SECOND REGULAR SESSION
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BEHNEN.
Read 1st time January 21, 2004, and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 209.321, 209.323, 317.011, 337.085, 337.507, 337.615, 337.665, 337.712, 345.015, 346.135, 620.127, and 620.145, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof thirteen new sections relating to professional registration, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 209.321, 209.323, 317.011, 337.085, 337.507, 337.615, 337.665, 337.712, 345.015, 346.135, 620.127, and 620.145, RSMo, are repealed and thirteen new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 209.321, 209.323, 317.011, 324.526, 337.085, 337.507, 337.615, 337.665, 337.712, 345.015, 346.135, 620.127, and 620.145, to read as follows:
209.321. 1. No person shall represent himself or herself as an interpreter or engage in the practice of interpreting as defined in section 209.285 in the state of Missouri unless such person is licensed as required by the provisions of sections 209.319 to 209.339.
2. A person registered, certified or licensed by this state, another state or any recognized national certification agent, acceptable to the committee that allows that person to practice any other occupation or profession in this state, is not considered to be interpreting if he or she is in performance of the occupation or profession for which he or she is registered, certified or licensed. The professions referred to in this subsection include, but are not limited to, physicians, psychologists, nurses, certified public accountants, architects and attorneys.
3. A licensed interpreter shall limit his or her practice to demonstrated areas of competence as documented by relevant professional education, training, experience and certification. An interpreter not trained in an area shall not practice in that area without obtaining additional relevant professional education, training and experience through an acceptable program as defined by rule by the Missouri commission for the deaf and hard of hearing.
4. A person is not considered to be interpreting pursuant to the provisions of this section if, in a casual setting and as defined by rule, a person is acting as an interpreter gratuitously or is engaged in interpreting incidental to traveling.
5. A person is not considered to be interpreting pursuant to the provisions of this section if a person is engaged as a telecommunications operator providing deaf relay service or operator services for the deaf.
6. A person is not considered to be interpreting under the provisions of this section if the person is currently enrolled in an interpreter training program which has been accredited by a certifying agency and approved by the committee. The training program shall offer a degree in interpreting from an accredited institution of higher education. Persons exempted under this provision shall engage only in activities and services that constitute part of a supervised course of study and shall clearly designate themselves by a title of student, practicum student, student interpreter, trainee, or intern.
7. A person holding a current certification of license from another state or a recognized national certification system deemed acceptable by the committee is not considered to be interpreting as defined in this chapter when temporarily present in the state for the purpose of providing interpreting services for a convention, conference, meeting, professional group, or educational field trip.
209.323. 1. Applications for licensure as an interpreter shall be submitted to the division on forms prescribed by the division and furnished to the applicant. The application shall contain the applicant's statements showing the applicant's education, certification by either the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, National Association of the Deaf or Missouri Interpreter Certification System and such other information as the division may require. Each application shall contain a statement that it is made under oath or affirmation and that the information contained in the application is true and correct to the best knowledge and belief of the applicant, subject to the penalties, as provided in sections 209.319 to 209.339, for the making of a false affidavit or declaration. Each application shall be accompanied by the required application fee. The application fee must be submitted in a manner as required by the committee and shall not be refundable. The applicant must be eighteen years of age or older.
2. Each license issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 209.319 to 209.339 shall expire on the renewal date. The division shall mail a renewal notice to the last known address of each licensee prior to the [registration] license renewal date. The license will expire and renewal may be denied upon failure of the licensee to provide the division with the information required for [registration] renewal including but not limited to satisfactory evidence of current certification or to pay the required [registration] renewal fee within sixty days of the [registration] license renewal date. The license may be reinstated within two years after the [registration] renewal date, if the applicant applies for reinstatement and pays the required [registration] license renewal fee plus a delinquency fee as established by the committee and provides evidence of current certification.
3. Except as provided in section 209.321, the committee with assistance from the division shall issue or renew a license to each person who files an application and fee as required by the provisions of sections 209.319 to 209.339 and who furnishes satisfactory evidence to the committee that he has complied with the provisions of subsection 1 or 2 of this section.
4. The committee may issue a new license to replace any license which is lost, destroyed or mutilated upon payment of a fee as provided by the committee.
317.011. 1. The division of professional registration shall have the power, and it shall be its duty, to accept application for and issue permits to hold professional boxing, sparring, professional wrestling, professional kickboxing or professional full-contact karate contests in the state of Missouri, and to charge a fee for the issuance of same in an amount established by rule; such funds to be paid to the division of professional registration which shall pay such funds into the state treasury to be set apart into the athletic fund.
2. The provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrary notwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of the biennium exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from the fund for the preceding fiscal year or, if the division requires by rule renewal less frequently than yearly then three times the appropriation from the fund for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriations from the fund for the preceding fiscal year.
3. The division of professional registration shall not grant any permit to hold professional boxing, sparring, professional wrestling, professional kickboxing or professional full-contact karate contests in the state of Missouri except:
(1) Where such professional boxing, sparring, professional wrestling, professional kickboxing or professional full-contact karate contest is to be held under the auspices of a promoter duly licensed by the division;
(2) Where such contest shall be of not more than fifteen rounds of three minutes each duration per bout; and
(3) Where a fee has been paid for such permit, in an amount established by rule.
4. In such contests a decision shall be rendered by three judges licensed by the division.
5. Specifically exempted from the provisions of chapter 317, are contests or exhibitions for amateur boxing, amateur kick-boxing, amateur wrestling and amateur full-contact karate. However, all amateur boxing, amateur kickboxing, amateur wrestling and amateur full-contact karate must be sanctioned by a nationally recognized amateur sanctioning body approved by the office.
324.526. 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the director of the division of professional registration shall issue a temporary license to practice tattooing, body piercing, or branding under the following requirements:
(1) The applicant for temporary licensure is entering the state for the sole purpose of participating in a state or national convention at which the applicant will be practicing the profession of tattooing, body piercing, or branding;
(2) The applicant files a completed application with the division at least two days prior to the start of the convention and tenders a fee of fifty dollars; and
(3) The applicant is otherwise qualified for licensure under section 324.520 to 324.526 and the rule promulgated under the authority of this statute.
2. A temporary license to practice tattooing, body piercing, or branding issued under this section shall be valid for a period not to exceed fourteen days and shall not be renewable.
3. Notwithstanding the requirements of sections 620.127 and 620.145, RSMo, an applicant for temporary licensure under this section shall not be required to provide a Social Security number if the application is submitted by a citizen of a foreign country who has not yet been issued a Social Security number and who previously has not been licensed by any other state, United States territory, or federal agency.
337.085. 1. There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "State Committee of Psychologists Fund". All fees of any kind and character authorized under sections 337.010 to 337.090 to be charged by the committee or division shall be collected by the director of the division of professional registration and shall be transmitted to the department of revenue for deposit in the state treasury for credit to this fund. Such funds, upon appropriation, shall be disbursed only in payment of expenses of maintaining the committee and for the enforcement of the provisions of law concerning professions regulated by the committee. No other money shall be paid out of the state treasury for carrying out these provisions. Warrants shall be issued on the state treasurer for payment out of the fund.
2. The provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrary notwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of the biennium exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from the committee's fund for the preceding fiscal year or, if the committee requires by rule renewal less frequently than yearly then three times the appropriation from the committee's fund for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriations from the committee's fund for the preceding fiscal year.
3. All funds pertaining to the Missouri state committee of psychologists deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the committee of registration for the healing arts fund shall be transferred from that fund to the state committee of psychologists fund by the division director.
337.507. 1. Applications for examination and licensure as a professional counselor shall be in writing, submitted to the division on forms prescribed by the division and furnished to the applicant. The application shall contain the applicant's statements showing his education, experience and such other information as the division may require. Each application shall contain a statement that it is made under oath or affirmation and that the information contained therein is true and correct to the best knowledge and belief of the applicant, subject to the penalties provided for the making of a false affidavit or declaration. Each application shall be accompanied by the fees required by the committee.
2. The division shall mail a renewal notice to the last known address of each licensee prior to the registration renewal date. Failure to provide the division with the information required for registration, or to pay the registration fee after such notice shall effect a revocation of the license after a period of sixty days from the registration renewal date. The license shall be restored if, within two years of the registration date, the applicant provides written application and the payment of the registration fee and a delinquency fee.
3. A new certificate to replace any certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated may be issued subject to the rules of the committee, upon payment of a fee.
