0001|                           SENATE BILL 1033
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           PATRICK H. LYONS
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AMENDING SECTION 61-14B-8 NMSA 1978
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0012|     (BEING LAWS 1996, CHAPTER 57, SECTION 8).
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0013|     
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  Section 61-14B-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1996,
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0016|     Chapter 57, Section 8) is amended to read:
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0017|          "61-14B-8.  EXEMPTIONS.--
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0018|               A.  Nothing in the Speech Language Pathology,
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0019|     Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act shall be
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0020|     construed to prevent qualified members of other recognized
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0021|     professions that are licensed, certified or registered under
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0022|     New Mexico law or regulation from rendering services within the
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0023|     scope of their license, certificate or registration, provided
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0024|     they do not represent themselves as holding a license in speech
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0025|     language pathology, audiology or hearing aid dispensing.
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0001|               B.  Any person not meeting the requirements for
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0002|     licensure as a speech language pathologist or audiologist under
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0003|     the provisions of the Speech Language Pathology, Audiology and
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0004|     Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act may practice as a speech
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0005|     pathologist or audiologist [until July 1, 1997] if:
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0006|                    (1)  he is employed as a speech pathologist or
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0007|     audiologist on a waiver license issued by the state department
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0008|     of public education [prior to the effective date of that
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    act]; and
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0010|                    (2)  he is actively seeking the educational
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0011|     requirements for licensure under that act.
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0012|               C.  Nothing in the Speech Language Pathology,
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0013|     Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act prevents
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0014|     qualified members of other recognized professional groups, such
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0015|     as licensed physicians, dentists or teachers of the deaf, from
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0016|     doing appropriate work in the area of communication disorders
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0017|     consistent with the standards and ethics of their respective
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0018|     professions.
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0019|               D.  Nothing in the Speech Language Pathology,
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0020|     Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act restricts
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0021|     the activities and services of a speech language pathology or
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0022|     audiology graduate student at an accredited or approved college
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0023|     or university or an approved clinical training facility;
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0024|     provided that these activities and services constitute part of
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0025|     his supervised course of study and that he is designated as a
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0001|     speech language pathology or audiology graduate student or
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0002|     other title clearly indicating the training status appropriate
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0003|     to his level of training."
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0006|   
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0007|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE          SB 1033/a
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0008|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011|                                                   March 6, 1997
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0012|   
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0013|   Mr. President:
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0014|   
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0015|       Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0016|   
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0017|                          SENATE BILL 1033
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0018|   
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0019|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0020|   recommendation that it DO PASS. amended as follows:
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0021|   
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0022|       1.  On page 2, line 5, strike the brackets and line through
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0023|   from "until July 1, 1997" and replace "1997" with "1999".
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0024|   
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0025|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0005|   __________________________________
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0006|                                Cynthia Nava, Chairman 
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0007|   
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0008|   
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0010|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0011|   Adopted_______________________
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0012|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0016|                     Date ________________________
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0019|   The roll call vote was  7  For  2  Against
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0020|           Yes:    7
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0021|           No:     Pinto, Rodriguez
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0022|                Excused:     Garcia
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0023|           Absent: None
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0001|   S1033ED1
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0002|                          State of New Mexico
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0003|                      House of Representatives
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0004|   
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0005|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0006|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0009|                                                  March 14, 1997
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0012|   Mr. Speaker:
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0013|   
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0014|       Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0015|   
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0016|                 SENATE BILL 1033, as amended
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0017|                               
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0018|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0019|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0020|   
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0021|           1.  On page 2, strike lines 1 through 11 and insert in
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0022|   lieu thereof:
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0023|   
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0024|           "B.  Nothing in the Speech Language Pathology, Audiology
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0025|   and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act restricts or prevents
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0001|   activities of a speech-language pathology or audiology nature or
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0002|   the use of the official title of the position for which they were
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0003|   employed; provided such persons are performing those activities
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0004|   as part of the duties for which they were employed and performing
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0005|   those activities solely within the confines of or under the
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0006|   jurisdiction of the state board of education in which they are
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0007|   employed and do not offer to render speech-language pathology or
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0008|   audiology services to the public for a fee, monetary or
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0009|   otherwise, paid to the person, institution or agency.".
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0013|                            Respectfully submitted,
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0018|                                                     Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0021|   Adopted                        Not Adopted                      
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0023|           (Chief Clerk)                      (Chief Clerk)
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0025|                        Date             
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0002|   The roll call vote was 10  For 0  Against
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0003|   Yes:         10
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0004|                Excused:     Nicely, Wright, Vigil
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0005|           Absent: None
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