Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 41 - Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act

• ASHA: means the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Association: means the Utah Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Audiologist: means a person who practices audiology or who holds himself out to the public directly or indirectly by any means, act, title, identification, performance, method, or procedure as one who nonmedically examines, measures, tests, interprets, evaluates, assesses, diagnoses, directs, instructs, treats, counsels, prescribes, and recommends for persons affected by or suspected of having disorders of or conditions of hearing loss, or assists persons in achieving the reception, communication, and perception of sound and determines the range, nature, and degree of hearing function related to communication needs, or provides audiology services and uses audio electronic equipment and provides audiology services and consultation regarding noise control and hearing conservation, conducts tests and interpretation of vestibular function and nystagmus, prepares ear impressions and provides ear molds, aids, accessories, prescriptions, and prostheses for hearing, evaluates sound environment and equipment, and calibrates instruments used in testing and supplementing auditory function. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Audiology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures, and measuring, testing, examining, interpreting, diagnosing, predicting, evaluating, prescribing, consulting, treating, instructing, and researching, which is related to hearing, vestibular function, and the disorders of hearing, to related language and speech disorders and to aberrant behavior related to hearing loss or vestibular function, for the purpose of preventing and modifying disorders related to hearing loss or vestibular function, and planning, directing, managing, conducting, and participating in hearing conservation, evoked potentials evaluation, nonmedical tinnitus evaluation or treatment, noise control, habilitation, and rehabilitation programs, including hearing aid evaluation, assistive listening device evaluation, prescription, preparation, and dispensing, and auditory training and lip reading. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Audiology aide: means an individual who:
       (5)(a) meets the minimum qualifications established by the board for audiology aides. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Board: means the Speech-language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Board created under Section 58-41-6. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• CCC: means the certificate of clinical competence awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Disorder: means the condition of decreased, absent, or impaired auditory, speech, voice, or language function. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Down syndrome: means a genetic condition associated with an extra chromosome 21, in whole or in part, or an effective trisomy for chromosome 21. See Utah Code 26B-7-101
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 26B-1-203. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
• Hearing aid dealer: means one who sells, repairs, and adjusts hearing aids. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Licensed audiologist: means any individual to whom a license has been issued under this chapter or Chapter 41a, Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact, if the license is in force and has not been suspended or revoked. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Licensed speech-language pathologist: means any individual licensed under this chapter or Chapter 41a, Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact, if the license is in force and has not been suspended or revoked. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Licensee: includes any holder of a license, certificate, registration, permit, student card, or apprentice card authorized under this title. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Local health department: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
• Minor: means a person under 18 years old. See Utah Code 26B-7-101
• Person: means any individual, group, organization, partnership, or corporate body, except that only an individual may be licensed under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Practice of speech-language pathology: means rendering, prescribing, or offering to render to individuals, groups, agencies, organizations, industries or the public any service in speech-language pathology. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Prescription: means a written or oral order for the delivery or execution of that which has been prescribed. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Speech-language pathologist: means :
       (18)(a) a person who practices speech-language pathology or who holds himself out to the public by any means, or by any service or function the person performs, directly or indirectly, or by using the terms "speech-language pathologist" "speech-language therapist" "language disability specialist" or any variation, derivation, synonym, coinage, or whatever expresses, employs, or implies these terms, names, or functions; or
       (18)(b) a person who performs any of the functions described in Subsection (19) or any related functions. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Speech-language pathology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures for the examination, measurement, prevention, testing, identification, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, instruction, modification, prescription, restoration, counseling, habilitation, prediction, management, and research related to the development and the disorders or disabilities of human communication, speech, voice, language, cognitive communication, or oral, pharyngeal, or laryngeal sensorimotor competencies, for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, prescribing, preventing, managing, correcting, ameliorating, or modifying those disorders and their effects in individuals or groups of individuals. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Speech-language pathology aide: means an individual who:
       (20)(a) meets the minimum qualifications established by the board for speech-language pathology aides. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Treatment: means the services of a speech-language pathologist or audiologist to examine, diagnose, correct, or ameliorate speech or hearing disorders, abnormalities, behavior, or their effects. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Woman: means an adult human female. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5