Terms Used In Idaho Code 54-2919

  • Board: means the speech, hearing and communication services licensure board. See Idaho Code 54-2903
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
  • Practice of audiology: means to apply the principles, methods and procedures of measurement, evaluation, testing, counseling, consultation and instruction that relate to the development and disorders of hearing, vestibular functions and related language and speech disorders to prevent, modify or rehabilitate the disorders or to assist individuals in auditory and related skills for communication, and may include intraoperative monitoring and the fitting, adjustment, programming, selling and dispensing of hearing aids and assistive devices. See Idaho Code 54-2903
  • Provisional permit: means a permit issued to an applicant who is registered to obtain required experience to become licensed. See Idaho Code 54-2903
    • The board shall adopt rules providing for a provisional permit to allow a person to engage in the practice of audiology or speech-language pathology while completing either the required postgraduate experience or a comparable experience as part of a doctoral program in audiology as required by this chapter. The board may further provide for a provisional permit to allow a person to engage in fitting and dealing hearing aids or sign language interpreting pursuant to rules adopted by the board. The holder of a provisional permit may practice only while under the supervision of a person fully licensed under this chapter.