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4		-	AN ACT concerning regulation.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
8		-	Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 3.5,
9		-	8.5, and 8.6 as follows:
10		-	(225 ILCS 110/3.5)
11		-	(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
12		-	Sec. 3.5. Exemptions. This Act does not prohibit:
13		-	(a) The practice of speech-language pathology or
14		-	audiology by students in their course of study in programs
15		-	approved by the Department, or the performance of
16		-	speech-language pathology assistant services by graduates
17		-	who have obtained degrees as set forth in paragraph (2) of
18		-	Section 8.5 of the Act, when acting under the direction
19		-	and supervision of licensed speech-language pathologists
20		-	or audiologists.
21		-	(b) The performance of any speech-language pathology
22		-	service by a speech-language pathology assistant or
23		-	candidate for licensure as a speech-language pathology
24		-	assistant, if such service is performed under the
25		-	supervision and full responsibility of a licensed
26		-	speech-language pathologist. A speech language pathology
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
	7	+	5 Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 3.5,
	8	+	6 8.5, and 8.6 as follows:
	9	+	7 (225 ILCS 110/3.5)
	10	+	8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
	11	+	9 Sec. 3.5. Exemptions. This Act does not prohibit:
	12	+	10 (a) The practice of speech-language pathology or
	13	+	11 audiology by students in their course of study in programs
	14	+	12 approved by the Department, or the performance of
	15	+	13 speech-language pathology assistant services by graduates
	16	+	14 who have obtained degrees as set forth in paragraph (2) of
	17	+	15 Section 8.5 of the Act, when acting under the direction
	18	+	16 and supervision of licensed speech-language pathologists
	19	+	17 or audiologists.
	20	+	18 (b) The performance of any speech-language pathology
	21	+	19 service by a speech-language pathology assistant or
	22	+	20 candidate for licensure as a speech-language pathology
	23	+	21 assistant, if such service is performed under the
	24	+	22 supervision and full responsibility of a licensed
	25	+	23 speech-language pathologist. A speech language pathology
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33		-	assistant or candidate for speech-language pathology
34		-	assistant licensure may perform only those duties
35		-	authorized by Section 8.7 under the supervision of a
36		-	speech-language pathologist as provided in Section 8.8.
37		-	(b-5) The performance of an audiology service by an
38		-	appropriately trained person if that service is performed
39		-	under the supervision and full responsibility of a
40		-	licensed audiologist.
41		-	(c) The performance of audiometric testing for the
42		-	purpose of industrial hearing conservation by an
43		-	audiometric technician certified by the Council of
44		-	Accreditation for Occupational Hearing Conservation
45		-	(CAOHC).
46		-	(d) The performance of an audiometric screening by an
47		-	audiometric screenings technician certified by the
48		-	Department of Public Health.
49		-	(e) The selling or practice of fitting, dispensing, or
50		-	servicing hearing instruments by a hearing instrument
51		-	dispenser licensed under the Hearing Instrument Consumer
52		-	Protection Act.
53		-	(f) A person licensed in this State under any other
54		-	Act from engaging in the practice for which he or she is
55		-	licensed.
56		-	(g) The performance of vestibular function testing by
57		-	an appropriately trained person under the supervision of a
58		-	physician licensed to practice medicine in all its
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	34	+	1 assistant or candidate for speech-language pathology
	35	+	2 assistant licensure may perform only those duties
	36	+	3 authorized by Section 8.7 under the supervision of a
	37	+	4 speech-language pathologist as provided in Section 8.8.
	38	+	5 (b-5) The performance of an audiology service by an
	39	+	6 appropriately trained person if that service is performed
	40	+	7 under the supervision and full responsibility of a
	41	+	8 licensed audiologist.
	42	+	9 (c) The performance of audiometric testing for the
	43	+	10 purpose of industrial hearing conservation by an
	44	+	11 audiometric technician certified by the Council of
	45	+	12 Accreditation for Occupational Hearing Conservation
	46	+	13 (CAOHC).
	47	+	14 (d) The performance of an audiometric screening by an
	48	+	15 audiometric screenings technician certified by the
	49	+	16 Department of Public Health.
	50	+	17 (e) The selling or practice of fitting, dispensing, or
	51	+	18 servicing hearing instruments by a hearing instrument
	52	+	19 dispenser licensed under the Hearing Instrument Consumer
	53	+	20 Protection Act.
	54	+	21 (f) A person licensed in this State under any other
	55	+	22 Act from engaging in the practice for which he or she is
	56	+	23 licensed.
	57	+	24 (g) The performance of vestibular function testing by
	58	+	25 an appropriately trained person under the supervision of a
	59	+	26 physician licensed to practice medicine in all its
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61		-	branches.
62		-	(h) The performance of neurophysiologic intraoperative
63		-	monitoring of the seventh and eighth cranial nerve by an
64		-	individual certified by the American Board of Registration
65		-	of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential
66		-	Technologists as Certified in Neurophysiologic
67		-	Intraoperative Monitoring only if authorized and
68		-	supervised by the physician performing the surgical
69		-	procedure.
