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1     AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
5 14-1.09b and 14-6.04 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b)
7     Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist.
8     (a) For purposes of supervision of a speech-language
9 pathology assistant, "speech-language pathologist" means a
10 person who has received a license pursuant to the Illinois
11 Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act to engage
12 in the practice of speech-language pathology.
13     (b) The School Service Personnel Certificate with a
14 speech-language endorsement shall be issued under Section
15 21-25 of this Code to a speech-language pathologist who meets
16 all of the following requirements:
17         (1) Holds (A) Holds a regular license as a
18     speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois
19     Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, (B)
20     holds a current Certificate of Clinical Competence in
21     speech-language pathology from the American
22     Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a regular license
23     in speech-language pathology from another state or
24     territory or the District of Columbia and has applied for a
25     regular license as a speech-language pathologist pursuant
26     to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
27     Practice Act, or (C) holds or has applied for a temporary
28     license pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Illinois
29     Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act and
30     has completed an approved program.
31         (2) Holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major
32     emphasis in speech-language pathology from an institution

 

 

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1     whose course of study was approved or program was
2     accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
3     Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American
4     Speech-Language-Hearing Association or its predecessor.
5         (3) Either (i) has completed a program of study before
6     July 1, 2002 that includes course work and supervised
7     clinical experience sufficient in breadth and depth to
8     demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the specific
9     problems, methods and procedures applicable to students
10     with disabilities in a school setting serving ages 3
11     through 21 or (ii) meets the content area standards for
12     speech-language pathologists approved adopted by the State
13     Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teachers
14     Certification Board, (ii) has completed a program in
15     another state, territory, or possession of the United
16     States that is comparable to an approved program of study
17     described in item (i), or (iii) holds a certificate issued
18     by another state, territory, or possession of the United
19     States that is comparable to the school service personnel
20     certificate with a speech-language endorsement. If the
21     requirements described in items (i), (ii), or (iii) of this
22     paragraph (3) have not been met, a person must provide
23     evidence that he or she has completed at least 150 clock
24     hours of supervised experience in speech-language
25     pathology with students with disabilities in a school
26     setting; however, a person who lacks such experience may
27     obtain interim certification as established by the
28     Illinois State Board of Education, in consultation with the
29     State Teacher Certification Board, and shall participate
30     in school-based professional experience of at least 150
31     clock hours to meet this requirement.
32         (4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois
33     certification tests.
34         (5) Has paid the application fee required for
35     certification.
36     The provisions of this subsection (b) do not preclude the

 

 

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1 issuance of a teaching certificate to a speech-language
2 pathologist who qualifies for such a certificate.
3 (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 93-112, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
4     (105 ILCS 5/14-6.04)
5     Sec. 14-6.04. Contracting for speech-language pathology
6 services.
7     (a) For purposes of this Section:
8     "Reasonable efforts" means performing all of the
9 following:
10         (1) placing at least 3 employment advertisements for a
11     speech-language pathologist published in the newspaper of
12     widest distribution within the school district or
13     cooperative;
14         (2) placing one employment listing in the placement
15     bulletin of a college or university that has a
16     speech-language pathology curriculum that is located in
17     the geographic area of the school district or cooperative,
18     if any; and
19         (3) posting the position for speech-language
20     pathologist on the Illinois Association of School
21     Administrators' job placement service for at least 30 days.
22     "Speech-language pathologist" means a person who:
23         (1) holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major
24     emphasis in speech-language pathology from an institution
25     whose course of study was approved or program was
26     accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
27     Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American
28     Speech-Language-Hearing Association or its predecessor;
29     and
30         (2) either (i) has completed a program of study prior
31     to July 1, 2002 that includes course work and supervised
32     clinical experience sufficient in breadth and depth to
33     demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the specific
34     problems, methods, and procedures applicable to students
35     with disabilities in a school setting serving ages 3 to 21

 

 

