0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AMENDING SECTION 61-14B-8 NMSA 1978 (BEING
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0003| LAWS 1996, CHAPTER 57, SECTION 8).
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0005| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0006|      Section 1.  Section 61-14B-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1996, Chapter
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0007| 57, Section 8) is amended to read:
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0008|      "61-14B-8.  EXEMPTIONS.--
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0009|           A.  Nothing in the Speech Language Pathology, Audiology and
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0010| Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act shall be construed to prevent
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0011| qualified members of other recognized professions that are licensed,
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0012| certified or registered under New Mexico law or regulation from
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0013| rendering services within the scope of their license, certificate or
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0014| registration, provided they do not represent themselves as holding a
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0015| license in speech language pathology, audiology or hearing aid
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0016| dispensing.
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0017|           B.  Nothing in the Speech Language Pathology, Audiology and
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0018| Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act restricts or prevents activities
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0019| of a speech-language pathology or audiology nature or the use of the
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0020| official title of the position for which they were employed; provided
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0021| such persons are performing those activities as part of the duties for
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0022| which they were employed and performing those activities solely within
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0023| the confines of or under the jurisdiction of the state board of
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0024| education in which they are employed and do not offer to render
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0025| speech-language pathology or audiology services to the public for a
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0001| fee, monetary or otherwise, paid to the person, institution or agency.
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0002|           C.  Nothing in the Speech Language Pathology, Audiology and
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0003| Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act prevents qualified members of
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0004| other recognized professional groups, such as licensed physicians,
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0005| dentists or teachers of the deaf, from doing appropriate work in the
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0006| area of communication disorders consistent with the standards and
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0007| ethics of their respective professions.
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0008|           D.  Nothing in the Speech Language Pathology, Audiology
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0009| and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act restricts the activities
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0010| and services of a speech language pathology or audiology graduate
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0011| student at an accredited or approved college or university or an
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0012| approved clinical training facility; provided that these
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0013| activities and services constitute part of his supervised course
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0014| of study and that he is designated as a speech language pathology
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0015| or audiology graduate student or other title clearly indicating
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0016| the training status appropriate to his level of training."         
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