First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1572
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and
occupations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SECTION 1. IC 25-1-9.5-3.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.109-2022,
SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "practitioner"
means an individual who holds an unlimited license to practice as any
of the following in Indiana:
(1) An athletic trainer licensed under IC 25-5.1.
(2) A chiropractor licensed under IC 25-10.
(3) A dental hygienist licensed under IC 25-13.
(4) The following:
(A) A dentist licensed under IC 25-14.
(B) An individual who holds a dental residency permit issued
under IC 25-14-1-5.
(C) An individual who holds a dental faculty license under
IC 25-14-1-5.5.
(5) A diabetes educator licensed under IC 25-14.3.
(6) A dietitian licensed under IC 25-14.5.
(7) A genetic counselor licensed under IC 25-17.3.
(8) The following:
(A) A physician licensed under IC 25-22.5.
(B) An individual who holds a temporary permit under
IC 25-22.5-5-4.
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(9) A nurse licensed under IC 25-23.
(10) The following:
(A) An occupational therapist licensed under IC 25-23.5.
(B) An occupational therapy assistant licensed under
IC 25-23.5.
(11) Any behavioral health and human services professional
licensed under IC 25-23.6.
(12) An optometrist licensed under IC 25-24.
(13) A pharmacist licensed under IC 25-26.
(14) A physical therapist licensed under IC 25-27.
(15) A physician assistant licensed under IC 25-27.5.
(16) A podiatrist licensed under IC 25-29.
(17) A psychologist licensed under IC 25-33.
(18) A respiratory care practitioner licensed under IC 25-34.5.
(19) A speech-language pathologist or audiologist licensed under
IC 25-35.6.
(20) A veterinarian licensed under IC 25-38.1.
(21) A behavior analyst licensed under IC 25-8.5.
(22) A school psychologist licensed by the department of
education.
(b) The term includes the following:
(1) A developmental therapist enrolled by the bureau of child
development services to provide special instruction, as defined in
34 CFR 303.13(b)(14), to infants and toddlers receiving early
intervention services.
(2) A peer as defined in IC 12-21-8-5 and certified by the division
of mental health and addiction.
(3) A speech-language pathology assistant (IC
25-35.6-1-2(g)(3)).
(3) (4) A clinical fellow in speech language pathology.
(4) (5) A student who:
(A) is pursuing a course of study in, or is a graduate from, a
program in a profession specified in subsection (a)(1) through
(a)(22); and
(B) is providing services directed by an individual who holds
a license in Indiana for that profession.
(5) (6) The following providers within a community mental health
center:
(A) A qualified behavioral health professional.
(B) Other behavioral health professional.
(6) (7) A physical therapist assistant certified under
IC 25-27-1-6.3.
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(c) The term includes a behavior analyst during the time in which
the professional licensing agency is preparing to implement licensure
of behavioral analysts under IC 25-8.5. This subsection expires January
1, 2025.
SECTION 2. IC 25-20-1-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.178-2014,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. Except as the context requires otherwise:
"Board" shall mean the medical licensing board.
"Committee" means the committee of hearing aid dealer examiners.
"Over-the-counter hearing aid" has the meaning set forth in 21
CFR 800.30(b).
"Prescription hearing aid" shall mean any instrument or device
worn on the human body, designed and fit for an individual with a
hearing loss and any parts, attachments or accessories of such an
instrument or device. The term does not include a personal sound
amplifier. has the meaning set forth in 21 CFR 800.30(b).
"Personal sound amplifier" means a device that simply magnifies
sound and does not address an individual's specific hearing loss.
"Fit hearing aids" shall mean the hearing aid dealer's or salesman's
evaluation or measurement of the powers or range of human hearing
for the subsequent selection or adaption or sale of hearing aids.
"Dispense hearing aids" shall mean the sale, lease or rental of a
hearing aid to anyone other than a hearing aid dealer.
"Hearing aid dealer" shall mean any person who fits or dispenses
hearing aids and who receives a commission or salary derived from the
sale of such devices or maintenance of such devices except any person
who serves said dealer only in an administrative or clerical manner and
who does not evaluate, fit or dispense hearing aids shall be excluded.
"Audiologist" means an individual holding a license to practice
audiology issued under IC 25-35.6.
