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As used in P.L.1983, c. 420 (C.45:3B-1 et seq.):
a. “Audiologist” means any individual who practices audiology and who represents himself or herself to the public by title or by description of services, under any title incorporating such terms as “audiology,” “audiologist,” “audiological,” “audiologic,” “hearing clinic,” “hearing clinician,” “hearing therapist,” or any similar title or descriptions of services, provided that the individual has met the eligibility requirements contained in section 8 of P.L.1983, c. 420 (C.45:3B-8) and has been duly licensed under P.L.1983, c. 420 (C.45:3B-1 et seq.).
b. “Committee” means the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Advisory Committee.
c. “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, association or other organization, except that only individuals may be licensed under P.L.1983, c. 420 (C.45:3B-1 et seq.).
d. “Practice of audiology” means the nonmedical and nonsurgical application of principles, methods, and procedures of measurement, testing, evaluation, consultation, counseling, instruction, and habilitation or rehabilitation related to hearing, its disorders, and related communication impairments for the purpose of nonmedical diagnosis, prevention, identification, amelioration, or modification of these disorders and conditions in individuals or groups of individuals with speech, language, or hearing disabilities, or to individuals or groups of individuals for whom these conditions must be ruled out.
e. “Practice of speech-language pathology” means the nonmedical and nonsurgical application of principles, methods, and procedures of measurement, prediction, nonmedical diagnosis, testing, counseling, consultation, habilitation, and rehabilitation and instruction related to the development and disorders of speech, voice, and language for the purpose of preventing, ameliorating, and modifying these disorders and conditions in individuals or groups of individuals with speech, language, or hearing disabilities, or to individuals or groups of individuals for whom these conditions must be ruled out.
f. “Speech-language pathologist” means an individual who practices speech-language pathology and who represents himself or herself to the public by title or by description of services under any title incorporating such terms as “speech-language pathology,” “speech-language pathologist,” “speech pathology,” “speech pathologist,” “speech correction,” “speech correctionist,” “speech therapy,” “speech therapist,” “speech clinic,” “speech clinician,” “logopedist,” “communicologist,” “language therapist,” “communication disorders specialist,” “communication therapist,” or any similar titles of description of services, provided that the individual has met the eligibility requirements contained in section 8 of P.L.1983, c. 420 (C.45:3B-8) and has been duly licensed under P.L.1983, c. 420 (C.45:3B-1 et seq.).
g. “Dispensing and fitting hearing aids” means the evaluation or measurement of the power or range of human hearing by means of an audiometer or by any other means devised and the consequent selection, adaptation, or sale of hearing aids intended to compensate for hearing loss, including the making of an impression of the ear.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Jersey Statutes Title 45. Professions and Occupations 45 § 3B-2 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nj/title-45-professions-and-occupations/nj-st-sect-45-3b-2/
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