08RS Senate Bill 26

Senate Bill 26

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Last Action	to Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to licensure of professionals who provide therapeutic care to persons with hearing and related communication disorders.
Bill Documents	Bill
Bill Request Number	995
Sponsor	J. Pendleton
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 334A.020 to define "interim license," "provisional license," and "temporary license"; amend KRS 334A.035 to establish new requirements for an interim license to practice as a speech-language pathologist and a speech-language pathology assistant; require a person with an interim speech-language pathologist license who fails the national examination to submit documentation of preparation for the examination as required by the board; permit the applicant to continue to practice under the interim license with supervision as required in accordance with KRS 334A.035 for a period not to exceed 24 months, unless an extension is granted by the board; require a speech-language pathologist applicant with an interim license to apply for permanent licensure within 30 days of the completion of postgraduate professional experience; exempt a speech-language pathologist or audiologist employed by the public schools in a certified position and who holds a teacher certification in communication disorders issued by the Educational Professional Standards Board from licensure requirements; create new sections of KRS Chapter 334A to establish requirements for a provisional license to practice audiology under the supervision of an audiologist while completing a graduate professional experience; authorize the board administrator, with approval of the board, to issue a temporary license to any applicant for a license to practice as a speech-language pathologist, speech-language pathology assistant, or an audiologist if the applicant has met all the requirements for licensure until further action at the next meeting of the board; specify initial licensure requirements for speech-language pathologists and audiologists; require an applicant for initial licensure as an audiologist to hold a doctoral degree beginning January 1, 2009; permit the board to grant a license to an applicant licensed in another state; amend KRS 334A.170 to change the licensure renewal time period from annually to biennially and modify the associated fees accordingly.
Index Headings of Original Version	Blind or Deaf Persons - Speech-language pathologist or audiologist, licensure requirements for Health and Medical Services - Speech-language pathologist or audiologist, licensure requirements for Licensing - Speech-language pathologist or audiologist, licensure requirements for Mental Disability - Speech-language pathologist or audiologist, licensure requirements for Occupations and Professions - Speech-language pathologist or audiologist, licensure requirements for Physicians and Practitioners - Speech-language pathologist or audiologist, licensure requirements for Disabilities and the Disabled - Speech and language pathologist, licensure to treat Education, Elementary and Secondary - Speech-language pathologist or audiologist, licensure exemption for public school practitioner

12/10/07	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/08/08	introduced in Senate to Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S)