Existing law, until January 1, 2027, establishes the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and requires the board to license and regulate speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing aid dispensers, among others.
Existing law prohibits a licensed speech-language pathologist from performing a flexible fiber optic transnasal endoscopic procedure unless they have received written verification from one otolaryngologist certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology that the licensed speech-language pathologist has performed a minimum of 25 supervised flexible fiber optic transnasal endoscopic procedures and that the licensed speech-language pathologist is competent to perform those procedures, as provided. By operation of law, these provisions became operative on January 1, 2023.
This bill would specify that a licensed speech-language pathologist who holds a written verification pursuant to the above-described provisions that was issued before January 1, 2023, shall be deemed to meet specified requirements regarding flexible fiber optic transnasal endoscopic procedures, as provided.

Statutes affected:
SB612: 2530.2 BPC, 56363 EDC
02/15/23 - Introduced: 2530.2 BPC
03/20/23 - Amended Senate: 2530.2 BPC, 56363 EDC, 56363 EDC
04/12/23 - Amended Senate: 2530.2 BPC, 56363 EDC
06/15/23 - Amended Assembly: 2530.2 BPC, 56363 EDC
06/28/23 - Amended Assembly: 2530.2 BPC, 56363 EDC
09/05/23 - Enrolled: 2530.2 BPC, 56363 EDC
10/08/23 - Chaptered: 2530.2 BPC, 56363 EDC
SB 612: 2530.2 BPC