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N.Y. Education Law § 8207: Exempt persons

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  1. Education Law
  2. Title 8. The Professions
  3. Article 159. Speech-language Pathologists and Audiologists

§ 8207. Exempt persons. This article shall not be construed as

prohibiting:

(1) The practice of any other professions licensed or registered under

this title.

(2) Any person employed by the federal, state or a local government or

by a public or non-public elementary or secondary school or an

institution of higher learning from performing the duties of a

speech-language pathologist, an audiologist, a teacher of the speech and

hearing handicapped, or a teacher of the deaf in the course of such

employment.

(3) Any person from engaging in clinical or academic practice under

the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist

for such period of time as may be necessary to complete an experience

requirement for a professional license, as provided in this article and

in rules or regulations approved by the board of regents with the advice

of the state board for speech-language pathology and audiology.

(4) A person from another state from performing speech-language

pathology or audiology services in this state provided such services are

performed for no more than thirty days in any calendar year and provided

that such services are performed in conjunction with and/or under the

supervision of a speech-language pathologist or audiologist licensed

under this article.

(5) Any hearing aid dealer from performing hearing measurements by

means of an audiometer or other testing equipment when used solely for

the purpose of selecting, fitting, selling or dispensing an instrument

designed to aid or improve human hearing, including the taking of

impressions for the making and fitting of ear molds and the

demonstration of use and instructions of persons in the use of such

hearing aids and accessories thereto.

(6) A student from engaging in clinical practice, under the

supervision of a licensed audiologist or a licensed speech-language

pathologist as part of a nationally accredited program or a state

licensure qualifying program in speech-language pathology or audiology,

pursuant to subdivision three of section eighty-two hundred six of this

article.

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