Title 26, Title 26: Professions and Occupations

§ 4455. Advisor appointees (a) The Secretary shall appoint two individuals to serve as advisors in matters related to speech-language pathology. Both advisors shall be licensed speech-language pathologists, shall have not less than three years’ experience as speech-language patho…

§ 4456. Director duties (a) The Director shall administer the application and renewal process for all licensees under this chapter, and shall: (1) provide information to applicants for licensure under this chapter; (2) administer fees collected under this chapter; (3) explain app…

§ 4457. Licensure; applications; eligibility An applicant for licensure under this chapter shall submit an application to the Office on a form furnished by the Office, along with payment of the specified fee and evidence of the eligibility qualifications established by the Direct…

§ 4458. Renewals; continuing education A license shall be renewed on a schedule set by the Director upon payment of the renewal fee, provided the person applying for renewal completes professional development activities in accord with the processes approved by the Director. The D…

§ 4459. Fees Each applicant and licensee shall pay the fees set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 125. (Added 2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 45, eff. July 1, 2003; amended 2015, No. 38, § 39, eff. Sept. 1, 2015.)

§ 4464. Unprofessional conduct (a) A licensee or applicant shall not engage in unprofessional conduct. (b) Unprofessional conduct means the following conduct and the conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a: (1) willfully making or filing false reports or records in the practice of s…

§ 4500. Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact; adoption This subchapter is the Vermont adoption of the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact. The form, format, and text of the Compact have been conformed to the conventions of the Vermont …

§ 4501. Purpose (a) The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of audiology and speech-language pathology with the goal of improving public access to audiology and speech-language pathology services. The practice of audiology and speech-language pathology oc…

§ 4502. Definitions As used in this Compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Active duty military” means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve o…

§ 4503. State participation in the Compact (a) A license issued to an audiologist or speech-language pathologist by a home state to a resident in that state shall be recognized by each member state as authorizing an audiologist or speech-language pathologist to practice audiology…

§ 4504. Compact privilege (a) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the Compact, the audiologist or speech-language pathologist shall: (1) hold an active license in the home state; (2) have no encumbrance on any state license; (3) be eligible for a c…

§ 4505. Compact privilege to practice telehealth Member states shall recognize the right of an audiologist or speech-language pathologist, licensed by a home state in accordance with section 4503 of this subchapter and under rules promulgated by the Commission, to practice audiol…

§ 4506. Active duty military personnel or their spouses Active duty military personnel, or their spouse, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service me…

§ 4507. Adverse actions (a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to: (1) Take adverse action against an audiologist’s or speech-language pathologist’s privilege to pract…

§ 4508. Establishment of the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission (a) The Compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission: (1) The Commission is an instrumentalit…

§ 4509. Data system (a) The Commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states. (b) Notwithstand…

§ 4510. Rulemaking (a) The Commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. (b) If a majority of the l…

§ 4511. Oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement (a) Dispute resolution. (1) Upon request by a member state, the Commission shall attempt to resolve disputes related to the Compact that arise among member states and between member and nonmember states. (2) The Commission sh…

§ 4512. Date of implementation of the Interstate Commission for audiology and speech-language pathology practice and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment (a) The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute is enacted into law in the 10th member …

§ 4513. Construction and severability This Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitu…

§ 4514. Binding effect of Compact and other laws (a) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the Compact. (b) All laws in a member state in conflict with the Compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. (c)…

§ 4515. Administration of the Compact (a) The Office of Professional Regulation shall have the power to: (1) oversee the administration and enforcement of the Compact within the State of Vermont subject to the provisions and rules of the Compact; and (2) recover from the affected…