Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 4452

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • Speech-language pathologist: means a person licensed to practice speech-language pathology under this chapter. See
  • Speech-language pathology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures related to the development and disorders of human communication, which include any and all conditions that impede the normal process of human communication. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 4452. Prohibitions; penalties

(a) A person shall not:

(1) practice or attempt to practice speech-language pathology or hold oneself out as being permitted to do so in this State unless the person is licensed in accordance with this chapter;

(2) use in connection with the person’s name an insignia or any letters or words that indicate the person is a speech-language pathologist unless the person is licensed in accordance with this chapter; or

(3) practice speech-language pathology after the person’s license under this chapter has been suspended or revoked.

(b) A person who violates a provision of this section or who obtains a license by fraud or misrepresentation shall be subject to the pertinent penalties provided in 3 V.S.A. § 127. (Added 2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 45, eff. June 27, 2002; amended 2007, No. 29, § 72; 2015, No. 38, § 39, eff. Sept. 1, 2015.)