Rep. Travis Weaver
Filed: 3/21/2023
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2274




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2274, AS AMENDED, 
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:

 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and

6Audiology Practice Act is amended  by changing Section 8.5 as 
7follows:
 


8    (225 ILCS 110/8.5)




9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

10    Sec. 8.5. Qualifications for licenses as a speech-language 
11pathology
assistant. A person is qualified to be licensed as a 
12speech-language
pathology assistant if that person has applied 
13in writing or electronically on forms prescribed
by the 
14Department, has paid the required fees, and meets both of the 
15following
criteria:

16        (1) Is of good moral character.  In determining moral 
 
 
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1    character, the
Department
may take into consideration any 
2    felony conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of 
3    the
applicant, but such a conviction or plea shall not 
4    operate automatically as a complete
bar to licensure.

5        (2) Has received either (i) an associate degree from a 
6    speech-language pathology
assistant
program that has been 
7    approved by the Department and
that meets the minimum 
8    requirements set forth in Section 8.6, or (ii) a 
9    bachelor's degree and has completed course work from an 
10    accredited college or university that meets the minimum 
11    requirements set forth in Section 8.6, or (iii) a 
12    bachelor's degree in speech-language pathology or 
13    communication sciences and disorders from a regionally or 
14    nationally accredited institution approved by the 
15    Department, and evidence of completion of at least 100 
16    hours of documented field work supervised by a licensed 
17    speech-language pathologist that is comparable to that 
18    completed in a speech-language pathology assistant program 
19    in this State.

20(Source: P.A. 100-530, eff. 1-1-18.)".