GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 988
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/4/93

Short Title:  Speech Ass't. Program.	(Public)
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April 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LICENSURE ACT FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN ASSISTANT PERSONNEL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 90-294(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The provisions of this Article do not apply to:
(1)	The activities, services and use of an official title by a person employed by an agency of the federal government and solely in connection with such employment.
(2)	The activities and services of a student or trainee in speech and language pathology or audiology pursuing a course of study in an accredited college or university, or working in a training center program approved by the Board, if these activities and services constitute a part of such person's course of study.
(3)	Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 665, s. 2.
(4)	A person who holds a valid and current credential as a speech and language pathologist or audiologist issued by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction or who is employed by the North Carolina Schools for the Deaf and Blind, if such person practices speech and language pathology or audiology in a salaried position solely within the confines or under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Instruction or the Department of Human Resources respectively.
(5)	A physician licensed to practice medicine.
(6)	Persons performing audiometric screenings and whose work is under the supervision of a licensed physician, or licensed audiologist.
(7)	Persons who are now or may become engaged in counseling or instructing laryngectomees in the methods, techniques, or problems of learning to speak again.
(8)	Individuals licensed under Chapter 93D of the General Statutes.
(9)	A paraprofessional technical assistant who is registered with the Board and is under the supervision of a licensed speech and language pathologist or audiologist, subject to rules, qualifications, and an annual registration fee (not to exceed the renewal license fee under G.S. 90-305) adopted by the Board."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies only after the final adoption of rules, qualifications, and a registration fee by the Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists.