CHAPTER 34. SPEECH-LANGUAGE

PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY

PART I. SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS

AND AUDIOLOGISTS

§2650. Legislative purpose

            The legislature declares that it is a policy of this state that the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology is a privilege granted to qualified individuals and that, in order to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare, to protect the public from incompetent, unscrupulous, and unauthorized persons, and from unprofessional conduct by speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech-language pathology assistants, it is necessary to provide regulatory authority over persons offering speech-language pathology and audiology services to the public.

            Acts 1995, No. 892, §2; Acts 2020, 2^nd Ex. Sess., No. 37, §1, eff. July 1, 2021.