AB177
AN ACT relating to professions; providing for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants; authorizing certain persons to engage in the supervised practice of speech-language pathology; revising the scope of practice of audiologists, hearing aid specialists and speech-language pathologists; requiring certain persons to be licensed and regulated as audiologists or speech-language pathologists; increasing the maximum amount of certain fees; authorizing the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Board to waive fees in certain circumstances; requiring that certain fees be discounted for certain persons affiliated with the military; revising the required qualifications for and processes for issuing certain licenses; eliminating the requirement for a licensed audiologist to obtain an endorsement before engaging in the practice of fitting and dispensing hearing aids; revising provisions relating to the sale of hearing aids; imposing certain requirements relating to the classification of persons who practice speech-language pathology in schools under a collective bargaining agreement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to professions; providing for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants; authorizing certain persons to engage in the supervised practice of speech-language pathology; revising the scope of practice of audiologists, hearing aid specialists and speech-language pathologists; requiring certain persons to be licensed and regulated as audiologists or speech-language pathologists; increasing the maximum amount of certain fees; authorizing the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Board to waive fees in certain circumstances; requiring that certain fees be discounted for certain persons affiliated with the military; revising the required qualifications for and processes for issuing certain licenses; eliminating the requirement for a licensed audiologist to obtain an endorsement before engaging in the practice of fitting and dispensing hearing aids; revising provisions relating to the sale of hearing aids; imposing certain requirements relating to the classification of persons who practice speech-language pathology in schools under a collective bargaining agreement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Primary Sponsor
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Public exhibits
10
Support 4 · Opp 1 · Neutral 3
Auditor findings
0
recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to professions; providing for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants; authorizing certain
Existing law: (1) with certain exceptions, requires a person who engages in the practice of audiology, fitting and dispensing hearing aids or speech-language pathology to be licensed by the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Board; and (2) prescribes the qualifications necessary to obtain such licenses. (NRS 637B.160, 637B.193-637B.204, 637B.290) Section 22 of this bill increases the maximum amount of certain fees relating to such licensure. Section 22 authorizes the Board to waive all or part of such fees in certain circumstances. Section 22 also requires the Board to collect not more than half of the fee that would otherwise be required for the initial licensure of an applicant who: (1) is an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a spouse of such a person; (2) a veteran or the surviving spouse of a veteran; or (3) a family member of a person killed in the line of duty in the Armed Forces of the United States under certain circumstances. Sections 27-29 of this bill authorize an applicant for certain types of licenses which require the applicant to hold a license in another state to satisfy this requirement by holding the required license in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States. Section 30 of this bill revises the procedures for issuing an expedited license by endorsement to practice audiology or speech-language pathology. Existing law authorizes the Board to issue a provisional license to pra
NELIS exhibits (10 on file)
Support (4)
- Katie Allen — President, Nevada Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSHA) (Letter)
- Nevada Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSHA) (Testimony)
- Jess Garrett (Testimony)
- (unnamed) (Testimony)
Opposition (1)
- (89 combined) (Letters)
Neutral (3)
- (unattributed) (Testimony)
- (unattributed) (Testimony)
- (unattributed) (Testimony)
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