Current through April 3, 2024
(1) Prior to
engaging in the practice of Speech Language Pathology or Audiology, a person
must hold a current Tennessee license pursuant to T.C.A. §
63-17-110,
unless the person meets the exemption requirements of T.C.A. §§
63-17-111(g)
or
63-17-114.
(2) Inactive License - Pro Bono Services
category - Applicants who intend to exclusively practice Speech Language
Pathology or Audiology without compensation on patients who receive Speech
Language Pathology or Audiology services from organizations granted a
determination of exemption pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code may obtain an inactive volunteer license to do so as follows:
(a) Applicants who currently hold a valid
Tennessee license to practice Speech Language Pathology or Audiology issued by
the Board which is in good standing must;
1.
Retire their active licenses pursuant to the provisions of Rule
1370-01-.11;
and
2. Have submitted to the Board
Administrative Office directly from the qualified organization proof of the
determination of exemption issued pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code; and
3. Certify that
they are practicing Speech Language Pathology or Audiology exclusively on the
patients of the qualified entity and that such practice is without
compensation.
(b)
Applicants who do not currently hold a valid Tennessee license to practice
Speech Language Pathology or Audiology must comply with all provisions of Rules
1370-01-.04
and
1370-01-.05.
(c) Inactive Licensees - Pro Bono Services
category - Licensees are subject to all rules governing renewal, retirement,
reinstatement, reactivation, and continuing education, as provided by Rules
1370-01-.09,
1370-01-.11,
and
1370-01-.12.
These licenses are also subject to disciplinary action for the same causes and
pursuant to the same procedures as active licenses.
(d) Inactive Licensees - Pro Bono Services
category, are distinguished from the inactive licensees referred to in Rules
1370-01-.09
and
1370-01-.11
only by the fact that licenses issued pursuant to this rule allow the practice
of Speech Language Pathology or Audiology in Tennessee with the restrictions
placed on it by this rule.
(e)
Application review and licensure decisions shall be governed by Rule
1370-01-.07.
(3) Speech Language Pathology and
Audiology are healing arts and, as such, the practice is restricted to those
persons licensed by this Board. Persons engaging in the practice of Audiology
or Speech Language Pathology, without being licensed, or expressly exempted by
law, are in violation of T.C.A. §
63-17-110.
(4) It is unlawful for any person who is not
licensed in the manner prescribed in T.C.A. §§ 63-17101, et seq., or
expressly exempted by law, to represent himself as a Speech Language
Pathologist or Audiologist or to hold himself out to the public as being
licensed by means of using any title or description of services set out in
T.C.A. §
63-17-103 on
signs, mailboxes, address plates, stationery, announcements, telephone
listings, business cards, or other instruments or means of professional
identification.
(5) Registration
with the Board is required for the following classifications:
(a) Supervising Licensees are required to
register Audiology Clinical Externs (ACEs), and their supervision of the ACEs,
with the Board. Supervising Licensees are required to register any changes in
supervision with the Board.
(b)
Clinical Fellows are required to register their Supervising Licensee with the
Board. The Supervising Licensee is responsible for ensuring that the Clinical
Fellow registers any change in supervision with the Board.
(c) Speech Language Pathology Assistants who
meet the qualifications of Rule
1370-01-.14
are required to register with the Board. Additionally, Speech Language
Pathology Assistants are responsible to ensure their Supervising Licensees are
registered with the Board. The Supervising Licensee is required to register any
changes in supervision with the Board.
(d) Persons from another state who are not
licensed as a Speech Language Pathologist or Audiologist may offer Speech
Language Pathology and/or Audiology services in the State of Tennessee,
provided that person does so for no more than five (5) days within a calendar
year, meets the qualifications of Rule
1370-01-.04,
and does not sell hearing instruments.
(e) Persons licensed or certified by a
similar board in another state, territory, or foreign country or province as a
Speech Language Pathologist may offer Speech Language Pathology services in the
State of Tennessee for a total of not more than thirty (30) days in any
calendar year, provided that the board of the other state or foreign country,
on the date of the person's certification or licensure, has standards that are
equivalent to, or higher than, the requirements of the Tennessee
Board.
(f) Persons who reside in
another state, territory, or foreign country or province which does not grant
certification or licensure as a Speech Language Pathologist may offer Speech
Language Pathology services in the State of Tennessee for a total of not more
than thirty (30) days in any calendar year, provided that that person meets the
qualifications and requirements of the Tennessee Board at the time the person
offers such Speech Language Pathology services in this
State.
(6) Use of Titles
(a) Any person who possesses a valid,
unsuspended and unrevoked license issued by the Board has the right to use the
title "Speech Language Pathologist" and to practice Speech Language Pathology,
as defined in T.C.A. §
63-17-103.
(b) Any person who possesses a valid,
unsuspended and unrevoked license issued by the Board has the right to use the
title "Audiologist" and to practice Audiology, as defined in T.C.A. §
63-17-103.
(c) Any person who possesses a valid,
unsuspended and unrevoked registration issued by the Board has the right to use
the title "Speech Language Pathology Assistant" and to practice under
supervision as a Speech Language Pathology Assistant, as defined in T.C.A.
§
63-17-103.
(d) Any person licensed or registered by the
Board to whom this rule applies must use one of the titles authorized by this
rule in every "advertisement" he or she publishes or the failure to do so will
constitute an omission of a material fact which makes the advertisement
misleading and deceptive and subjects the Audiologist or Speech Language
Pathologist to disciplinary action pursuant to T.C.A. §
63-17-117.
Authority: T.C.A. §§
4-5-202,
4-5-204,
63-1-145,
63-1-146,
63-17-103,
63-17-105,
63-17-110, 63-17114, and 63-17-117.
