History: P.A. 74-222 made no change; P.A. 94-210 removed reference to July 1, 1974, as beginning date of prohibition,
effective June 9, 1994; P.A. 05-272 replaced "speech pathology" with "speech and language pathology" and made a
technical change for the purpose of gender neutrality.
Sec. 20-411. Qualification for licensure. Temporary permit exemption.
Waiver of postgraduate supervised employment requirement. Waiver of written
examination. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section no person shall
be licensed under this chapter until such person has successfully passed a written examination, the subject and scope of which shall be determined by the commissioner. Application for such examination shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the department
and accompanied by satisfactory proof that the applicant: (1) Is of good professional
character; (2) possesses a master's or doctorate degree in speech and language pathology
or audiology from a program accredited, at the time of the applicant's graduation, by
the educational standards board of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association
or such successor organization as may be approved by the department, or has completed
an integrated educational program which, at the time of the applicant's completion,
satisfied the educational requirements of said organization for the award of a certificate
of clinical competence; (3) has had a minimum of thirty-six weeks and one thousand
eighty hours of full-time or a minimum of forty-eight weeks and one thousand four
hundred forty hours of part-time professional employment in speech and language pathology or audiology under the supervision of a licensed or certified speech and language
pathologist or audiologist. Such employment shall follow the completion of the educational requirements of subdivision (2) of this subsection. Persons engaged in such employment under the direct supervision of a person holding a valid hearing instrument
specialist's license or as an audiologist under this chapter who is authorized to fit and
sell hearing aids pursuant to section 20-398 shall not be required to obtain a temporary
permit pursuant to section 20-400. "Full-time employment" means a minimum of thirty
hours a week and "part-time employment" means a minimum of fifteen hours a week.
The postgraduate supervised employment requirements of subdivision (3) of this subsection shall be waived for persons who meet the January 1, 2007, Standards for the
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology of the American Speech-Language
Hearing Association, or its successor organization.
(b) The commissioner may waive the written examination for any person who (1)
is licensed as a speech and language pathologist or audiologist in another state and such
state has licensing requirements at least equivalent to the requirements in this state;
or (2) holds a certificate from a national professional organization, approved by the
commissioner, in speech and language pathology or audiology.
(P.A. 73-570, S. 4, 12; P.A. 74-222, S. 1, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 337, 610; P.A. 78-55, S. 1-3; P.A. 80-484, S. 133, 176;
P.A. 88-357, S. 14; P.A. 94-210, S. 9, 30; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 19; P.A. 05-272, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 74-222 added Subsec. (d) re temporary licenses; P.A. 77-614 deleted references to council in advisory
role to commissioner re examinations, effective January 1, 1974; P.A. 78-55 changed cutoff date for renewal of temporary
licenses in Subsec. (d) from July 1, 1978, to July 1, 1983; P.A. 80-484 made minor language changes and required that
applicant be of good "professional" character rather than of good "moral" character in Subsec. (a); P.A. 88-357 deleted
obsolete Subsecs. (c) and (d) re licensure without examination and temporary licenses; P.A. 94-210 amended Subsec. (2)
to add accreditation organizations and a doctorate option; deleted Subdiv. (3) re clinical experience requirement and
changed minimum supervised employment requirements from nine months to thirty-six weeks and one thousand eighty
hours of full-time and eighteen months to a minimum of forty-eight weeks and one thousand four hundred forty hours of
part-time and made technical changes, effective June 9, 1994; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 amended Subsec. (a) to add
exemption from temporary permit for persons engaged in employment under direct supervision of certain licensed specialists or audiologists and make technical changes; P.A. 05-272 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing "speech pathology" with
"speech and language pathology", making technical changes and waiving the postgraduate supervised employment requirements of Subdiv. (3) for persons who meet the January 1, 2007, Standards for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in
Audiology of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, and amended Subsec. (b) to make conforming changes.
Sec. 20-412. Fees. License renewal. The fee for an initial license as provided for in
section 20-411 as a speech and language pathologist or audiologist shall be one hundred
dollars and for a combined license as a speech and language pathologist and audiologist
shall be one hundred eighty dollars. Licenses shall expire in accordance with section 19a-88 and shall become invalid unless renewed. Renewal may be effected upon payment of
a fee of one hundred dollars and in accordance with section 19a-88.
(P.A. 73-570, S. 5, 12; P.A. 74-222, S. 3, 4; P.A. 80-484, S. 134, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 64, 71; P.A. 88-357, S. 15; P.A.
89-251, S. 146, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 41, 117; P.A. 95-360, S. 7; P.A. 05-272, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 74-222 included temporary licenses in fee provision; P.A. 80-484 changed renewal provisions to conform
to Sec. 19-45 as of January 1, 1981, and deleted provision imposing twenty-dollar renewal fee for licenses not renewed
in timely fashion and requiring reapplication as for initial license if license not renewed within five years of expiration;
P.A. 81-471 deleted references to July expiration and renewal date; P.A. 88-357 removed provision imposing fees for
examinations and reexaminations; P.A. 89-251 increased the license fee from twenty-five dollars to seventy-five dollars,
increased the fee for a combined license from fifty dollars to one hundred fifty dollars and increased the renewal fee from
fifteen dollars to forty-five dollars; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 increased license fee for speech pathologist or audiologist
from seventy-five to ninety dollars, fee for a combined license from one hundred fifty to one hundred eighty dollars and
renewal fees from forty-five to ninety dollars; P.A. 95-360 increased the license fee for a speech pathologist or audiologist
and the renewal fee from ninety to one hundred dollars; P.A. 05-272 replaced "speech pathologist" with "speech and
language pathologist".
Sec. 20-413. Exemptions. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting:
(1) Consulting with or disseminating research findings and scientific information
to accredited academic institutions or governmental agencies or offering lectures to the
public for a fee, monetary or otherwise;
(2) The activities and services of a graduate student or speech and language pathology intern in speech and language pathology pursuing a course of study leading to a
graduate degree in speech and language pathology at an accredited or approved college
or university or a clinical training facility approved by the department, provided these
activities and services constitute a part of his supervised course of study and that such
person is designated as "Speech and Language Pathology Intern", "Speech and Language Pathology Trainee", or other such title clearly indicating the training status appropriate to his level of training;
(3) The activities and services of a graduate student or audiology intern in audiology
at an accredited or approved college or university or a clinical training facility approved
by the department, provided these activities and services constitute a part of his supervised course of study and that such person is designated as "Audiology Intern",
"Audiology Trainee", or other such title clearly indicating the training status appropriate
to his level of training;
(4) (A) A person from another state offering speech and language pathology or
audiology services in this state, provided such services are performed for no more than
five days in any calendar year and provided such person meets the qualifications and
requirements for licensing in this state; or (B) a person from another state who is licensed
or certified as a speech and language pathologist or audiologist by a similar authority
of another state, or territory of the United States, or of a foreign country or province
whose standards are equivalent to or higher than, at the date of his certification or licensure, the requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted hereunder, or a person
who meets such qualifications and requirements and resides in a state or territory of the
United States, or a foreign country or province which does not grant certification or
license to speech and language pathologists or audiologists, from offering speech and
language pathology or audiology services in this state for a total of not more than thirty
days in any calendar year;
(5) The activities and services of a person who meets the requirements of subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 20-411, while such person is engaged in
full or part-time employment in fulfillment of the professional employment requirement
of subdivision (3) of said subsection (a);
(6) Nurses and other personnel from engaging in screening and audiometric testing,
under the supervision of a licensed physician, surgeon or audiologist, for the purpose
of identifying those persons whose sensitivity of hearing is below the standard acceptable level;
(7) The activity and services of hearing instrument specialists;
(8) The use of supervised support personnel to assist licensed speech and language
pathologists with tasks that are (A) designed by the licensed speech and language pathologists being assisted, (B) routine, and (C) related to maintenance of assistive and prosthetic devices, re:CHY:cording and charting or implementation of evaluation or intervention
plans. For purposes of this subdivision, "supervised" means (i) not more than three
support personnel are assisting one licensed speech and language pathologist, (ii) in-person communication between the licensed speech and language pathologist and support personnel is available at all times, and (iii) the licensed speech and language pathologist provides the support personnel with regularly scheduled direct observation, guidance, direction and conferencing for not less than thirty per cent of client contact time
for the support personnel's first ninety workdays and for not less than twenty per cent
of client contact time thereafter.
(P.A. 73-570, S. 6, 12; P.A. 80-484, S. 161, 176; P.A. 86-117, S. 4, 5; P.A. 94-210, S. 10, 30; P.A. 97-213, S. 6; June
Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 20, 58; P.A. 05-272, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 80-484 referred to "authority" rather than "board" of another state in Subsec. (d)(2); P.A. 86-117 added
Subdiv. (h) pertaining to an exemption under Sec. 20-412a; P.A. 94-210 amend Subsec. (e) to make technical changes and
deleted Subsec. (h) re exemptions that are repealed, effective June 9, 1994; P.A. 97-213 revised Subsec. and Subdiv.
designations, added Subdiv. (8) re use of supervised support personnel and made technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A.
01-4 amended Subdiv. (7) by changing hearing aid dealers to hearing instrument specialists, effective July 1, 2001; P.A.
05-272 replaced "speech pathology" with "speech and language pathology" and made conforming changes in Subdivs.
(2), (4) and (8).
Sec. 20-416. Administrative proceedings. Appeals. Regulations. (a) Proceedings under this chapter and any appeals from the decisions or orders of the commissioner
shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 and the regulations adopted by
the Commissioner of Public Health.
(b) The department shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 for the
administration of this chapter and for the conduct of the practice of speech and language
pathology and audiology.
(P.A. 73-570, S. 9, 10, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 471, 610; P.A. 81-471, S. 66, 71; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12,
21, 58; P.A. 05-272, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 77-614 required that proceedings conform to regulations of health services commissioner as well as to
chapter 54 provisions in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-471 deleted reference to council's advisory role
in adoption of regulations re practice of speech pathology and audiology in Subsec. (b); P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner
of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced
Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public
Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 05-272 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing "speech pathology" with "speech and
language pathology".