SB0771ham002 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Cynthia Soto

Filed: 5/25/2017

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 771

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 771 on page 4, by deleting lines 16 through 20; and

on page 6, line 15, after "procedure.", by inserting "Neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring does not include testing and interpretation of test results using electrodiagnostic modalities to monitor the spinal cord, peripheral nerves (other than the seventh and eighth cranial nerve), cerebral hemispheres, or brainstem."; and

on page 8, immediately below line 7, by inserting the following:

"(h) The performance of neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring of the seventh and eighth cranial nerve by an individual certified by the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists as Certified in Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring only if authorized and supervised by the physician performing the surgical procedure."; and

on page 31, line 6, by replacing "Willfully violating" with "Violating"; and

on page 31, immediately below line 6, by inserting the following:

"(cc) Violating Section 8.3 of this Act."; and

by replacing line 14 on page 38 through line 1 on page 39 with the following:

"(b) The terms "audiology", "audiologist", "clinical audiologist", "licensed audiologist", "speech-language pathology", "speech-language pathologist", "clinical speech-language pathologist", "licensed speech-language pathologist", or any other similar term, title, abbreviation, or symbol that may indicate that the person is licensed under this Act shall not be used by any person in any communication that advertises services regulated under this Act unless he or she is licensed under this Act as a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist. An audiologist may".