"Registration" shall refer to the legal privilege given a person who
holds a hearing aid dealer certificate of registration; and "Temporary
Registration" shall refer to the legal privilege given a person who holds
a temporary hearing aid dealer certificate of registration.
SECTION 3. IC 25-20-1-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2019,
SECTION 46, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to:
(1) a person who is an audiologist licensed under IC 25-35.6; or
(2) the sale of hearing aid batteries or cords; or
(3) the sale, use, provision of customer service, or distribution
of an over-the-counter hearing aid.
(b) It is unlawful for a person to fit or dispense prescription hearing
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aids in Indiana unless the person is:
(1) an individual who holds a valid hearing aid dealer certificate
of registration; or
(2) a hearing aid dealer in training who fits or dispenses hearing
aids while under the supervision and direction of an individual
who holds a temporary or valid hearing aid dealer certificate of
registration;
issued by the committee.
(c) It is unlawful for a person to fit hearing aids in Indiana
unless the person is:
(1) an individual who holds a valid hearing aid dealer
certificate of registration; or
(2) a hearing aid dealer in training who fits hearing aids while
under the supervision and direction of an individual who
holds a temporary or valid hearing aid dealer certificate of
registration;
issued by the committee.
SECTION 4. IC 25-35.6-1-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.212-2005,
SECTION 63, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) As used in this article, "board" means the
speech-language pathology and audiology board established by this
article.
(b) As used in this article, "person" means any individual,
organization, or corporate body, except that only an individual may be
licensed under this article.
(c) As used in this article, "speech-language pathologist" means an
individual who practices speech-language pathology and who presents
himself or herself to the public by any title or description of services
incorporating the words speech pathologist, speech-language
pathologist, speech therapist, speech-language specialist, teacher of
communication disorders, speech correctionist, speech clinician,
language pathologist, language therapist, logopedist, communicologist,
voice therapist, voice pathologist, or any similar title or description of
service.
(d) As used in this article, "speech-language pathology" means the
application of nonmedical and nonsurgical principles, methods, and
procedures for the following:
(1) The prevention, evaluation, habilitation, rehabilitation,
instruction, and research of communication and swallowing
disorders.
(2) The elective modification of communication behaviors.
(3) The enhancement of communication, including the use of
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augmentative or alternate communication strategies.
(e) As used in this article, "audiologist" means an individual who
practices audiology and who presents himself or herself to the public
by any title or description of services incorporating the words
audiologist, hearing clinician, hearing therapist, hearing specialist,
audiometrist, vestibular specialist, or any similar title or description of
service.
(f) As used in this article, "audiology" means the application of
nonmedical and nonsurgical principles, methods, and procedures of
prevention, evaluation, habilitation, rehabilitation, instruction, and
research of disorders of hearing, auditory function, and vestibular
function. The term includes:
(1) the selling and fitting of prescription hearing aids and
over-the-counter hearing aids;
(2) auditory training; and
(3) speech reading.
(g) As used in this article, "support personnel" means individuals
who meet the qualifications which the board shall establish for the
following:
(1) Speech-language pathology aide.
(2) Speech-language pathology associate.
(3) Speech-language pathology assistant.
(h) As used in this article, "audiology assistant" means an individual
who:
(1) is not licensed as an audiologist under this article;
(2) meets qualifications which the board may establish; and
(3) provides specific services under the direction and supervision
of a licensed audiologist.
(i) As used in this article, "clinical fellowship" means a supervised
professional experience.
(j) As used in this article, "direct supervision" means onsite
observation and guidance while an assigned evaluation or therapeutic
activity is being performed.
SECTION 5. IC 25-35.6-4-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.178-2014,
SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to the
following:
(1) A prescription or order by a person who:
(1) (A) is licensed, certified, registered, or regulated by a
board listed in IC 25-1-9-1; and
(2) (B) has authority to issue a prescription or order for a
hearing aid.
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(2) The sale, use, marketing, provision of customer services,
or distribution of an over-the-counter hearing aid.
(b) A person may not sell, lease, or rent a prescription hearing aid
(as defined in IC 25-20-1-1) in Indiana unless the hearing aid has been
fitted in person by any of the following:
(1) A hearing aid dealer who has been issued a certificate of
registration under IC 25-20.
(2) An audiologist who is licensed under this article.
(c) A person who violates this section commits a Class B infraction.
HEA 1572 Speaker of the House of Representatives
President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Governor of the State of Indiana
Date: Time:
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