HB-6140, As Passed Senate, September 13, 2006
June 7, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Robertson and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 16803 and 16805 (MCL 333.16803 and 333.16805),
as added by 2004 PA 97.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
16803. (1) Beginning
120 days after the effective date
of
this part September 4, 2004 and except as otherwise
provided in
section 16807, an individual shall not engage in the practice of
audiology unless licensed or otherwise authorized by this article.
(2) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination
thereof, with or without qualifying words or phrases, are
restricted in use only to those individuals authorized under this
part to use the following terms and in a way prescribed in this
part: "audiometrist", "audiologist", "hearing therapist", "hearing
aid audiologist", "educational audiologist", "industrial
audiologist", and "clinical audiologist".
Sec. 16805. (1) The Michigan board of audiology is created
within the department. The board consists of the following 9 voting
members who meet the requirements of part 161:
(a) Five audiologists. The members initially appointed under
this subdivision shall meet the requirements of section 16135.
(b) Two members shall be persons licensed to practice medicine
or osteopathic medicine and surgery who hold a certificate of
qualification from the American board of otolaryngology.
(c) Two public members, neither of whom is an audiologist or
physician or has family or financial ties to an audiologist or
physician.
(2) The terms of office of individual members of the board
created under subsection (1), except those appointed to fill
vacancies, expire 4 years after appointment on June 30 of the year
in which the term will expire.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6147(request no.
05150'05) of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.