NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 692

HOUSE BILL 468

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 90-297 TO EXTEND THE SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST AND AUDIOLOGIST GRANDFATHER CLAUSE CLOSING DATE AND PROVIDE NOTICE TO PERSONS WHO MAY BE AFFECTED THEREBY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-297(c) is amended in the fourth line by deleting the date "December 31, 1975", and inserting in lieu thereof the date "February 28, 1978".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-297 is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"(d)      Notice that proof of bona fide practice must be presented to the board in accordance with subsection (c) of this section shall be given by the board on or before December 1, 1977, to the following:

(1)        members of the North Carolina Speech, Hearing and Language Association who are not licensed under this Article;

(2)        speech and language pathologists and audiologists certified by the State Department of Public Instruction who are not licensed under this Article; and

(3)        all institutions reasonably known to have speech and language pathologists and audiologists in their employment."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 90-294 is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"(h)       No license under this Article is required for persons originally employed by any agency of State government between October 1, 1975, and July 1, 1977, for the practice of speech and language pathology or audiology within and during the course and scope of employment with such agency."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1977.