Indiana Code 25-35.6-1-3. Persons and practices affected
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Sec. 3. (a) Licensure shall be granted either in speech-language pathology or audiology independently. A person may be licensed in both areas if the person meets the respective qualifications.
(b) Except as provided in sections 5.5 and 6.5 of this chapter and IC 25-35.6-5, no person shall practice or represent himself or herself as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist in this state unless the person is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this article.
Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.262, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.149-1987, SEC.105; P.L.216-2021, SEC.49; P.L.149-2022, SEC.14.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-35.6-1-3
- 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
- person: means any individual, organization, or corporate body, except that only an individual may be licensed under this article. See Indiana Code 25-35.6-1-2
- 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