Arizona Laws 36-1907. Practicing without a license; prohibition
A. A person shall not engage in the practice of fitting and dispensing hearing aids, audiology or speech-language pathology or display a sign or in any other way advertise or claim to be a hearing aid dispenser, an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist unless the person holds an active license in good standing issued by the director as provided in this chapter.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-1907
- Audiologist: means a person who engages in the practice of audiology and who meets the requirements prescribed in this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
- Audiology: means the nonmedical and nonsurgical application of principles, methods and procedures of measurement, testing, evaluation and prediction that are related to hearing, its disorders and related communication impairments for the purpose of nonmedical diagnosis, prevention, amelioration or modification of these disorders and conditions. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
- Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
- Hearing aid: means any wearable instrument or device designed for or represented as aiding or improving human hearing or as aiding, improving or compensating for defective human hearing, and any parts, attachments or accessories of the instrument or device, including ear molds, but excluding batteries and cords. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
- License: means a license issued by the director under this chapter and includes a temporary license. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Speech-language pathology: means the nonmedical and nonsurgical application of principles, methods and procedures of assessment, testing, evaluation and prediction related to speech and language and its disorders and related communication impairments for the nonmedical diagnosis, prevention, amelioration or modification of these disorders and conditions. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
- Speech-language pathology assistant: means a person who provides services prescribed in Section 36-1940. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
B. A person shall not engage in performing the duties of a speech-language pathology assistant or claim to be a speech-language pathology assistant unless the person holds an active license in good standing issued by the director as provided by this chapter.
C. A licensee shall conspicuously post a license issued pursuant to this chapter in the licensee’s office or place of business.