Colorado § 12-305-105 Use of titles restricted

Colorado Statutes

§ 12-305-105 — Use of titles restricted

Colorado·Title 12 Professions·Art. Speech-language Pathologists

(1)Only an individual who is required to be and is certified pursuant to this article 305 as a speech-language pathologist or is licensed by the department of education to provide speech-language pathology services may advertise as or use the title speech-language pathologist, speech pathologist, speech therapist, speech correctionist, speech clinician, language pathologist, voice therapist, voice pathologist, aphasiologist, or any other generally accepted terms, letters, or figures that indicate that the individual is a certified speech-language pathologist or a licensed speech-language pathologist.

(2)For a certificate holder who has successfully completed a doctoral degree in communication sciences and disorders as described in section 12-305-107

(1)(a), a certification to

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(1) Only an individual who is required to
be and is certified pursuant to this article 305 as a speech-language pathologist or
is licensed by the department of education to provide speech-language pathology
services may advertise as or use the title speech-language pathologist, speech
pathologist, speech therapist, speech correctionist, speech clinician,
language pathologist, voice therapist, voice pathologist, aphasiologist, or
any other generally accepted terms, letters, or figures that indicate that the
individual is a certified speech-language pathologist or a licensed speech-language
pathologist.

(2) For a certificate holder who has successfully completed a doctoral
degree in communication sciences and disorders as described in section 12-305-107
(1)(a), a certification to practice speech-language pathology issued pursuant to this
article 305 entitles the certificate holder to use the title Doctor or Dr. when
accompanied by the terms speech-language pathology or the letters S.L.P.

(3) Only an individual who practices in accordance with this article 305 as a
speech-language pathology assistant or is authorized by the department of
education as a school speech-language pathology assistant may advertise as or use
the title speech-language pathology assistant or any other generally accepted
terms, letters, or figures that indicate that the individual is a speech-language
pathology assistant or an authorized school speech-language pathology assistant.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1593, � 1, effective October 1. L. 2025: (1) amended and (3) added, (HB 25-1075), ch. 163, p. 658, � 3, effective August 6.