4. The committee shall set the amount of the fees which sections 337.500 to 337.540 authorize and require by rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to section 536.021, RSMo. The fees shall be set at a level to produce revenue which shall not substantially exceed the cost and expense of administering the provisions of sections 337.500 to 337.540. All fees provided for in sections 337.500 to 337.540 shall be collected by the director who shall deposit the same with the state treasurer in a fund to be known as the "Committee of Professional Counselors Fund".
5. The provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrary notwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of the biennium exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from the committee's fund for the preceding fiscal year or, if the committee requires by rule renewal less frequently than yearly then three times the appropriation from the committee's fund for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriations from the committee's fund for the preceding fiscal year.
6. The committee shall hold public examinations at least two times per year, at such times and places as may be fixed by the committee, notice of such examinations to be given to each applicant at least ten days prior thereto.
337.615. 1. Each applicant for licensure as a clinical social worker shall furnish evidence to the committee that:
(1) The applicant has a master's degree from a college or university program of social work accredited by the council of social work education or a doctorate degree from a school of social work acceptable to the committee;
(2) The applicant has twenty-four months of supervised clinical experience acceptable to the committee, as defined by rule;
(3) The applicant has achieved a passing score, as defined by the committee, on an examination approved by the committee. The eligibility requirements for such examination shall be promulgated by rule of the committee;
(4) The applicant is at least eighteen years of age, is of good moral character, is a United States citizen or has status as a legal resident alien, and has not been convicted of a felony during the ten years immediately prior to application for licensure.
2. Any person [not a resident of this state] holding a valid unrevoked and unexpired license, certificate or registration from another state or territory of the United States having substantially the same requirements as this state for clinical social workers may be granted a license to engage in the person's occupation in this state upon application to the committee accompanied by the appropriate fee as established by the committee pursuant to section 337.612.
3. The committee shall issue a license to each person who files an application and fee as required by the provisions of sections 337.600 to 337.639 and who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the committee that the applicant has complied with the provisions of subdivisions (1) to (4) of subsection 1 of this section or with the provisions of subsection 2 of this section. The committee shall issue a provisional clinical social worker license to any applicant who meets all requirements of subdivisions (1), (3) and (4) of subsection 1 of this section, but who has not completed the twenty-four months of supervised clinical experience required by subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section, and such applicant may reapply for licensure as a clinical social worker upon completion of the twenty-four months of supervised clinical experience.
337.665. 1. Each applicant for licensure as a baccalaureate social worker shall furnish evidence to the committee that:
(1) The applicant has a baccalaureate degree in social work from an accredited social work degree program approved by the council of social work education;
(2) The applicant has achieved a passing score, as defined by the committee, on an examination approved by the committee. The eligibility requirements for such examination shall be determined by the state committee for social work;
(3) The applicant has completed three thousand hours of supervised baccalaureate experience with a licensed clinical social worker or licensed baccalaureate social worker in no less than twenty-four and no more than forty-eight consecutive calendar months;
(4) The applicant is at least eighteen years of age, is of good moral character, is a United States citizen or has status as a legal resident alien, and has not been convicted of a felony during the ten years immediately prior to application for licensure;
(5) The applicant has submitted a written application on forms prescribed by the state board;
(6) The applicant has submitted the required licensing fee, as determined by the division.
2. Any applicant who answers in the affirmative to any question on the application that relates to possible grounds for denial of licensure pursuant to section 337.680 shall submit a sworn affidavit setting forth in detail the facts which explain such answer and copies of appropriate documents related to such answer.
3. Any person [not a resident of this state] holding a valid unrevoked and unexpired license, certificate or registration from another state or territory of the United States having substantially the same requirements as this state for baccalaureate social workers may be granted a license to engage in the person's occupation in this state upon application to the committee accompanied by the appropriate fee as established by the committee pursuant to section 337.662.
4. The committee shall issue a license to each person who files an application and fee as required by the provisions of sections 337.650 to 337.689 and who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the committee that the applicant has complied with the provisions of subsection 1 of this section or with the provisions of subsection 2 of this section. The committee shall issue a one-time provisional baccalaureate social worker license to any applicant who meets all requirements of subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) of subsection 1 of this section, but who has not completed the supervised baccalaureate experience required by subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section, and such applicant may apply for licensure as a baccalaureate social worker upon completion of the supervised baccalaureate experience.