70		-	(Source: P.A. 100-530, eff. 1-1-18.)
71		-	(225 ILCS 110/8.5)
72		-	(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
73		-	Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language
74		-	pathology assistant. A person is qualified to be licensed as a
75		-	speech-language pathology assistant if that person has applied
76		-	in writing or electronically on forms prescribed by the
77		-	Department, has paid the required fees, and meets both of the
78		-	following criteria:
79		-	(1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral
80		-	character, the Department may take into consideration any
81		-	felony conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of
82		-	the applicant, but such a conviction or plea shall not
83		-	operate automatically as a complete bar to licensure.
84		-	(2) Has either:
85		-	(A) received an associate degree from a
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88		-	speech-language pathology assistant program that has
89		-	been approved by the Department and that meets the
90		-	minimum requirements set forth in Section 8.6; or
91		-	(B)(i) received a bachelor's degree in
92		-	speech-language pathology, communication sciences and
93		-	disorders, or other content area from an accredited
94		-	college or university that has been approved by the
95		-	Department and meets the minimum requirements set
96		-	forth in Section 8.6, and (ii) completed the
97		-	requirements for certification as a speech-language
98		-	pathology assistant or completed an equivalent program
99		-	as determined by the Department by rule.
100		-	(2) Has received either (i) an associate degree from a
101		-	speech-language pathology assistant program that has been
102		-	approved by the Department and that meets the minimum
103		-	requirements set forth in Section 8.6, (ii) a bachelor's
104		-	degree and has completed course work from an accredited
105		-	college or university that meets the minimum requirements
106		-	set forth in Section 8.6, or (iii) a bachelor's degree in
107		-	speech-language pathology or communication sciences and
108		-	disorders from a regionally or nationally accredited
109		-	institution approved by the Department, and evidence of
110		-	completion of at least 100 hours of documented field work
111		-	supervised by a licensed speech-language pathologist that
112		-	is comparable to that completed in a speech-language
113		-	pathology assistant program in this State.
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116		-	(Source: P.A. 103-302, eff. 1-1-24.)
117		-	(225 ILCS 110/8.6)
118		-	(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
119		-	Sec. 8.6. Minimum requirements for speech-language
120		-	pathology assistant programs.
121		-	(a) An applicant for licensure as a speech-language
122		-	pathology assistant must have earned 60 semester credit hours
123		-	in a program of study that includes general education and the
124		-	specific knowledge and skills for a speech-language pathology
125		-	assistant. The curriculum of a speech-language pathology
126		-	assistant program must include all of the following content,
127		-	as further provided by rule promulgated by the Department:
128		-	(1) Twenty-four semester credit hours in general
129		-	education.
130		-	(2) Thirty-six semester credit hours in technical
131		-	content areas designed to provide students with knowledge
132		-	and skills required for speech-language pathology
133		-	assistants, which must include (i) an introductory or
134		-	overview course in of normal processes of communication
135		-	disorders; (ii) phonetics an overview of communication
136		-	disorders; (iii) speech sound disorders instruction in
137		-	speech-language pathology assistant-level service
138		-	delivery practices; (iv) language development instruction
139		-	in workplace behaviors; (v) language disorders cultural
140		-	and linguistic factors in communication; and (vi) anatomy
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	70	+	1 branches.
	71	+	2 (h) The performance of neurophysiologic intraoperative
	72	+	3 monitoring of the seventh and eighth cranial nerve by an
	73	+	4 individual certified by the American Board of Registration
	74	+	5 of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential
	75	+	6 Technologists as Certified in Neurophysiologic
	76	+	7 Intraoperative Monitoring only if authorized and
	77	+	8 supervised by the physician performing the surgical
	78	+	9 procedure.
	79	+	10 (Source: P.A. 100-530, eff. 1-1-18.)
	80	+	11 (225 ILCS 110/8.5)
	81	+	12 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
	82	+	13 Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language
	83	+	14 pathology assistant. A person is qualified to be licensed as a
	84	+	15 speech-language pathology assistant if that person has applied
	85	+	16 in writing or electronically on forms prescribed by the
	86	+	17 Department, has paid the required fees, and meets both of the
	87	+	18 following criteria:
	88	+	19 (1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral
	89	+	20 character, the Department may take into consideration any
	90	+	21 felony conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of
	91	+	22 the applicant, but such a conviction or plea shall not
	92	+	23 operate automatically as a complete bar to licensure.
	93	+	24 (2) Has either:
	94	+	25 (A) received an associate degree from a
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143		-	and physiology of speech and hearing mechanisms
144		-	observation.
145		-	(3) Completion of at least 100 hours of supervised
146		-	field work experiences supervised by a licensed
147		-	speech-language pathologist at least 50% of the time when
148		-	the student is engaged in contact with the patient or
149		-	client. An applicant must obtain written verification
150		-	demonstrating successful completion of the required field
151		-	work experience, including a description of the setting in
152		-	which the training was received and an assessment of the
153		-	student's technical proficiency.
