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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.4
The board shall have full authority to investigate and to evaluate each and every applicant applying for a license to practice speech-language pathology or a license to practice audiology and to determine the admission of the applicant to the examination, if administered by the b
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.5
The board shall issue, suspend, and revoke licenses and approvals to practice speech-language pathology and audiology as authorized by this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.6
The Governor has power to remove from office any member of the board for neglect of any duty required by this chapter, for incompetency, or for unprofessional conduct.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.7
The board shall elect annually a chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members. The board shall hold at least one regular meeting each year. Additional meetings may be held upon call of the chairperson or at the written request of any two members of the board.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.75
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.75
(a) The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer. The executive officer shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board and vested in them by this chapter. (b) This section shall remain in effect
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.8
Five members of the board shall at all times constitute a quorum.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.9
Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.95
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2531.95
The board shall from time to time adopt the regulations that may be necessary to effectuate this chapter. In adopting regulations the board shall comply with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532
No person shall engage in the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology or represent themselves as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist unless they are licensed in accordance with this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.1
(a) Each person desiring to obtain a license shall make application to the board, upon a form as prescribed by the board. (b) A separate license shall be granted in both speech-language pathology and audiology. An applicant may be granted both licenses upon successful completion
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.2
Except as required by Section 2532.25, to be eligible for licensure by the board as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, the applicant shall possess all of the following qualifications: (a) Possess at least a master’s degree in speech-language pathology or audiology from
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.25
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.25
(a) An applicant seeking licensure as an audiologist shall possess a doctorate in audiology earned from an educational institution approved by the board. The board may, in its discretion, accept qualifications it deems to be equivalent to a doctoral degree in audiology. The board
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.3
(a) Upon approval of an application filed pursuant to Section 2532.1, and upon the payment of the fee prescribed by subdivision (i) of Section 2534.2, the board may issue a temporary license for a period of six months from the date of issuance to a speech-language pathologist or
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.4
(a) The board may direct applicants to be examined for knowledge in whatever theoretical or applied fields in speech-language pathology or audiology it deems appropriate. It may examine the applicant with regard to their professional skills and their judgment in the utilization o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.5
Every person holding a license under this chapter shall display it conspicuously in their primary place of practice.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.6
(a) The Legislature recognizes that the education and experience requirements of this chapter constitute only minimal requirements to assure the public of professional competence. The Legislature encourages all professionals licensed and registered by the board under this chapter
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.7
(a) Upon approval of an application filed pursuant to Section 2532.1, and upon payment of the fee prescribed by Section 2534.2, the board may issue a required professional experience (RPE) temporary license for a period to be determined by the board to an applicant who is obtaini
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2532.8
(a) The board shall, until January 1, 2027, deem a person who holds a valid Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology issued by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Council for Clinical Certification to have met the educational and experience r
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533
The board may refuse to issue, or issue subject to terms and conditions, a license on the grounds specified in Section 480, or may suspend, revoke, or impose terms and conditions upon the license of any licensee for any of the following: (a) Conviction of a crime substantially re
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.1
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of a speech-language pathologist, audiologist, or hearing aid dispenser is deemed to be a conviction within the mean
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.2
Proceedings under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.3
Except as provided in Section 2538.42, any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.4
Whenever a person other than a licensed speech-language pathologist, audiologist, or hearing aid dispenser has engaged in an act or practice which constitutes an offense under this chapter, a superior court of any county, on application of the board, may issue an injunction or ot
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.5
(a) The board may prosecute a person for a violation of this chapter. (b) The board shall hear and decide a matter, including, but not limited to, a contested case or a petition for reinstatement or modification of probation, or may assign the matter to an administrative law judg
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2533.6
(a) A person whose license has been revoked or suspended, or who has been placed on probation, may petition the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board for reinstatement or modification of penalty, including modification or termination of probatio