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Speech-language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act | |
Section 4 | Exemptions from chapter. |
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58-41-4. Exemptions from chapter. (1) In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307, the following persons may engage in the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology subject to the stated circumstances and limitations without being licensed under this chapter: (a) a qualified person licensed in this state under any law existing in this state prior to May 13, 1975, from engaging in the profession for which he is licensed; (b) a medical doctor, physician, or surgeon licensed in this state, from engaging in his specialty in the practice of medicine; (c) a hearing aid dealer or salesman from selling, fitting, adjusting, and repairing hearing aids, and conducting hearing tests solely for that purpose. However, a hearing aid dealer may not conduct audiologic testing on persons under the age of 18 years except under the direct supervision of an audiologist licensed under this chapter; (d) a person who has obtained a valid and current credential issued by the Utah State Office of Education while performing specifically the functions of a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, in no way in his own interest, solely within the confines of and under the direction and jurisdiction of and only in the academic interest of the schools by which employed in this state; (e) a person employed as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist by federal government agencies or subdivisions or, prior to July 1, 1989, by state or local government agencies or subdivisions, while specifically performing speech-language pathology or audiology services in no way in his own interest, solely within the confines of and under the direction and jurisdiction of and in the specific interest of that agency or subdivision; (f) a person identified in Subsections (1)(d) and (e) may offer lectures for a fee, or monetary or other compensation, without being licensed; however, such person may elect to be subject to the requirements of this chapter; (g) a person employed by accredited colleges or universities as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist from performing the services or functions described in this chapter when they are: (i) performed solely as an assigned teaching function of employment; (ii) solely in academic interest and pursuit as a function of that employment; (iii) in no way for their own interest; and (iv) provided for no fee, monetary or otherwise, other than their agreed institutional salary; (h) a person pursuing a course of study leading to a degree in speech-language pathology or audiology while enrolled in an accredited college or university, provided those activities constitute an assigned, directed, and supervised part of his curricular study, and in no other interest, and that all examinations, tests, histories, charts, progress notes, reports, correspondence, and all documents and records which he produces be identified clearly as having been conducted and prepared by a student in training and that such a person is obviously identified and designated by appropriate title clearly indicating the training status and provided that he does not hold himself out directly or indirectly as being qualified to practice independently; (i) a person trained in elementary audiometry and qualified to perform basic audiometric tests while employed by a licensed medical doctor to perform solely for him while under his direct supervision, the elementary conventional audiometric tests of air conduction screening, air
conduction threshold testing, and tympanometry;
Amended by Chapter 324, 2010 General Session |
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