154		-	(b) The Department may promulgate rules that change the
155		-	curriculum requirements of subsection (a) in order to reflect
156		-	the guidelines for speech-language pathology assistant
157		-	programs recommended by the American Speech-Language Hearing
158		-	Association.
159		-	(c) Any applicant for licensure as a speech-language
160		-	pathology assistant who applies to the Department prior to the
161		-	effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
162		-	Assembly or any person who holds a valid license as a
163		-	speech-language pathology assistant on the effective date of
164		-	this amendatory Act shall not be required to meet the new
165		-	minimum requirements for a speech language pathology assistant
166		-	program under subsection (a) of this Section 8.6 that are
167		-	established by this amendatory Act.
168		-	(Source: P.A. 96-1315, eff. 7-27-10.)
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	106	+	2 been approved by the Department and that meets the
	107	+	3 minimum requirements set forth in Section 8.6; or
	108	+	4 (B)(i) received a bachelor's degree in
	109	+	5 speech-language pathology, communication sciences and
	110	+	6 disorders, or other content area from an accredited
	111	+	7 college or university that has been approved by the
	112	+	8 Department and meets the minimum requirements set
	113	+	9 forth in Section 8.6, and (ii) completed the
	114	+	10 requirements for certification as a speech-language
	115	+	11 pathology assistant or completed an equivalent program
	116	+	12 as determined by the Department by rule.
	117	+	13 (2) Has received either (i) an associate degree from a
	118	+	14 speech-language pathology assistant program that has been
	119	+	15 approved by the Department and that meets the minimum
	120	+	16 requirements set forth in Section 8.6, (ii) a bachelor's
	121	+	17 degree and has completed course work from an accredited
	122	+	18 college or university that meets the minimum requirements
	123	+	19 set forth in Section 8.6, or (iii) a bachelor's degree in
	124	+	20 speech-language pathology or communication sciences and
	125	+	21 disorders from a regionally or nationally accredited
	126	+	22 institution approved by the Department, and evidence of
	127	+	23 completion of at least 100 hours of documented field work
	128	+	24 supervised by a licensed speech-language pathologist that
	129	+	25 is comparable to that completed in a speech-language
	130	+	26 pathology assistant program in this State.
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	141	+	1 (Source: P.A. 103-302, eff. 1-1-24.)
	142	+	2 (225 ILCS 110/8.6)
	143	+	3 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
	144	+	4 Sec. 8.6. Minimum requirements for speech-language
	145	+	5 pathology assistant programs.
	146	+	6 (a) An applicant for licensure as a speech-language
	147	+	7 pathology assistant must have earned 60 semester credit hours
	148	+	8 in a program of study that includes general education and the
	149	+	9 specific knowledge and skills for a speech-language pathology
	150	+	10 assistant. The curriculum of a speech-language pathology
	151	+	11 assistant program must include all of the following content,
	152	+	12 as further provided by rule promulgated by the Department:
	153	+	13 (1) Twenty-four semester credit hours in general
	154	+	14 education.
	155	+	15 (2) Thirty-six semester credit hours in technical
	156	+	16 content areas designed to provide students with knowledge
	157	+	17 and skills required for speech-language pathology
	158	+	18 assistants, which must include (i) an introductory or
	159	+	19 overview course in of normal processes of communication
	160	+	20 disorders; (ii) phonetics an overview of communication
	161	+	21 disorders; (iii) speech sound disorders instruction in
	162	+	22 speech-language pathology assistant-level service
	163	+	23 delivery practices; (iv) language development instruction
	164	+	24 in workplace behaviors; (v) language disorders cultural
	165	+	25 and linguistic factors in communication; and (vi) anatomy
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	176	+	1 and physiology of speech and hearing mechanisms
	177	+	2 observation.
	178	+	3 (3) Completion of at least 100 hours of supervised
	179	+	4 field work experiences supervised by a licensed
	180	+	5 speech-language pathologist at least 50% of the time when
	181	+	6 the student is engaged in contact with the patient or
	182	+	7 client. An applicant must obtain written verification
	183	+	8 demonstrating successful completion of the required field
	184	+	9 work experience, including a description of the setting in
	185	+	10 which the training was received and an assessment of the
	186	+	11 student's technical proficiency.
	187	+	12 (b) The Department may promulgate rules that change the
	188	+	13 curriculum requirements of subsection (a) in order to reflect
	189	+	14 the guidelines for speech-language pathology assistant
	190	+	15 programs recommended by the American Speech-Language Hearing
	191	+	16 Association.
	192	+	17 (c) Any applicant for licensure as a speech-language
	193	+	18 pathology assistant who applies to the Department prior to the
	194	+	19 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
	195	+	20 Assembly or any person who holds a valid license as a
	196	+	21 speech-language pathology assistant on the effective date of
	197	+	22 this amendatory Act shall not be required to meet the new
	198	+	23 minimum requirements for a speech language pathology assistant
	199	+	24 program under subsection (a) of this Section 8.6 that are
	200	+	25 established by this amendatory Act.
	201	+	26 (Source: P.A. 96-1315, eff. 7-27-10.)
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