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West Virginia · Through as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session · Newer source version available

W. Va. Code § 30-32-14: Scope of practice for audiology.

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  1. CHAPTER 30. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS.
  2. ARTICLE 32. SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS.

(a) The scope of practice for audiology includes:

(1) Facilitating the conservation of Auditory system function, developing and implementing environmental and occupational hearing conservation programs;

(2) Screening, identifying, assessing and interpreting, preventing and rehabilitating peripheral and central Auditory system disorders;

(3) Providing and interpreting behavioral and electro- physiological measurements of Auditory and vestibular functions;

(4) Selecting, fitting, programming and dispensing of amplification, assistive listening and alerting devices and programming and other systems (e.g., implantative devices) and providing training in their use;

(5) Providing audiologic and aural rehabilitation and related counseling services to individuals with hearing impairments and their families;

(6) Providing vestibular rehabilitation;

(7) Cerumen removal; and

(8) Screening of speech-language and other factors affecting communication disorders: Provided, That judgments and descriptive statements about the results of the screenings are limited to pass/fail determinations.

(b) A person licensed under this article as an audiologist is not required to obtain a license under the provisions of article twenty-six of this chapter.

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