Indiana Code 25-35.6-5-4. Requirements for audiologists and speech-language pathologists; residence; compact privilege expiration; regulatory authority; encumbered licenses
(1) Hold an active license in the home state.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-35.6-5-4
- audiologist: means an individual who practices audiology and who presents himself to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words audiologist, hearing clinician, hearing therapist, hearing specialist, audiometrist, vestibular specialist, or any similar title or description of service. See Indiana Code 25-35.6-1-2
- audiology: means the application of nonmedical and nonsurgical principles, methods, and procedures of prevention, evaluation, habilitation, rehabilitation, instruction, and research of disorders of hearing, auditory function, and vestibular function. See Indiana Code 25-35.6-1-2
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- speech-language pathologist: means an individual who practices speech-language pathology and who presents himself to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words speech pathologist, speech-language pathologist, speech therapist, speech-language specialist, teacher of communication disorders, speech correctionist, speech clinician, language pathologist, language therapist, logopedist, communicologist, voice therapist, voice pathologist, or any similar title or description of service. See Indiana Code 25-35.6-1-2
- speech-language pathology: means the application of nonmedical and nonsurgical principles, methods, and procedures for the following:
Indiana Code 25-35.6-1-2
(3) Be eligible for a compact privilege in any member state in accordance with section 3 of this chapter.
(4) Have not had any adverse action against any license or compact privilege within the previous two (2) years from date of application.
(5) Notify the commission that the licensee is seeking the compact privilege within one (1) or more remote states.
(6) Pay any applicable fees, including any state fee, for the compact privilege.
(7) Report to the commission adverse action taken by any nonmember state within thirty (30) days from the date the adverse action is taken.
(b) For the purposes of the compact privilege, an audiologist or speech-language pathologist shall only hold one (1) home state license at a time.
(c) Except as provided in section 6 of this chapter, if an audiologist or speech-language pathologist changes primary state of residence by moving between two (2) member states, the audiologist or speech-language pathologist must apply for licensure in the new home state, and the license issued by the prior home state shall be deactivated in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission.
(d) The audiologist or speech-language pathologist may apply for licensure in advance of a change in primary state of residence.
(e) A license shall not be issued by the new home state until the audiologist or speech-language pathologist provides satisfactory evidence of a change in primary state of residence to the new home state and satisfies all applicable requirements to obtain a license from the new home state.
(f) If an audiologist or speech-language pathologist changes primary state of residence by moving from a member state to a nonmember state, the license issued by the prior home state shall convert to a single state license, valid only in the former home state.
(g) The compact privilege is valid until the expiration date of the home state license. The licensee must comply with the requirements of subsection (a) to maintain the compact privilege in the remote state.
(h) A licensee providing audiology or speech-language pathology services in a remote state under the compact privilege shall function within the laws and regulations of the remote state.
(i) A licensee providing audiology or speech-language pathology services in a remote state is subject to that state’s regulatory authority. A remote state may, in accordance with due process and that state’s laws, take any of the following actions:
(1) Remove a licensee’s compact privilege in the remote state for a specific period of time.
(2) Impose fines.
(3) Take any other necessary actions to protect the health and safety of its citizens.
(j) If a home state license is encumbered, the licensee shall lose the compact privilege in any remote state until the following occur:
(1) The home state license is no longer encumbered.
(2) Two (2) years have elapsed from the date of the adverse action.
(k) Once an encumbered license in the home state is restored to good standing, the licensee must meet the requirements of subsection (a) to obtain a compact privilege in any remote state.
(l) Once the requirements of subsection (j) are met, the licensee must meet the requirements in subsection (a) to obtain a compact privilege in a remote state.
As added by P.L.149-2022, SEC.19.