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2016 SESSION

16105097D
HOUSE BILL NO. 252
FLOOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by Delegate Kory
on February 3, 2016)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Kory)
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2605 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assistant speech-language pathologists; duties.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 54.1-2605 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 54.1-2605. Practice of assistant speech-language pathologists.

A person who has met the qualifications prescribed by the Board may practice as an assistant speech-language pathologist in accordance with regulations of the Board and may perform limited duties not that are otherwise restricted to the practice of a speech-language pathologist under the supervision and direction of a licensed speech-language pathologist.

2. That the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology shall review the need for and impact of licensure or certification of assistant speech-language pathologists and report its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2016.