GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	4 

HOUSE BILL 988
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/4/93
Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 7/20/93
Senate Judiciary II Committee Substitute Adopted 6/20/94

Short Title:  Speech Assistant Exemption.	(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 AND AUDIOLOGISTS TO EXEMPT CERTAIN ASSISTANT PERSONNEL FROM THE LICENSURE REQUIREMENT IF THEY ARE REGISTERED WITH THE BOARD BY THEIR EMPLOYER.
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(3)	Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 665, s. 2.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)	Persons who work under the supervision of a licensed speech and language pathologist or a licensed audiologist, who meet the qualifications adopted by the Board for registered speech and language pathologist or registered audiologist, who are registered with the Board by their supervising licensee, and for whom the supervising licensee has paid the annual registration fee set by the Board.  The annual fee for registering a person who works under the supervision of a licensee may not exceed the renewal license fee set under G.S. 90-305."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1995.