Sec. 20-413. Exemptions.
Sec. 20-413. Exemptions. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting:
(1) Consulting with or disseminating research findings and scientific information
to accredited academic institutions or governmental agencies or offering lectures to the
public for a fee, monetary or otherwise;
(2) The activities and services of a graduate student or speech and language pathology intern in speech and language pathology pursuing a course of study leading to a
graduate degree in speech and language pathology at an accredited or approved college
or university or a clinical training facility approved by the department, provided these
activities and services constitute a part of his supervised course of study and that such
person is designated as "Speech and Language Pathology Intern", "Speech and Language Pathology Trainee", or other such title clearly indicating the training status appropriate to his level of training;
(3) The activities and services of a graduate student or audiology intern in audiology
at an accredited or approved college or university or a clinical training facility approved
by the department, provided these activities and services constitute a part of his supervised course of study and that such person is designated as "Audiology Intern",
"Audiology Trainee", or other such title clearly indicating the training status appropriate
to his level of training;
(4) (A) A person from another state offering speech and language pathology or
audiology services in this state, provided such services are performed for no more than
five days in any calendar year and provided such person meets the qualifications and
requirements for licensing in this state; or (B) a person from another state who is licensed
or certified as a speech and language pathologist or audiologist by a similar authority
of another state, or territory of the United States, or of a foreign country or province
whose standards are equivalent to or higher than, at the date of his certification or licensure, the requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted hereunder, or a person
who meets such qualifications and requirements and resides in a state or territory of the
United States, or a foreign country or province which does not grant certification or
license to speech and language pathologists or audiologists, from offering speech and
language pathology or audiology services in this state for a total of not more than thirty
days in any calendar year;
(5) The activities and services of a person who meets the requirements of subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 20-411, while such person is engaged in
full or part-time employment in fulfillment of the professional employment requirement
of subdivision (3) of said subsection (a);
(6) Nurses and other personnel from engaging in screening and audiometric testing,
under the supervision of a licensed physician, surgeon or audiologist, for the purpose
of identifying those persons whose sensitivity of hearing is below the standard acceptable level;
(7) The activity and services of hearing instrument specialists;
(8) The use of supervised support personnel to assist licensed speech and language
pathologists with tasks that are (A) designed by the licensed speech and language pathologists being assisted, (B) routine, and (C) related to maintenance of assistive and prosthetic devices, recording and charting or implementation of evaluation or intervention
plans. For purposes of this subdivision, "supervised" means (i) not more than three
support personnel are assisting one licensed speech and language pathologist, (ii) in-person communication between the licensed speech and language pathologist and support personnel is available at all times, and (iii) the licensed speech and language pathologist provides the support personnel with regularly scheduled direct observation, guidance, direction and conferencing for not less than thirty per cent of client contact time
for the support personnel's first ninety workdays and for not less than twenty per cent
of client contact time thereafter.
(P.A. 73-570, S. 6, 12; P.A. 80-484, S. 161, 176; P.A. 86-117, S. 4, 5; P.A. 94-210, S. 10, 30; P.A. 97-213, S. 6; June
Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 20, 58; P.A. 05-272, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 80-484 referred to "authority" rather than "board" of another state in Subsec. (d)(2); P.A. 86-117 added
Subdiv. (h) pertaining to an exemption under Sec. 20-412a; P.A. 94-210 amend Subsec. (e) to make technical changes and
deleted Subsec. (h) re exemptions that are repealed, effective June 9, 1994; P.A. 97-213 revised Subsec. and Subdiv.
designations, added Subdiv. (8) re use of supervised support personnel and made technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A.
01-4 amended Subdiv. (7) by changing hearing aid dealers to hearing instrument specialists, effective July 1, 2001; P.A.
05-272 replaced "speech pathology" with "speech and language pathology" and made conforming changes in Subdivs.
(2), (4) and (8).