Bill Text: IL SB3467 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning the educational requirements for licensure as a speech-language pathology assistant. Effective January 1, 2025.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-05-24 - Passed Both Houses [SB3467 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3467-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning the educational requirements for licensure as a speech-language pathology assistant. Effective January 1, 2025.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-05-24 - Passed Both Houses [SB3467 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3467-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Section 8.5 as | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 110/8.5) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | pathology assistant. A person is qualified to be licensed as a | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | speech-language pathology assistant if that person has applied | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | in writing or electronically on forms prescribed by the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Department, has paid the required fees, and meets both of the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | following criteria: | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (1) Is of good moral character. In determining moral | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | character, the Department may take into consideration any | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | felony conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the applicant, but such a conviction or plea shall not | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | operate automatically as a complete bar to licensure. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (2) Has received either (i) an associate degree from a | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | speech-language pathology assistant program that has been | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | approved by the Department and that meets the minimum | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | requirements set forth in Section 8.6 ; , (ii) a bachelor's |
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1 | degree and has completed course work from an accredited | ||||||
2 | college or university that meets the minimum requirements | ||||||
3 | set forth in Section 8.6 ; , or (iii) a bachelor's degree in | ||||||
4 | speech-language pathology or communication sciences and | ||||||
5 | disorders from a regionally or nationally accredited | ||||||
6 | institution approved by the Department that meets the | ||||||
7 | minimum requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of | ||||||
8 | subsection (a) in Section 8.6 , and evidence of completion | ||||||
9 | of at least 100 hours of documented field work supervised | ||||||
10 | by a nationally certified and licensed speech-language | ||||||
11 | pathologist that is comparable to field work that | ||||||
12 | completed in a speech-language pathology assistant program | ||||||
13 | in this State , and completion of requirements for national | ||||||
14 | certification as a speech-language pathology assistant . | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 103-302, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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