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1     or (ii) meets the content-area standards for
2     speech-language pathologists approved adopted by the State
3     Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
4     Certification Board, (ii) has completed a program in
5     another state, territory, or possession of the United
6     States that is comparable to an approved program of study
7     described in item (i), or (iii) holds a certificate issued
8     by another state, territory, or possession of the United
9     States that is comparable to the school service personnel
10     certificate with a speech-language endorsement. If the
11     requirements described in items (i), (ii), or (iii) of this
12     paragraph (2) have not been met, a person must provide
13     evidence that he or she has completed at least 150 clock
14     hours of supervised experience in speech-language
15     pathology with students with disabilities in a school
16     setting; however, a person who lacks such experience may
17     obtain interim certification as established by the
18     Illinois State Board of Education, in consultation with the
19     State Teacher Certification Board, and shall participate
20     in school-based professional experience of at least 150
21     clock hours to meet this requirement.
22     "Speech-language pathology services" means the application
23 of methods and procedures for identifying, measuring, testing,
24 appraising, predicting, and modifying communication
25 development and disorders or disabilities of speech, language,
26 voice, swallowing, and other speech, language, and
27 voice-related disorders for the purpose of counseling,
28 consulting, and rendering services or participating in the
29 planning, directing, or conducting of programs that are
30 designed to modify communicative disorders and conditions in
31 individuals or groups of individuals involving speech,
32 language, voice, and swallowing functions.
33     (b) A school district or a cooperative must make reasonable
34 efforts to employ a speech-language pathologist. While making
35 those reasonable efforts or after unsuccessful reasonable
36 efforts have been made, or both, a school district or

 

 

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1 cooperative may contract for speech-language pathology
2 services with a speech-language pathologist or an entity that
3 employs speech-language pathologists. A speech-language
4 pathologist who provides speech-language pathology services
5 pursuant to a contract must hold:
6         (1) hold a speech-language pathology license under the
7     Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice
8     Act or hold or have applied for a temporary license issued
9     under Section 8.1 of that Act; and
10         (2) hold a certificate under this Code with an
11     endorsement in speech-language pathology.
12 (Source: P.A. 93-110, eff. 7-8-03.)
 
13     Section 10. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
14 Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 8.1 and
15 8.5 as follows:
 
16     (225 ILCS 110/8.1)
17     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
18     Sec. 8.1. Temporary license. On and after July 1, 2005
19 January 1, 2004, a person who has met the requirements of items
20 (a) through (e) of Section 8 and intends to undertake
21 supervised professional experience as a speech-language
22 pathologist, as required by subsection (f) of Section 8 and the
23 rules adopted by the Department, must first obtain a temporary
24 license from the Department. A temporary license may be issued
25 by the Department only to an applicant pursuing licensure as a
26 speech-language pathologist in this State. A temporary license
27 shall be issued to an applicant upon receipt of the required
28 fee as set forth by rule and documentation on forms prescribed
29 by the Department certifying that his or her professional
30 experience will be supervised by demonstrating that a licensed
31 speech-language pathologist has agreed to supervise the
32 professional experience of the applicant. A temporary license
33 shall be issued for a period of 12 months and may be renewed
34 only once for good cause shown.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 93-112, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
2     (225 ILCS 110/8.5)
3     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
4     Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language
5 pathology assistant.
6     (a) A person is qualified to be licensed as a
7 speech-language pathology assistant if that person has applied
8 in writing on forms prescribed by the Department, has paid the
9 required fees, and meets both of the following criteria:
10         (1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral
11     character, the Department may take into consideration any
12     felony conviction of the applicant, but such a conviction
13     shall not operate automatically as a complete bar to
14     licensure.
15         (2) Has received an associate degree from a
16     speech-language pathology assistant program that has been
17     approved by the Department and that meets the minimum
18     requirements set forth in Section 8.6.
19     (b) Until July 1, 2005 January 1,2004, a person holding a
20 bachelor's level degree in communication disorders who was
21 employed to assist a speech-language pathologist on June 1,
22 2002 (the effective date of P.A. 92-510) the effective date of
23 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly shall be
24 eligible to receive a license as a speech-language pathology
25 assistant from the Department upon completion of forms
26 prescribed by the Department and the payment of the required
27 fee.
28 (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02.)
 
29     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.