58-41-101. Definitions.

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Effective 5/6/2026

As used in this chapter:

(1)"AAA" means the American Academy of Audiology.

(2)"ABA" means the American Board of Audiology.

(3)"ASHA" means the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

(4)"Audiologist" means an independent hearing and balance healthcare practitioner with the education to assess, diagnose, manage, and non-medically treat disorders of the auditory and vestibular systems across the lifespan.

(a)"Audiology" means the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of a disorder related to hearing or vestibular function.

(b)"Audiology" includes administering and interpreting electrophysiologic measurements of neural function.

(6)"Audiology assistant" means an individual who:

(a)meets the minimum qualifications the division makes by rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;

(b)does not act independently; and

(c)works under the personal direction and direct supervision of a licensed audiologist who accepts responsibility for the acts and performance of that audiology assistant under this chapter.

(7)"CCC" means the Certificate of Clinical Competence awarded by ASHA.

(a)"Licensed individual" means an individual who is:

(i)licensed under this chapter; or

(ii)licensed in accordance with Chapter 41a, Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact, if the license is not expired, suspended, or revoked.

(9)"Disorder" means the condition of decreased, absent, or impaired:

(a)auditory, speech, voice, or language function; or

(b)ability to communicate or swallow.

(10)"Hearing instrument" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-46a-102 .

(11)"Hearing instrument dealer" means a person who sells, repairs, and adjusts a hearing instrument.

(a)"Invasive procedure" means a procedure that the division determines by rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, presents a high-risk to a patient and impacts the essential functions of communication, breathing, feeding, or swallowing.

(b)"Invasive procedure" includes:

(i)endoscopy;

(ii)fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing;

(iii)pharyngeal electrical stimulation; and

(iv)tracheostomy management.

(a)"Over-the-counter hearing aid" means an air-conduction hearing aid, as defined in 21 C.F.R. Sec. 800.30(b), that is intended for use by a person that is at least 18 years old to compensate for mild to moderate hearing impairment.

(b)"Over-the-counter hearing aid" includes a device that is available over-the-counter, without the supervision, prescription, or other order, involvement, or intervention of a licensed person, to consumers through in-person transactions, by mail, or online.

(c)"Over-the-counter hearing aid" does not include a device that requires implantation or other surgical intervention.

(14)"Practice of audiology" means rendering or offering to render to an individual, a group, an agency, an organization, an industry, or the public a service in audiology.

(15)"Practice of speech-language pathology" means applying speech-language pathology to identify, prevent, ameliorate, or modify a disorder of speech, voice, language, cognitive communication, or swallowing.

(16)"Prescribe" means to:

(a)determine, specify, and give the directions, procedures, or rules for an individual to follow in determining and ordering the preparation, delivery, and use of specific mechanical, acoustic, or electronic aids to hearing or speech; and

(b)determine or designate a remedy for an individual.

(17)"Prescription" means a written or oral order for the delivery or execution of that which has been prescribed.

(18)"Speech-language pathologist" means:

(a)an individual who practices speech-language pathology or who represents to the public as a speech-language pathologist by a service or function the individual performs, directly or indirectly, or by using the terms "speech-language pathologist," "speech-language therapist," "language disability specialist," or a variation, derivation, synonym, coinage, or expression or implication of these terms, names, or functions; or

(b)an individual who performs a function described in Subsection

(19)or a related function.

(19)"Speech-language pathology" means the application of principles, methods, and procedures for the measuring, testing, evaluating, predicting, counseling, treating, instructing, habilitating, or rehabilitating for speech, voice, language, communication, cognitive-communication, or the ability to swallow.

(20)"Speech-language pathology assistant" means an individual who:

(a)meets the minimum qualifications the division makes by rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;

(b)does not act independently; and

(c)works under the personal direction and direct supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist who accepts the responsibility for the acts and performances of that speech-language pathology assistant while working under this chapter.

(21)"Treatment" means the examination, diagnosis, correction, or amelioration of a speech or hearing disorder, abnormality, or behavior.

(22)"Unprofessional conduct" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-1-501 and as the division may further define by rule the division makes in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 140 , 2026 General Session