Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3707 – License required
(a) No person shall engage in the practice of speech/language pathology, audiology or dispense hearing aids or hold himself or herself out to the public in this State as being qualified to practice the same; or use in connection with that person’s name, or otherwise assume or use, any title or description conveying or tending to convey the impression that the person is qualified to practice speech/language pathology, audiology or dispense hearing aids, unless such person has been duly licensed under this chapter.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3707
- Audiologist: shall mean a person who is licensed to practice audiology pursuant to this act and who offers such services to the public under any title or description of services incorporating the words "audiologist" "hearing clinician" "hearing therapist" "aural rehabilitator" or any other similar title or description of service. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3702
- Board: shall mean the State Board of Speech/Language Pathologists, Audiologists and Hearing Aid Dispensers established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3702
- Hearing aid: shall mean any personal, wearable instrument or device designed for, offered for the purpose of, or represented as, aiding persons with, or compensating for, impaired hearing. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3702
- Person: shall mean a corporation, company, association or partnership, as well as an individual. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3702
- State: shall mean the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3702
(b) Whenever a license to practice as a speech/language pathologist, audiologist hearing aid dispenser in this State has expired or been suspended or revoked, it shall be unlawful for the person to practice speech/language pathology, audiology or dispense hearing aids in this State.
(c) The Board may issue separate licenses in speech/language pathology, audiology and for hearing aid dispensers. A person may be licensed in more than 1 specialty if such person meets the requirements of each specialty for which the person has applied for licensure.
24 Del. C. 1953, § ?3603; 59 Del. Laws, c. 206, § ?1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 151, § ?4; 65 Del. Laws, c. 224, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 266, § ?1;