Oklahoma § 59-1604 - License required - Exceptions and exemptions

§ 59-1604. License required - Exceptions and exemptions

A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, no person

shall practice speech-language pathology or audiology unless such

person is licensed pursuant to the Speech-Language Pathology and

Audiology Licensing Act.

B. The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act

shall not be construed to prevent:

1. A person licensed under any other law of this state from

engaging in the profession or occupation for which such person is

licensed, provided such person does not represent himself or herself

to be a speech-language pathologist or audiologist;

2. An employee of the federal government, state, county or

municipal government, or an agency or political subdivision thereof,

from engaging in such employee's duties of employment;

3. The hearing testing or any other act conducted by licensed

physicians within the scope of their licensed profession or by

persons conducting hearing tests or other acts under the direct

supervision of the physician;

4. The activities and services of a hearing-aid dealer or

fitter so long as the activities and services of such dealer or

fitter are limited to the selection, adaptation, distribution or

sale of hearing aids, and the testing, instruction, and counseling

pertaining thereto, as long as such hearing-aid dealer or fitter

does not represent himself or herself to be an audiologist;

5. A teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, certified by the

Oklahoma State Department of Education, or certified nationally by

the Council on Education of the Deaf, from engaging in the

profession for which such teacher is trained. The services of a

teacher of the deaf and hard-of-hearing shall be directed solely to

those persons having or suspected of having a hearing disorder;

6. Any person not a resident of this state and who has not

established offices in this state, from engaging in the practice of

speech-language pathology or audiology in this state for a period

that, in the aggregate, does not exceed seven (7) days in any

calendar year, if such a person's education and experience is the

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substantial equivalent to that of a licensed speech-language

pathologist or audiologist as described in Section 1605 of this

title; and

7. The activities of hearing screening programs which are

conducted by employees or trained volunteers who are providing these

services under the auspices of public or private charitable

agencies.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a

person licensed in this state to perform speech-language pathology

or audiology services is hereby designated to be a practitioner of

the healing art for purposes of making a referral for speechlanguage pathology or audiology services pursuant to the provisions

of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Public Law 10517, as amended, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Added by Laws 1973, c. 203, § 4, emerg. eff. May 17, 1973. Amended

by Laws 1982, c. 56, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1998, c. 202,

§ 4, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2004, c. 543, § 8, eff. July 1, 2004;

Laws 2018, c. 230, § 2, emerg. eff. May 7, 2018.