Indiana Code 25-35.6-3-3. Waiver of examination
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Sec. 3. (a) The board shall issue a license in speech-language pathology or audiology to any applicant who:
(A) current licensure in speech-language pathology or audiology in another state, including the District of Columbia or a territory of the United States, under professional standards that the board considers to be at least equivalent to those set forth in this article at the time that the license was issued in the other state or territory; or
(1) presents proof of:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-35.6-3-3
- 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
- board: means the speech-language pathology and audiology board established by this article. 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
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(B) practice as a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist under the authority and supervision of an agency of the federal government; and
(2) meets any other requirements that the board establishes by rule.
(b) The board may waive the examination and grant licensure to any person certified as clinically competent by a nationally recognized association for speech-language and hearing in the area for which such person is applying for licensure.
Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.262, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.154, SEC.123; P.L.250-1985, SEC.7; P.L.149-1987, SEC.113; P.L.212-2005, SEC.72.