Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 17 - Hearing Aid Dispensers, Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists

• Accredited program: means a program leading to the award of a degree in audiology that is accredited by an organization recognized for that purpose by the United States department of education. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Approved training program: means a postsecondary speech-language pathology assistant training program that is approved by the director. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Audiologist: means a person who engages in the practice of audiology and who meets the requirements prescribed in this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Audiology: means the nonmedical and nonsurgical application of principles, methods and procedures of measurement, testing, evaluation and prediction that are related to hearing, its disorders and related communication impairments for the purpose of nonmedical diagnosis, prevention, amelioration or modification of these disorders and conditions. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Board: means the police pension board. See Arizona Laws 9-911
• Clinical interaction: means a fieldwork practicum in speech-language pathology that is supervised by a licensed speech-language pathologist. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Disorders of communication: means an organic or nonorganic condition that impedes the normal process of human communication and includes disorders of speech, articulation, fluency, voice, verbal and written language, auditory comprehension, cognition and communications and oral, pharyngeal and laryngeal sensorimotor competencies. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Disorders of hearing: means an organic or nonorganic condition, whether peripheral or central, that impedes the normal process of human communication and includes disorders of auditory sensitivity, acuity, function or processing. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Governing body: means the city commission, city or town council or other governing body of the municipality. See Arizona Laws 9-911
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• Hearing aid: means any wearable instrument or device designed for or represented as aiding or improving human hearing or as aiding, improving or compensating for defective human hearing, and any parts, attachments or accessories of the instrument or device, including ear molds, but excluding batteries and cords. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Hearing aid dispenser: means any person who engages in the practice of fitting and dispensing hearing aids. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Indirect supervision: means supervisory activities, other than direct supervision, that are performed by a licensed speech-language pathologist and that may include consulting, reviewing records and reviewing and evaluating audiotaped or videotaped sessions. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Letter of concern: means an advisory letter to notify a licensee that, while there is insufficient evidence to support disciplinary action, the director believes the licensee should modify or eliminate certain practices and that continuation of the activities that led to the information being submitted to the director may result in action against the licensee. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• License: means a license issued by the director under this chapter and includes a temporary license. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Moral turpitude: means an offense, whether a misdemeanor or felony, that is related to extortion, burglary, larceny, bribery, embezzlement, robbery, racketeering, money laundering, forgery, fraud, murder, voluntary manslaughter or a sexual offense that requires the individual to register pursuant to section 13-3821. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Nonmedical diagnosing: means the art or act of identifying a communication disorder from its signs and symptoms. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Practice of audiology: means :

  (a) Rendering or offering to render to a person or persons who have or who are suspected of having disorders of hearing any service in audiology, including prevention, identification, evaluation, consultation, habilitation, rehabilitation, instruction and research. See Arizona Laws 36-1901

• Practice of speech-language pathology: means :

  (a) Rendering or offering to render to an individual or groups of individuals who have or are suspected of having disorders of communication service in speech-language pathology, including prevention, identification, evaluation, consultation, habilitation, rehabilitation, instruction and research. See Arizona Laws 36-1901

• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Regular license: means each type of license issued by the director, except a temporary license. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• sale: means a transfer of title or of the right to use by lease, bailment or any other contract, but does not include transfers at wholesale to distributors or dealers. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Speech-language pathology: means the nonmedical and nonsurgical application of principles, methods and procedures of assessment, testing, evaluation and prediction related to speech and language and its disorders and related communication impairments for the nonmedical diagnosis, prevention, amelioration or modification of these disorders and conditions. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Speech-language pathology assistant: means a person who provides services prescribed in Section 36-1940. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Sponsor: means a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter and who agrees to train or directly supervise a temporary licensee in the same field of practice. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Temporary licensee: means a person who is licensed under this chapter for a specified period of time under the sponsorship of a person licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Unprofessional conduct: means :

  (a) Obtaining any fee or making any sale by fraud or misrepresentation. See Arizona Laws 36-1901

• Wilfully: means , with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense, that a person is aware or believes that the person's conduct is of that nature or that the circumstance exists. See Arizona Laws 1-215