337.712. 1. Applications for licensure as a marital and family therapist shall be in writing, submitted to the division on forms prescribed by the division and furnished to the applicant. The application shall contain the applicant's statements showing the applicant's education, experience and such other information as the division may require. Each application shall contain a statement that it is made under oath or affirmation and that the information contained therein is true and correct to the best knowledge and belief of the applicant, subject to the penalties provided for the making of a false affidavit or declaration. Each application shall be accompanied by the fees required by the division.
2. The division shall mail a renewal notice to the last known address of each licensee prior to the licensure renewal date. Failure to provide the division with the information required for license, or to pay the licensure fee after such notice shall effect a revocation of the license after a period of sixty days from the licensure renewal date. The license shall be restored if, within two years of the licensure date, the applicant provides written application and the payment of the licensure fee and a delinquency fee.
3. A new certificate to replace any certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated may be issued subject to the rules of the division upon payment of a fee.
4. The division shall set the amount of the fees authorized. The fees shall be set at a level to produce revenue which shall not substantially exceed the cost and expense of administering the provisions of sections 337.700 to 337.739. All fees provided for in sections 337.700 to 337.739 shall be collected by the director who shall deposit the same with the state treasurer to a fund to be known as the "Marital and Family Therapists' Fund".
5. The provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrary notwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of the biennium exceeds two times the amount of the appropriations from the marital and family therapists' fund for the preceding fiscal year or, if the division requires by rule renewal less frequently than yearly then three times the appropriation from the fund for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriations from the marital and family therapists' fund for the preceding fiscal year.
345.015. As used in sections 345.010 to 345.080, the following terms mean:
(1) "Audiologist", a person who is licensed as an audiologist pursuant to sections 345.010 to 345.080 to practice audiology;
(2) "Audiology aide", a person who is registered as an audiology aide by the board, who does not act independently but works under the direction and supervision of a licensed audiologist. Such person assists the audiologist with activities which require an understanding of audiology but do not require formal training in the relevant academics. To be eligible for registration by the board, each applicant shall submit a registration fee, be of good moral and ethical character; and:
(a) Be at least eighteen years of age;
(b) Furnish evidence of the person's educational qualifications which shall be at a minimum:
a. Certification of graduation from an accredited high school or its equivalent; and
b. On-the-job training;
(c) Be employed in a setting in which direct and indirect supervision are provided on a regular and systematic basis by a licensed audiologist. However, the aide shall not administer or interpret hearing screening or diagnostic tests, fit or dispense hearing instruments, make ear impressions, make diagnostic statements, determine case selection, present written reports to anyone other than the supervisor without the signature of the supervisor, make referrals to other professionals or agencies, use a title other than speech-language pathology aide or clinical audiology aide, develop or modify treatment plans, discharge clients from treatment or terminate treatment, disclose clinical information, either orally or in writing, to anyone other than the supervising speech-language pathologist/audiologist, or perform any procedure for which he or she is not qualified, has not been adequately trained or both;
(3) "Board", the state board of registration for the healing arts;
(4) "Clinical fellowship", the supervised professional employment period following completion of the academic and practicum requirements of an accredited training program as defined in sections 345.010 to 345.080;
(5) "Commission", the advisory commission for speech-language pathologists and audiologists;
(6) "Hearing instrument" or "hearing aid", any wearable device or instrument designed for or offered for the purpose of aiding or compensating for impaired human hearing and any parts, attachments or accessories, including ear molds, but excluding batteries, cords, receivers and repairs;
(7) "Person", any individual, organization, or corporate body, except that only individuals may be licensed pursuant to sections 345.010 to 345.080;
(8) "Practice of audiology":
(a) The application of accepted audiologic principles, methods and procedures for the measurement, testing, interpretation, appraisal and prediction related to disorders of the auditory system, balance system or related structures and systems;
(b) Provides consultation, counseling to the patient, client, student, their family or interested parties;
(c) Provides academic, social and medical referrals when appropriate;
(d) Provides for establishing goals, implementing strategies, methods and techniques, for habilitation, rehabilitation or aural rehabilitation, related to disorders of the auditory system, balance system or related structures and systems;
(e) Provides for involvement in related research, teaching or public education;
(f) Provides for rendering of services or participates in the planning, directing or conducting of programs which are designed to modify audition, communicative, balance or cognitive disorder, which may involve speech and language or education issues;
(g) Provides and interprets behavioral and neurophysiologic measurements of auditory balance, cognitive processing and related functions, including intraoperative monitoring;
