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)