154F.2 - APPLICABILITY.
154F.2 APPLICABILITY.
1. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to apply
to:
a. Licensed physicians and surgeons, licensed osteopathic
physicians and surgeons, licensed physician assistants and registered
nurses acting under the supervision of a physician or osteopathic
physician, persons conducting hearing tests under the direct
supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon or licensed
osteopathic physician and surgeon, or students of medicine or surgery
or osteopathic medicine and surgery pursuing a course of study in a
medical school or college of osteopathic medicine and surgery
approved by the board of medicine while performing functions
incidental to their course of study.
b. Hearing aid fitting, the dispensing or sale of hearing
aids, and the providing of hearing aid service and maintenance by a
hearing aid dispenser or holder of a temporary permit as defined and
licensed under chapter 154A.
c. Students enrolled in an accredited college or university
pursuing a course of study leading to a degree in speech pathology or
audiology while receiving clinical training as a part of the course
of study and acting under the supervision of a licensed speech
pathologist or audiologist provided they use the title "trainee" or
similar title clearly indicating training status.
d. Nonprofessional aides who perform their services under the
supervision of a speech pathologist or audiologist as appropriate and
who meet such qualifications as may be established by the board for
aides if they use the title "aide", "assistant", "technician", or
other similar title clearly indicating their status.
e. Audiometric tests administered pursuant to the United
States Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 or chapter 88, and
in accordance with regulations issued thereunder, by employees of a
person engaged in business, including the state of Iowa, its various
departments, agencies, and political subdivisions, solely to
employees of such employer, while acting within the scope of their
employment.
f. Persons certified by the department of education as speech
clinicians or hearing clinicians and employed by a school district or
area education agency while acting within the scope of their
employment.
2. A person exempted from the provisions of this chapter by this
section shall not use the title "speech pathologist" or "audiologist"
or any title or device indicating or representing in any manner that
the person is a speech pathologist or is an audiologist; provided, a
hearing aid dispenser licensed under chapter 154A may use the title
"certified hearing aid audiologist" when granted by the national
hearing aid society; and provided, persons who meet the requirements
of section 154F.3, subsection 1, who are certified by the department
of education as speech clinicians may use the title "speech
pathologist" and persons who meet the requirements of section 154F.3,
subsection 2, who are certified by the department of education as
hearing clinicians may use the title "audiologist", while acting
within the scope of their employment. Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1088, §72; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §61