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AR Code § 17-100-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-100-103. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Audiologist” means an individual who practices audiology by any title or description of services incorporating the words “audiologist”, “hearing clinician”, “hearing therapist”, or any similar title or description of services;  (2) “Audiology” means the application of principles, methods, and procedures of measurement, testing, evaluation, prediction, consultation, counseling, instruction, habilitation, or rehabilitation related to hearing and balance disorders of the auditory system for the purpose of evaluating, identifying, preventing, ameliorating, or modifying such disorders and conditions in individuals and groups of individuals;  (3) “Person” means any individual, organization, or corporate body, except that only an individual may be licensed under this chapter;  (4) “Speech-language pathologist” means an individual who practices speech-language pathology by any title or description of services incorporating the words “speech-language pathologist”, “speech therapist”, “speech correctionist”, “speech clinician”, “language pathologist”, “language therapist”, “logopedist”, “communicologist”, “voice therapist”, “voice pathologist”, or any similar title or description of service;  (5) “Speech-language pathology” means the application of principles, methods, and procedures for the measurement, testing, evaluation, prediction, counseling, instruction, habilitation, or rehabilitation related to the development and disorders of speech, voice, or language, and dysphagia for the purpose of evaluating, preventing, ameliorating, or modifying such disorders and conditions in individuals and groups of individuals;  (6) “Speech-language pathology support personnel” or any variation, synonym, or coinage of the term means an individual who holds a bachelor's degree in speech language pathology or an individual who meets minimum qualifications established by the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, which are less than those established by this chapter as necessary for licensing as a speech-language pathologist, and who provides services as prescribed, directed, and supervised by a speech-language pathologist licensed under this chapter;  (7) “Telepractice” means telespeech, teleaudiology, teleSLP, telehealth, or telerehabilitation when used separately or together; and  (8) “Telepractice service” means the application of telecommunication technology equivalent in quality to services delivered face-to-face to deliver speech-language pathology or audiology services, or both, at a distance for assessment, intervention or consultation, or both.
AR Code § 17-100-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-100-105. Criminal penalties

 Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall upon conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
AR Code § 17-100-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-100-106. Civil penalties

 (a) Any person who, after notice and hearing, is found by the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to have violated any provision of this chapter or any rule of the board may be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation.  (b) The penalty provided for in this section, plus interest at ten percent (10%) per annum, shall be paid to the board before the speech-language pathologist or audiologist can be issued a license to engage in practice in this state.  (c) The board shall have the authority to withhold approval for up to six (6) months of any application for any person who before approval of the application has been found in violation of this chapter.  (d) The board shall have the authority to file suit in the Pulaski County Circuit Court or the circuit court of the county in which the person resides to obtain a judgment for the amount of any penalty not paid within thirty (30) days of service on the person of the order assessing the penalty, unless the circuit court enters a stay pursuant to the provisions of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 17-100-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-100-107. Injunction against unlawful practice

 When any person not licensed by the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, or any licensee, engages in the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology as defined in § 17-100-103 in violation of this chapter or the rules of the board, the board may go into the Pulaski County Circuit Court or the circuit court of the county in which the person resides and, upon affidavit, secure a writ of injunction, without bond, restraining and prohibiting the person from the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology in violation of this chapter.
AR Code § 17-100-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-100-108. Billing

 (a) Services provided by speech-language pathology support personnel which are prescribed, directed, and supervised by a speech-language pathologist licensed under this chapter may be billed to third parties as speech-language services or therapies.  (b) The billings may be in the name of the licensed speech-language pathologist or clinic of a licensed speech-language pathologist or a developmental disability day treatment clinic services community provider licensed or certified by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services that employs the speech-language pathology support personnel.
AR Code § 17-100-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 2 - Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology|§ 17-100-201. Creation — Members

 (a) There is established the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology within the Department of Health.  (b)  (1)  (A) The board shall be composed of seven (7) members appointed by the Governor to three-year terms.  (B) The members of the board shall be residents of this state for at least two (2) years immediately preceding their appointments.    (2)  (A)  (i) Five (5) members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor after consulting the Arkansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Inc., the American Academy of Audiology, and other professional groups or individuals and subject to confirmation by the Senate.  (ii) The Governor shall appoint a new member of the board if a vacancy occurs.    (B) The board shall have the following professional members:  (i) Two (2) speech-language pathologists;  (ii) Two (2) audiologists; and  (iii) A fifth member who shall be either a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist.    (C) There shall be one (1) consumer member who shall not be actively engaged in the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology.    (3)  (A) One (1) member of the board shall represent the elderly.  (B) The representative of the elderly shall:  (i) Be sixty (60) years of age or older;  (ii) Not be actively engaged in or retired from the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology;  (iii) Be appointed from the state at large, subject to confirmation by the Senate; and  (iv) Be a full voting member but shall not participate in the grading of examinations.      (4) The consumer representative position and the representative of the elderly position may not be filled by the same person.    (c) A person shall not be eligible to serve more than two (2) full consecutive terms.  (d) Board members may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 17-100-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 2 - Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology|§ 17-100-202. Powers and duties

 (a) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall administer, coordinate, and enforce the provisions of this chapter and evaluate the qualifications and supervise the examinations of applicants for licensure under this chapter. The board may issue subpoenas, examine witnesses, and administer oaths and, at its discretion, shall investigate allegations or practices violating the provisions of this chapter.  (b)  (1) The board shall adopt rules relating to professional conduct commensurate with the policy of this chapter, including, but not limited to, rules which establish ethical standards of practice necessary to the enforcement and orderly administration of this chapter and, for other purposes, may amend or repeal the same in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (2) The board shall promulgate rules regarding the use of speech-language pathology support personnel by practitioners of speech-language pathology.  (3)  (A) All rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof.  (B) Following their adoption, the rules shall govern and control the professional conduct of every person who holds a license to practice speech-language pathology or audiology in this state.      (c) The Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., shall apply to the authority and procedure of the board.  (d) The board shall conduct hearings and keep records and minutes necessary to the orderly dispatch of its functions. The board shall provide notice to the appropriate persons in a manner it considers appropriate of the times and places of all hearings authorized by this subsection.  (e) The conferral or enumeration of specific powers elsewhere in this chapter shall not be construed as a limitation of the general functions conferred by this section.
AR Code § 17-100-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 2 - Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology|§ 17-100-203. Organization and proceedings

 (a)  (1) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall meet during the first sixty (60) days of each fiscal year to select a chair and other officers for other appropriate purposes. At least one (1) additional meeting shall be held before the end of each calendar year.  (2) Further meetings may be convened at the call of the Chair of the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology or the written request of any two (2) board members.  (3) All meetings of the board shall be open to the public, except that the board may close sessions to prepare, approve, grade, or administer examinations or, upon request of an applicant who fails an examination, to prepare a response indicating any reason for his or her failure.    (b) Four (4) members of the board shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, but in no instance shall a meeting of four (4) board members which does not include both a speech-language pathologist and audiologist be considered a certain quorum.  (c) The board shall adopt a seal by which it shall authenticate its proceedings. Copies of the proceedings, records, and acts of the board and records and acts signed by the chair or the Executive Secretary of the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and authenticated by the seal shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of this state.
AR Code § 17-100-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 2 - Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology|§ 17-100-204. Director

 (a) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology may employ and discharge, in consultation with the Secretary for the State Board of Health, a Director of the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the board.  (b) The board shall outline duties and fix compensation of the director in accordance with law.  (c) The amount of per diem and mileage and expense moneys paid to the director shall be in accordance with applicable law.
AR Code § 17-100-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 2 - Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology|§ 17-100-206. Disposition of funds — Reports

 (a) All fees and other funds received by the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall be deposited into a bank account in the name of the board in one (1) or more banks in this state and shall be used by the board exclusively for payment to the Department of Health of reasonable and necessary salaries, maintenance, and operating expenses in the performance of duties imposed on the board under the provisions of this chapter or the payment of the salary of the Director of the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.  (b) The board shall report monthly to the Department of Health and the Department of Finance and Administration the amount and source of all revenue received by it pursuant to this chapter during the preceding month.  (c) All appropriate expenses incurred by the board in the administration of the provisions of this chapter shall be paid when vouchers relating to such expenses are exhibited as having been approved by the board.  (d)  (1) The board shall be financed from income accruing from fees, licenses, and other income collected by the board.  (2) All expenses, which may include full or partial financing of continuing professional education programs adopted by the board under § 17-100-306, and the salary of the director shall be paid as budgeted after budgets are approved or within the limitations of any appropriation for that purpose that may be included in any appropriate Arkansas appropriations law.  (3) All employee salary reimbursement amounts shall be determined by the Department of Health and shall be paid as budgeted after budgets are approved or within the limitations of any appropriation for that purpose that may be included in any appropriate Arkansas appropriations law.    (e) The board will have the authority to establish and change fees for application, examination, renewal, inactivation, reactivation, and delinquency purposes.
AR Code § 17-100-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 2 - Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology|§ 17-100-207. Audiologists — Licensing

 (a) Notwithstanding § 17-84-101 et seq. or any other law to the contrary, a person who is licensed by the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology under § 17-100-301 et seq. as an audiologist in this state shall not be required to be licensed by the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers.  (b) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall promulgate rules governing the dispensing of hearing aids by audiologists licensed by the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, provided that such rules shall be no less stringent than the rules adopted by the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers for the dispensing of hearing aids.
AR Code § 17-100-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-100-301. License required

 (a) No person shall practice or represent himself or herself as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist in this state unless he or she is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.  (b) A license shall be granted either in speech-language pathology or audiology independently. A person may be licensed in both areas if he or she meets the respective qualifications.
AR Code § 17-100-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-100-302. Eligibility

 (a) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall issue a license to a person who meets the requirements of this chapter and pays to the board the application for initial license fee prescribed in § 17-100-308.  (b) To be eligible for licensure by the board as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, a person shall:  (1) Possess at least a master's degree in the area of speech-language pathology or a master's degree in audiology obtained on or before December 30, 2006, or a doctoral degree obtained after January 1, 2007, from an educational institution recognized by the board;  (2) Submit evidence of the completion of the educational, clinical experience, and employment requirements, which shall be based on appropriate national standards and prescribed by the rules adopted under this chapter; and  (3) Pass an examination approved by the board before the board approves a license.    (c) The board shall issue a provisional license to a person who meets the requirements of this chapter, submits the appropriate application, and pays to the board the application for initial license fee prescribed in § 17-100-308.  (d) To be eligible for provisional licensure by the board as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, a person shall:  (1) Possess at least a master's degree in the area of speech-language pathology or audiology, as the case may be, from an educational institution recognized by the board;  (2) Be in the process of completing the postgraduate professional experience requirement; and  (3) Pass an examination approved by the board.    (e) The purpose of a provisional license is to permit a person to practice speech-language pathology or audiology while completing the postgraduate professional experience as required by this chapter. A person holding a provisional license is authorized to practice speech-language pathology or audiology only while working under the supervision of a person fully licensed by this state in accordance with this chapter.  (f) The board shall have the authority to adopt rules regarding the term and conditions for which a provisional license is granted.
AR Code § 17-100-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-100-303. Licensure — Examination

 (a)  (1) A person eligible for licensure under § 17-100-302 and desirous of licensure shall make application to the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology upon a form and in such a manner as the board shall prescribe.  (2) Any application shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed by § 17-100-308, which shall in no case be refunded.    (b)  (1) Each applicant for licensure under this chapter shall be examined by the board in a written examination if the board deems a written examination to be appropriate.  (2) Standards for acceptable performance shall be established.  (3) Applicants shall be examined at a time and place and under such supervision as the board may determine. Examinations shall be given at such places within this state as the board may determine at least two (2) times each year, and the board shall make public, in a manner it considers appropriate, and shall appropriately notify all individual applicants of, the time and place of the administration of examinations.  (4) The board may examine in whatever theoretical or applied fields of speech pathology and audiology it considers appropriate and may examine with regard to a person's professional skills and judgment in the utilization of speech language pathology or audiology techniques and methods.  (5) The board shall maintain a permanent record of all examination results.
AR Code § 17-100-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 100 - Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-100-304. Reciprocity

 (a) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology may waive the examination and grant a license to any applicant who shall present proof of current licensure in another state, the District of Columbia, or territory of the United States which maintains professional standards considered by the board to be equivalent to those set forth in this chapter.  (b) The board may waive the examination and grant a license to any person certified as clinically competent by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the American Academy of Audiology, or the American Board of Audiology in the area for which the person is applying for licensure.  (c) A person certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the American Academy of Audiology, or the American Board of Audiology or licensed under the law of another state, a territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia and that has requirements at least equal to those of Arkansas as a speech language pathologist or audiologist who has applied for a license and paid the appropriate fees may perform speech language pathology and audiology services in this state.