H. B. 2771
(By Delegates Williams, Leach and Huntwork)
[Introduced March 29, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article thirty-two,
chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to requiring
persons licensed as an audiologist to also be licensed as a
hearing-aid dealer or fitter.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article thirty-two, chapter thirty of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 32. SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS.
§30-32-4. Persons and practices affected.
The board shall grant licensure in either speech-language
pathology or audiology independently. A person may be licensed
in both areas if he or she meets the respective qualifications.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, effective the first
day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two ninety-
three, no person shall practice speech-language pathology oraudiology or represent himself or herself as a speech-language
pathologist or audiologist in this state, unless such person is
licensed in accordance with the laws of this state. A person
licensed under this article as an audiologist shall not be
required to obtain a license under the provisions of article
twenty-six of this chapter.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to remove the exemption
that persons licensed as audiologists are not required to be
licensed as a hearing-aid dealer or fitter.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.