2005 Idaho Code - 54-2905 — EXEMPTIONS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 29
                   SPEECH AND HEARING SERVICES PRACTICE ACT
    54-2905.  EXEMPTIONS. (1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
restrict:
    (a)  Any person licensed or regulated by the state of Idaho from engaging
    in the profession or practice for which he or she is licensed or regulated
    including, but not limited to, any certified or accredited teacher of the
    deaf, nurse, physician, occupational therapist, physical therapist,
    surgeon, or any other licensed or regulated practitioner of the healing
    arts;
    (b)  Any employee working under the direct supervision of those persons
    referred to in this section, so long as such employee does not hold
    himself or herself out as an audiologist, speech-language pathologist,
    speech-language pathologist aide or assistant, hearing aid dealer or
    fitter, or a person engaged in the practice of audiology, speech-language
    pathology or hearing aid dealing and fitting; or
    (c)  Any person working in an Idaho public school setting who has received
    and holds, in good standing, a pupil personnel services certificate with a
    speech language pathologist endorsement or audiologist endorsement, or any
    person working as a speech-language pathologist aide or speech-language
    pathologist assistant, as those terms are defined in section 54-2903,
    Idaho Code, in a public school setting under the direction and supervision
    of a person with such endorsement in good standing. Such persons, while
    practicing in the public school setting, shall be exempt from all
    provisions of this chapter; provided however, that any such person working
    in an Idaho public school setting with a pupil personnel services
    certificate with a speech-language pathologist endorsement or audiology
    endorsement, or a speech-language pathologist aide or speech-language
    pathologist assistant, shall be prohibited from practicing independently
    in a setting other than a public school unless such person is duly
    licensed as set forth in this chapter.
    (2)  Licensure shall not be required for persons pursuing a course of
study leading to a degree in audiology, speech-language pathology, or hearing
aid dealing and fitting at a college or university with a curriculum
acceptable to the board provided that:
    (a)  Activities and services otherwise regulated by this chapter
    constitute a part of a planned course of study at that institution;
    (b)  Such persons are designated by a title such as "intern," "trainee,"
    "student," or by other such title clearly indicating the status
    appropriate to their level of education; and
    (c)  Such persons work under the supervision of a person licensed by this
    state to practice audiology, speech-language pathology or hearing aid
    dealing and fitting in accordance with administrative rules governing
    supervision as adopted by the board. The supervising audiologist,
    speech-language pathologist or hearing aid dealer and fitter accepts full
    responsibility for the activities and services provided by such persons
    supervised.
    (3)  Nothing in this chapter shall restrict a person residing in another
state or country and authorized to practice audiology, speech-language
pathology or hearing aid dealing or fitting there, who is called in
consultation by a person licensed in this state to practice audiology,
speech-language pathology, or hearing aid dealing and fitting, or who for the
purpose of furthering audiology, speech-language pathology or hearing aid
dealing and fitting education is invited into this state to conduct a lecture,
clinic or demonstration, while engaged in activities in connection with the
consultation, lecture, clinic or demonstration, so long as such person does
not open an office or appoint a place to meet clients or receive calls in this
state.