Iowa Code 154F.1 – Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Audiologist” means a person who engages in the practice of audiology.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 154F.1
- Board: means the board of speech pathology and audiology established pursuant to section 147. See Iowa Code 154F.1
- Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
- practice of audiology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures for measurement, testing, evaluation, prediction, consultation, counseling, instruction, habilitation, rehabilitation, or remediation related to hearing and disorders of hearing and associated communication disorders for the purpose of nonmedically evaluating, identifying, preventing, ameliorating, modifying, or remediating such disorders and conditions in individuals or groups of individuals, including the determination and use of appropriate amplification. See Iowa Code 154F.1
- practice of speech pathology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures for the measurement, testing, evaluation, prediction, consultation, counseling, instruction, habilitation, rehabilitation, or remediation related to the development and disorders of speech, fluency, voice, or language for the purposes of nonmedically evaluating, preventing, ameliorating, modifying, or remediating such disorders and conditions in individuals or groups of individuals. See Iowa Code 154F.1
2. “Board” means the board of speech pathology and audiology established pursuant to section 147.14, subsection 1, paragraph “i”.
3. The “practice of audiology” means the application of principles, methods, and procedures for measurement, testing, evaluation, prediction, consultation, counseling, instruction, habilitation, rehabilitation, or remediation related to hearing and disorders of hearing and associated communication disorders for the purpose of nonmedically evaluating, identifying, preventing, ameliorating, modifying, or remediating such disorders and conditions in individuals or groups of individuals, including the determination and use of appropriate amplification.
4. The “practice of speech pathology” means the application of principles, methods, and procedures for the measurement, testing, evaluation, prediction, consultation, counseling, instruction, habilitation, rehabilitation, or remediation related to the development and disorders of speech, fluency, voice, or language for the purposes of nonmedically evaluating, preventing, ameliorating, modifying, or remediating such disorders and conditions in individuals or groups of individuals.
5. “Speech pathologist” means a person who engages in the practice of speech pathology.