{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-32-13","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 30-32-13","heading":"Scope of practice for speech-language pathology.","body":"The scope of practice for speech-language pathology includes:\n(1) Prevention, screening, consultation, assessment and diagnosis, treatment, intervention, management, counseling and follow-up services for disorders of speech (i.e., articulation, fluency, resonance and voice), language (i.e., phonology, morphology, syntax, preliteracy and language-based skills), swallowing or other upper aerodigestive functions;\n(2) Cognitive aspects of communication (i.e., attention, memory, problem solving);\n(3) Establishing augmentative and alternative communication techniques and strategies, including developing, selecting and prescribing of systems and devices (e.g., speech generating devices) and providing training in their use;\n(4) Providing services to individuals with hearing loss and their families (e.g., Auditory training, speech reading, speech and language intervention secondary to hearing loss;\n(5) Screening hearing of individuals who can participate in conventional puretone air conduction methods and screening middle ear pathology through screening tympanometry for the purpose of referral for further evaluation: Provided, That judgments and descriptive statements about the results of the screenings are limited to pass/fail determinations;\n(6) Using instrumentation (e.g., videofluroscopy) to observe, collect data and measure parameters of communication and swallowing as directed by a licensed physician; and\n(7) Selecting, fitting and establishing effective use of prosthetic/adaptive devices for communication, swallowing or other upper aerodigestive functions.","path":["CHAPTER 30. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS.","ARTICLE 32. SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-32-13/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:27:28Z","sha256":"198d523f41fc36fb0cf56ea178b6a0f7f3cd8400e8d00d72c2c3c9850d946cc6","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-32-12","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-32-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}