Public Act 103-0302
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Section 8.5 as
follows:
(225 ILCS 110/8.5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language
pathology assistant. A person is qualified to be licensed as a
speech-language pathology assistant if that person has applied
in writing or electronically 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 or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of
the applicant, but such a conviction or plea shall not
operate automatically as a complete bar to licensure.
(2) Has received either (i) 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, or (ii) a
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bachelor's degree and has completed course work from an
accredited college or university that meets the minimum
requirements set forth in Section 8.6, or (iii) a
bachelor's degree in speech-language pathology or
communication sciences and disorders from a regionally or
nationally accredited institution approved by the
Department, and evidence of completion of at least 100
hours of documented field work supervised by a licensed
speech-language pathologist that is comparable to that
completed in a speech-language pathology assistant program
in this State.
(Source: P.A. 100-530, eff. 1-1-18.)