This text of Indiana § 25-35.6-1-4 (Persons and practices not affected) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Indiana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as
preventing or restricting the following:
(1)A physician or surgeon from engaging in the practice of
medicine in this state, or a person under the supervision and
control of a physician or surgeon from conducting hearing testing,
provided such a person is not called an audiologist.
(2)Any hearing aid dealer from:
(A)engaging in the testing of hearing and other practices and
procedures necessary for the business for which the dealer is
registered in this state under IC 25-20-1; and
(B)using the title hearing aid specialist or any similar title or
description of service.
(3)Any person licensed or registered in this state by any other law
from engaging in the profession or occupation for which the
person is licensed or registered.
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Nothing in this article shall be construed as
preventing or restricting the following:
(1) A physician or surgeon from engaging in the practice of
medicine in this state, or a person under the supervision and
control of a physician or surgeon from conducting hearing testing,
provided such a person is not called an audiologist.
(2) Any hearing aid dealer from:
(A) engaging in the testing of hearing and other practices and
procedures necessary for the business for which the dealer is
registered in this state under IC 25-20-1; and
(B) using the title hearing aid specialist or any similar title or
description of service.
(3) Any person licensed or registered in this state by any other law
from engaging in the profession or occupation for which the
person is licensed or registered.
(4) A person employed as a speech-language pathologist or
audiologist by the government of the United States, if such person
performs speech-language pathology or audiology services solely
within the confines or under the jurisdiction of the governmental
organization by which the person is employed. However, such
person may, without obtaining a license under this article, consult
with or disseminate the person's research findings and other
scientific information to speech-language pathologists and
audiologists outside the jurisdiction of the organization by which
the person is employed. Such person may also offer instruction
and lectures to the public without being licensed under this
article. Such person may additionally elect to be subject to this
article.
(5) The activities and services of persons pursuing a course of
study leading to a degree in speech-language pathology or
audiology at a postsecondary educational institution, if:
(A) such activities and services constitute a part of a supervised
course of study;
(B) such person is designated speech-language pathology or
audiology intern, speech-language pathology or audiology
trainee, or by other such titles clearly indicating the training
status appropriate to the person's level of training; and
(C) the person works only under the supervision of a
speech-language pathologist or audiologist licensed under this
article.
(6) The activities and services of persons fulfilling the clinical
experience requirement of section 5(2)(B)(ii) or 6(3)(B) of this
chapter, if such activities and services constitute a part of the
experience required for that section's fulfillment.
(7) The performance of pure tone air conduction testing by an
industrial audiometric technician, as defined by federal law, who
is working in an industrial hearing conservation program directed
by a physician or an audiologist.
(8) The performance of speech-language pathology or audiology
services in this state by any person not a resident of this state who
is not licensed under this article, if such services are performed:
(A) under IC 25-35.6-5; or
(B) for no more than five (5) days in any calendar year and in
cooperation with a speech-language pathologist or audiologist
licensed under this article, and if such person meets the
qualifications and requirements for application for licensure
described in section 5(1) and 5(2) or 6(1) and 6(2) of this
chapter.
However, a person not a resident of this state who is not licensed
under this article or practicing under IC 25-35.6-5, but who is
licensed under the law of another state which has established
licensure requirements at least equivalent to those established by
section 5 or 6 of this chapter or who is the holder of a certificate
of clinical competence in speech-language pathology or audiology
or its equivalent issued by a nationally recognized association for
speech-language or hearing, may offer speech-language pathology
or audiology services in this state for no more than one hundred
eighty (180) days in any calendar year, if such services are
performed in cooperation with a speech-language pathologist or
audiologist licensed under this article.
Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.262, SEC.1. As amended by
P.L.250-1985, SEC.1; P.L.149-1987, SEC.106; P.L.212-2005, SEC.64;
P.L.2-2007, SEC.348; P.L.216-2021, SEC.50; P.L.149-2022,
SEC.15.