(h) Provides involvement in any tasks, procedures, acts or practices that are necessary for evaluation of audition, hearing, training in the use of amplification or assistive listening devices;
(i) Provides selection and assessment of hearing instruments;
(j) Provides for taking impressions of the ear, making custom ear molds, ear plugs, swim molds and industrial noise protectors;
(k) Provides assessment of external ear and cerumen management;
(l) Provides advising, fitting, mapping assessment of implantable devices such as cochlear or auditory brain stem devices;
(m) Provides information in noise control and hearing conservation including education, equipment selection, equipment calibration, site evaluation and employee evaluation;
(n) Provides performing basic speech-language screening test;
(o) Provides involvement in social aspects of communication, including challenging behavior and ineffective social skills, lack of communication opportunities;
(p) Provides support and training of family members and other communication partners for the individual with auditory balance, cognitive and communication disorders;
(q) Provides aural rehabilitation and related services to individuals with hearing loss and their families;
(r) Evaluates, collaborates and manages audition problems in the assessment of the central auditory processing disorders and providing intervention for individuals with central auditory processing disorders;
(s) Develops and manages academic and clinical problems in communication sciences and disorders;
(t) Conducts, disseminates and applies research in communication sciences and disorders;
(9) "Practice of speech-language pathology":
(a) Provides screening, identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, intervention, including but not limited to, prevention, restoration, amelioration and compensation, and follow-up services for disorders of:
a. Speech: articulation, fluency, voice, including respiration, phonation and resonance;
b. Language, involving the parameters of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatic; and including disorders of receptive and expressive communication in oral, written, graphic and manual modalities;
c. Oral, pharyngeal, cervical esophageal and related functions, such as, dysphagia, including disorders of swallowing and oral functions for feeding; orofacial myofunctional disorders;
d. Cognitive aspects of communication, including communication disability and other functional disabilities associated with cognitive impairment;
e. Social aspects of communication, including challenging behavior, ineffective social skills, lack of communication opportunities;
(b) Provides consultation and counseling and makes referrals when appropriate;
(c) Trains and supports family members and other communication partners of individuals with speech, voice, language, communication and swallowing disabilities;
(d) Develops and establishes effective augmentative and alternative communication techniques and strategies, including selecting, prescribing and dispensing of argumentative aids and devices; and the training of individuals, their families and other communication partners in their use;
(e) Selects, fits and establishes effective use of appropriate prosthetic/adaptive devices for speaking and swallowing, such as tracheoesophageal valves, electrolarynges, speaking valves;
(f) Uses instrumental technology to diagnose and treat disorders of communication and swallowing, such as videofluoroscopy, nasendoscopy, ultrasonography and stroboscopy;
(g) Provides aural rehabilitative and related counseling services to individuals with hearing loss and to their families;
(h) Collaborates in the assessment of central auditory processing disorders in cases in which there is evidence of speech, language or other cognitive communication disorders; provides intervention for individuals with central auditory processing disorders;
(i) Conducts pure-tone air conduction hearing screening and screening tympanometry for the purpose of the initial identification or referral;
(j) Enhances speech and language proficiency and communication effectiveness, including but not limited to, accent reduction, collaboration with teachers of English as a second language and improvement of voice, performance and singing;
(k) Trains and supervises support personnel;
(l) Develops and manages academic and clinical programs in communication sciences and disorders;
(m) Conducts, disseminates and applies research in communication sciences and disorders;
(n) Measures outcomes of treatment and conducts continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of practices and programs to improve and maintain quality of services;
(10) "Speech-language pathologist", a person who is licensed as a speech-language pathologist pursuant to sections 345.010 to 345.080; who engages in the practice of speech-language pathology as defined in sections 345.010 to 345.080;
(11) "Speech-language pathology aide", a person who is registered as a speech-language aide by the board, who does not act independently but works under the direction and supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist. Such person assists the speech-language pathologist with activities which require an understanding of speech-language pathology but do not require formal training in the relevant academics. To be eligible for registration by the board, each applicant shall submit a registration fee, be of good moral and ethical character; and:
(a) Be at least eighteen years of age;
(b) Furnish evidence of the person's educational qualifications which shall be at a minimum:
a. Certification of graduation from an accredited high school or its equivalent; and
b. On-the-job training;
(c) Be employed in a setting in which direct and indirect supervision is provided on a regular and systematic basis by a licensed speech-language pathologist. However, the aide shall not administer or interpret hearing screening or diagnostic tests, fit or dispense hearing instruments, make ear impressions, make diagnostic statements, determine case selection, present written reports to anyone other than the supervisor without the signature of the supervisor, make referrals to other professionals or agencies, use a title other than speech-language pathology aide or clinical audiology aide, develop or modify treatment plans, discharge clients from treatment or terminate treatment, disclose clinical information, either orally or in writing, to anyone other than the supervising speech-language pathologist/audiologist, or perform any procedure for which he or she is not qualified, has not been adequately trained or both;
