Full Text of HB5497 95th General Assembly
HB5497eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | | 3 |
| 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 | | 6 |
| 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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)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 | | 10 |
| have the
meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the | | 11 |
| 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 | | 15 |
| Professional Regulation.
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| (c) "Board" means the Board of Speech-Language Pathology | | 17 |
| and Audiology
established under Section 5 of this Act.
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| (d) "Speech-Language Pathologist" means a person who has | | 19 |
| received a
license pursuant to this Act and who engages in the | | 20 |
| practice
of speech-language pathology.
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| (e) "Audiologist" means a person who has received a license | | 22 |
| pursuant to this
Act and who engages in the practice of | | 23 |
| audiology.
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| (f) "Public member" means a person who is not a health | | 2 |
| professional.
For purposes of board membership, any person with | | 3 |
| a significant financial
interest in a health service or | | 4 |
| profession is not a public member.
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| (g) "The practice of audiology" is the application of | | 6 |
| nonmedical methods
and procedures for the identification, | | 7 |
| measurement, testing,
appraisal, prediction, habilitation, | | 8 |
| rehabilitation, or instruction
related to hearing
and | | 9 |
| disorders of hearing. These procedures are for the
purpose of | | 10 |
| counseling, consulting and rendering or offering to render
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| services or for participating in the planning, directing or | | 12 |
| conducting of
programs that are designed to modify | | 13 |
| communicative disorders
involving
speech, language or auditory | | 14 |
| function related to hearing loss.
The practice of audiology may | | 15 |
| include, but shall not be limited to, the
following:
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| (1) any task, procedure, act, or practice that is | | 17 |
| necessary for the
evaluation of hearing or
vestibular | | 18 |
| 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 | | 21 |
| instruments; and
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| (4) performing basic speech and language screening | | 23 |
| tests and procedures
consistent with audiology training.
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| (h) "The practice of speech-language pathology" is the | | 25 |
| application of
nonmedical methods and procedures for the | | 26 |
| identification,
measurement, testing, appraisal, prediction, |
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| habilitation, rehabilitation,
and modification related to | | 2 |
| communication development, and disorders or
disabilities of | | 3 |
| speech, language, voice, swallowing, and other speech,
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| language and voice related disorders. These procedures are for | | 5 |
| the
purpose of counseling, consulting and rendering or offering | | 6 |
| to render
services, or for participating in the planning, | | 7 |
| directing or conducting of
programs that are designed to modify | | 8 |
| communicative disorders and
conditions in individuals or | | 9 |
| groups of individuals involving speech,
language, voice and | | 10 |
| swallowing function.
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| "The practice of speech-language pathology" shall include, | | 12 |
| but
shall not be
limited to, the following:
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| (1) hearing screening tests and aural rehabilitation | | 14 |
| procedures
consistent with speech-language pathology | | 15 |
| training;
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| (2) tasks, procedures, acts or practices that are | | 17 |
| necessary for the
evaluation of, and training in the use | | 18 |
| of, augmentative communication
systems, communication | | 19 |
| variation, cognitive rehabilitation, non-spoken
language | | 20 |
| production and comprehension; and . | | 21 |
| (3) the use of instrumental procedures, including the | | 22 |
| use of rigid and flexible endoscopes to observe the | | 23 |
| pharyngeal and laryngeal areas of the throat to: | | 24 |
| (A) collect data and measure the parameters of | | 25 |
| communication and swallowing; and | | 26 |
| (B) guide communication and swallowing assessment |
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| and therapy. | | 2 |
| However, instrumental procedures may not be used by a | | 3 |
| speech-language pathologist as a diagnostic procedure | | 4 |
| without authorization from a physician licensed to | | 5 |
| practice medicine in all of its branches.
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| (i) "Speech-language pathology assistant" means a person | | 7 |
| who has received
a license pursuant to this Act to assist a | | 8 |
| 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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