This bill modifies the regulations for hearing professionals.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- allows the division to create temporary working groups when no board is available to assist the division;
- allows an audiologist to supervise a hearing instrument specialist intern;
- requires a speech-language pathologist to receive training for invasive procedures;
- repeals the creation of the Speech-language Pathologist and Audiologist Licensing Board;
- repeals the exemption permitting an individual to receive licensure as a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist from the State Board of Education;
- creates an alternative path for licensure as an audiologist and as a speech-language pathologist;
- aligns the unprofessional conduct standards of a hearing instrument specialist with the unprofessional conduct standards of audiologists; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53E-6-102, 53E-6-702, 53F-2-310, 53F-2-405, 53F-5-217, 53G-11-501, 53G-11-512, 58-1-203, 63I-2-258, 76-3-203.2