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Senate Bill 662 |
Senate Author: Nichols et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Anchia |
Senate Bill 662
amends provisions of the Occupations Code relating to the continuation and
functions of the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology. The bill continues the board until September 1, 2017, amends and
adds various standard
across-the-board sunset provisions, and establishes criminal history record
information requirements for the issuance or renewal of a license to practice
speech-language pathology or audiology. The bill requires the board and the
State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing
Instruments, with the assistance of the Department of State Health Services, to
jointly adopt rules to establish requirements for each sale of a hearing
instrument and authorizes the board to order an audiologist to pay a refund to
a consumer who returns a hearing instrument during a specified trial period.
The bill provides for the recusal of a board member who participated in the
investigation of a complaint or in informal settlement negotiations regarding
the complaint, with respect to voting on the matter at a board meeting, authorizes
the board to issue a cease and desist order prohibiting an unlicensed person in
violation of state law or a rule relating to the practice of speech-language pathology
or audiology from engaging in the apparent unlawful activity, and makes a
violation of such an order grounds for imposing an administrative penalty.