(1) Without obtaining a license under this chapter, a person may use a procedure included in the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology if the procedure is within the person’s scope of practice and the person is:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 681.230

  • Audiologist: means a person who practices audiology and who uses publicly any title or description of services incorporating the words 'audiologist,' 'hearing clinician,' 'hearing therapist' or any similar titles or descriptions of service. See Oregon Statutes 681.205
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Practice speech-language pathology: means to apply the principles, methods and procedures of measurement, prediction, evaluation, testing, counseling, consultation and instruction that relate to the development and disorders of speech, voice, swallowing and related language and hearing disorders to prevent or modify the disorders or to assist individuals in cognition-language and communication skills. See Oregon Statutes 681.205
  • Speech-language pathologist: means a person who practices speech-language pathology and who uses publicly any title or description of services including but not limited to the words 'speech-language pathologist,' 'speech correctionist,' 'speech therapist,' 'speech clinician,' 'language pathologist,' 'language therapist' or any similar titles or descriptions of services. See Oregon Statutes 681.205
  • Speech-language pathology assistant: means a person who provides speech-language pathology services under the direction and supervision of a speech-language pathologist licensed under ORS § 681. See Oregon Statutes 681.205

(a) Licensed by a health professional regulatory board as defined in ORS § 676.160;

(b) Performing basic audiometric testing under the supervision of a physician licensed under ORS Chapter 677 or a naturopathic physician licensed under ORS Chapter 685 and representing that the person is a medical assistant or audiology assistant;

(c) A teacher who is licensed by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission and who holds a hearing impaired endorsement issued by the commission;

(d) A student participating in supervised field work or supervised course work in speech-language pathology or audiology as part of a college or university program approved by the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; or

(e) A student taking an undergraduate course in speech-language pathology approved by the board.

(2) A person practicing speech-language pathology or audiology without a license under subsection (1) of this section may not represent or imply that the person is a speech-language pathologist, speech-language pathology assistant or audiologist.

(3) A person practicing speech-language pathology or audiology without a license under subsection (1)(d) or (e) of this section:

(a) Must use a title that indicates that the person is a student trainee.

(b) May not be paid for speech-language pathology or audiology services provided by the person, except that the person may be provided a reasonable educational stipend.

(4) Without obtaining a license under this chapter, a person may:

(a) Consult with or disseminate the person’s research findings and scientific information to an accredited academic institution or a governmental agency; and

(b) Offer lectures to the public for a fee, monetary or otherwise. [Formerly 694.325; 1989 c.491 § 67a; 1995 c.280 § 3; 2003 c.547 § 88; 2005 c.698 § 3; 2009 c.701 § 62c; 2011 c.133 § 1; 2015 c.271 § 1; 2017 c.356 § 89]

 

Section 3, chapter 271, Oregon Laws 2015, provides:

Notwithstanding the amendments to ORS § 681.230 by section 1 of this 2015 Act, a teacher who is licensed by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission and who holds a communications disorders or speech impaired endorsement issued by the commission may continue to practice speech-language pathology on and after July 1, 2016, without obtaining a license under ORS Chapter 681 if the person:

(1) Was licensed and endorsed by the commission before July 1, 2016;

(2) Practices speech-language pathology solely in the course and scope of the person’s duties as an employee of an education service district, a school district or a charter school; and

(3) Complies with ORS § 681.360 to 681.375 and rules adopted under ORS § 681.360 to 681.375 when supervising speech-language pathology assistants. [2015 c.271 § 3]

 

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