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Senate Bill 613 |
Senate Author: Rodriguez |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Alvarado |
Senate Bill 613 amends the Occupations Code to require an applicant for licensing as an audiologist to possess at least a doctoral degree in audiology or a related hearing science from a program accredited by a national accrediting organization that is approved by the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and recognized by the United States secretary of education under federal law in an accredited or approved college or university and specifies that the master's degree required of an applicant for licensing as a speech-language pathologist must be from a program accredited by such an approved and recognized organization in an accredited or approved college or university.