Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 17 > Article 4 - Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology

• Accredited program: means a program leading to the award of a degree in audiology that is accredited by an organization recognized for that purpose by the United States department of education. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Approved training program: means a postsecondary speech-language pathology assistant training program that is approved by the director. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• 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
• Clinical interaction: means a fieldwork practicum in speech-language pathology that is supervised by a licensed speech-language pathologist. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Disorders of communication: means an organic or nonorganic condition that impedes the normal process of human communication and includes disorders of speech, articulation, fluency, voice, verbal and written language, auditory comprehension, cognition and communications and oral, pharyngeal and laryngeal sensorimotor competencies. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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
• Hearing aid dispenser: means any person who engages in the practice of fitting and dispensing hearing aids. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Indirect supervision: means supervisory activities, other than direct supervision, that are performed by a licensed speech-language pathologist and that may include consulting, reviewing records and reviewing and evaluating audiotaped or videotaped sessions. See Arizona Laws 36-1901
• Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• 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
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215