{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-15-301","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-15-301","heading":"(Temporary) License required -- exception -- rulemaking.","body":"(1) A license must be issued to qualified persons either in speech-language pathology or audiology. A person may be licensed in both areas if the person meets the respective qualifications, and in those instances, the license fee must be as though for one license.\n(2) A person may not practice or represent to the public that the person is a speech-language pathologist, an audiologist, a speech-language pathology assistant, or an audiology assistant in this state unless the person is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.\n(3) The board may issue a limited license to qualified individuals engaged in supervised professional experience, as defined by board rule.\n(4) The board shall establish by rule the qualifications and permitted activities for speech-language pathology aides and audiology aides who are employed by a school district as defined in 20-6-101. The rules may not require the speech-language pathology aide or audiology aide employed by a school district to be licensed by the board. The rules adopted by the board may not be more restrictive than the requirements in subsection (5).\n(5) A speech-language pathology aide or audiology aide employed by a school district:\n(a) is not required to be licensed by the board;\n(b) shall work under the supervision of a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist a minimum of 20% of the time; and\n(c) may not perform work that requires the independent judgment of a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. (Terminates on occurrence of contingency--sec. 4, Ch. 524, L. 2025.)","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 15. SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS","Part 3. Licensing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0150/part_0030/section_0010/0370-0150-0030-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:52Z","sha256":"a466b8910c1127aab6000c4571a05b62eb7dc61100c121c44f36680f3d1f134e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-15-203","next":"us-mt/37-15-301--2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}