(12) "Speech-language pathology assistant", a person who is registered as a speech-language pathology assistant by the board, who does not act independently but works under the direction and supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist and whose activities require both academic and practical training in the field of speech-language pathology although less training than those established by sections 345.010 to 345.080 as necessary for licensing as a speech-language pathologist. To be eligible for registration by the board, each applicant shall submit the registration fee, be of good moral character[;] and[:
(a)] furnish evidence of the person's educational qualifications which meet the following:
[a.] (a) Hold a bachelor's level degree in speech-language pathology or an associate's degree as a speech-language pathology assistant from an institution accredited or approved by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in the area of speech- language pathology; and
[b.] (b) Submit official transcripts from one or more accredited colleges or universities presenting evidence of the completion of bachelor's [or associate's] level course work and clinical practicum requirements equivalent to that required or approved by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association[;
(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be the minimum requirements for a speech-language pathology assistant until January 1, 2005. After January 1, 2005, to be eligible for registration by the board, each applicant shall submit the registration fee, be of good moral character and furnish evidence of the person's educational qualifications which meet the following:
a. Hold a minimum of an associate's degree as a speech-language pathology assistant from an institution accredited or approved by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; and
b. Submit official transcripts from one or more accredited colleges or universities presenting evidence of the completion of course work and clinical practicum requirements equivalent to that required or approved by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association;
(c) Furnish evidence of successful completion of a uniform, functionally based proficiency evaluation as determined by the board;
(d) The individuals meeting the requirements prior to January 1, 2005, may be granted continued registration from the board provided the individual meets the following:
a. Furnish evidence of employment in which direct and indirect supervision have been provided on a regular and systematic basis by a licensed speech-language pathologist; and
b. The individual is in good standing with the board with regard to practice prior to January 1, 2005].
346.135. 1. All fees and charges payable pursuant to this chapter shall be collected by the division and transmitted to the department of revenue for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the fund to be known as the "Hearing Instrument Specialist Fund", which is hereby created. Money in the hearing instrument specialist fund shall be available by appropriation to the council to pay its expenses in administering sections 346.010 to 346.250.
2. Money in the hearing instrument specialist fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of the biennium exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from the council's funds for the preceding fiscal year or, if the division requires by rule renewal less frequently than yearly then three times the appropriation from the fund for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriation from the council's funds for the preceding year.
620.127. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every application for a license, certificate, registration, or permit, or renewal of a license, certificate, registration, or permit issued in this state shall contain the Social Security number of the applicant. This provision shall not apply to an original application for a license, certificate, registration, or permit submitted by a citizen of a foreign country who has never been issued a Social Security number and who previously has not been licensed by any other state, United States territory, or federal agency.
620.145. [1.] The division of professional registration shall maintain, for each board in the division, a registry of each person holding a current license, permit or certificate issued by that board. The registry shall contain the name, Social Security number and address of each person licensed or registered together with other relevant information as determined by the board. The registry for each board shall at all times be available to the board and copies shall be supplied to the board on request. Copies of the registry, except for the registrant's Social Security number, shall be available from the division or the board to any individual who pays the reasonable copying cost. Any individual may copy the registry during regular business hours. The information in the registry shall be furnished upon request to the division of child support enforcement. Questions concerning the currency of license of any individual shall be answered, without charge, by the appropriate board. Each year each board may publish, or cause to be published, a directory containing the name and address of each person licensed or registered for the current year together with any other information the board deems necessary. Any expense incurred by the state relating to such publication shall be charged to the board. An official copy of any such publication shall be filed with the director of the department of economic development.
[2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each board shall require each person applying for a license, permit or certificate, or a renewal of a license, permit or certificate to furnish the board with the applicant's Social Security number.]