
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LRB094 03737 RAS 33746 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 8.1 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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)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, 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
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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
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by rule and documentation on forms prescribed by the Department |
certifying that his or her professional experience will be |
supervised by a licensed speech-language pathologist. A |
temporary license shall be issued
for a period of 12 months and |
may be renewed only once for good cause shown. |
A person who has completed the course and clinical |
curriculum required to receive a master's degree in |
speech-language pathology, as minimally required under |
subsection (d) of Section 8 of this Act for a license to |
practice speech-language pathology, but who has not yet been |
conferred the master's degree, may make application to the |
Department for a temporary license under this Section and may |
begin his or her supervised professional experience as a |
speech-language pathologist without a temporary license for |