                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 54.1-2600)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different
meaning:		&#8220;Audiologist&#8221; means any person who engages in the practice
of audiology.		&#8220;Board&#8221; means the Board of Audiology and
Speech-Language Pathology.		&#8220;Practice of audiology&#8221; means the
practice of conducting measurement, testing and evaluation relating to hearing
and vestibular systems, including audiologic and electrophysiological measures,
and conducting programs of identification, hearing conservation, habilitation,
and rehabilitation for the purpose of identifying disorders of the hearing and
vestibular systems and modifying communicative disorders related to hearing
loss, including but not limited to vestibular evaluation, limited cerumen
management, electrophysiological audiometry and cochlear implants. Any person
offering services to the public under any descriptive name or title which would
indicate that audiology services are being offered shall be deemed to be
practicing audiology.		&#8220;Practice of speech-language pathology&#8221; means
the practice of facilitating development and maintenance of human communication
through programs of screening, identifying, assessing and interpreting,
diagnosing, habilitating and rehabilitating speech-language disorders, including
but not limited to:

1. Providing alternative communication systems and instruction and training in
the use thereof;

2. Providing aural habilitation, rehabilitation and counseling services to
individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families;

3. Enhancing speech-language proficiency and communication effectiveness; and

4. Providing audiologic screening.
			Any person offering services to the public under any descriptive name or
title which would indicate that professional speech-language pathology services
are being offered shall be deemed to be practicing speech-language
pathology.			&#8220;Speech-language disorders&#8221; means disorders in fluency,
speech articulation, voice, receptive and expressive language (syntax,
morphology, semantics, pragmatics), swallowing disorders, and cognitive
communication functioning.			&#8220;Speech-language pathologist&#8221; means any
person who engages in the practice of speech-language pathology.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 181, § 54-83.1:5; 1974, c. 534; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 706;
2014, c. 327; 2019, c. 288.