South Carolina Senate Bill 313 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Pending: Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Section 40-67-75 So As To Provide Speech-language Pathologists And Speech-language Pathology Assistants Under Their Supervision Shall Adhere To Certain Guidelines; To Amend Section 40-67-20, As Amended, Relating To Definitions Concerning The Regulation Of Speech Pathologists And Audiologists, So As To Revise The Definition Of Speech-language Pathologists; To Amend Section 40-67-30, Relating To The Supervision Of Speech-language Pathology Interns And Assistants, So As To Make Technical Corrections; To Amend Section 40-67-260, Relating To The Completion Of Certain Continuing Education Hours For License Renewal, So As To Allow For The Completion Of Continuing Education Units As An Alternative; To Amend Section 40-67-280, Relating To The Completion Of Certain Continuing Education Hours For Inactive License Reactivations, So As To Allow For The Completion Of Continuing Education Units As An Alternative; To Amend Section 40-67-300, Relating To The Applicability Of The Chapter, So As To Limit The Exemption For Speech-pathologists And Audiologists Employed By The Federal Government Or The State To Those So Employed Before January 1, 2020, And To Remove An Exemption For Persons Licensed Under Title 40 Or Another Provision Of Law Whose Scope Of Practice Overlaps With The Practice Of Speech Pathology Or Audiology; To Redesignate Chapter 67, Title 40 As "speech-language Pathologists And Audiologists"; And To Repeal Act 124 Of 2015 Relating To The Temporary Exemption Of Certain Applicants For Licensure As Speech-language Pathologist Assistants From The Requirement Of Having A Bachelor's Degree From A Regionally Accredited Institution Of Higher Education.

Speech-Language Pathologists Assistants exemptions

Sen. Thomas Alexander [R]	Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]	Sen. Michael Gambrell [R]	Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]
Sen. Thomas McElveen [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
2019-01-08	Senate	Introduced and read first time

S0277 (Similar To) 2019-05-21 - Act No. 34

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	67	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	67	260	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	67	280	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	67	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	67	300	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	67	75	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0313&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/313_20190108.htm