Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF2474

Relating to health; modifying certain provisions regulating speech language
pathologists, audiologists, unlicensed mental health practitioners, alcohol and
drug counselors and hearing instrument dispensers; modifying certain supervised
training requirements for speech language pathologist and audiologist
registration applicants; providing for the issuance of temporary registration as
a speech language pathologist or audiologist by the commissioner of health under
certain conditions; expanding requirements for registration after a lapse of
more than a certain number of years; modifying certain continuing education
requirements; excluding American Indian medicine men and women, licensed
attorneys, probation officers, school counselors, registered occupational
therapists and occupational therapy assistants from the definition of unlicensed
mental health practitioner; expanding prohibited conduct for unlicensed mental
health practitioners to bartering for services with clients; requiring
unlicensed mental health practitioners subject to investigation to sign a
release authorizing the commissioner to obtain certain nonpublic data;
clarifying the scope of the mental health client bill of rights; defining or
redefining certain terms relating to alcohol and drug counselors; modifying
certain examination requirements; specifying certain requirements for temporary
practice; modifying certain qualification requirements for transitional
licensure and certain grounds for license suspension, revocation or restriction;
authorizing the commissioner of health to contract with the commissioner of
human services to obtain criminal history data from the bureau of criminal
apprehension (BCA); clarifying the exception to licensing requirements; defining
direct and indirect supervision relating to hearing instrument dispensers;
increasing the minimum age for certificate application; modifying the
examination requirement exemption for audiology registrants; placing a limit on
the number of examinations allowed to be taken by applicants; modifying certain
trainee supervision requirements and providing for trainee certification by
reciprocity and for automatic expiration of the trainee period; prohibiting
dispensing to a minor without evaluation by an audiologist; repealing certain
additional licensing requirements for alcohol and drug counselors(ra)