Bill 35 explained in plain English
Removing Barriers in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Act, 2018
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 3rd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This bill amends the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Act, 1991, to clarify and expand the scope of practice and authorized acts for audiologists and speech-language pathologists in Ontario.
Bill 35, the Removing Barriers in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Act, 2018, updates the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Act, 1991. It clarifies the scope of practice for audiologists and speech-language pathologists, and expands the range of acts these professionals can perform. Specifically, it details the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of auditory and vestibular disorders for audiologists, and speech, language, communication, voice, and swallowing dysfunctions for speech-language pathologists. The bill also outlines specific authorized acts for each profession, such as communicating diagnoses, prescribing hearing aids, ordering exams, and performing certain internal assessments.
- Amends the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Act, 1991.
- Repeals and substitutes Sections 3 and 4 of the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Act, 1991.
- Defines the scope of practice for audiology, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of auditory and vestibular disorders.
- Defines the scope of practice for speech-language pathology, including assessment, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of speech, language, communication, voice, and swallowing dysfunctions.
- Specifies authorized acts for audiologists, such as communicating diagnoses of auditory or vestibular disorders and prescribing hearing aids.
- Specifies authorized acts for speech-language pathologists, such as communicating diagnoses of communicative or swallowing disorders, ordering videofluoroscopic swallowing exams, and performing certain internal assessments for communication or swallowing disorders.
- Specifies authorized acts for speech-language pathologists related to voice disorders and tracheostomy suctioning.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Audiologists
- Speech-language pathologists
- Individuals seeking audiology or speech-language pathology services
- Members of the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists are authorized to perform specific acts within their scope of practice, subject to terms, conditions, and limitations on their certificates of registration.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The authorized acts for members are subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations imposed on their certificates of registration.
- The bill does not specify what forms of energy are prescribed for a videofluoroscopic swallowing exam, other than the exam itself.
The bill repeals and substitutes sections defining the scope of practice and authorized acts for audiologists and speech-language pathologists, clarifying and expanding these definitions. (Sections 3 and 4 are replaced).
Source: Section 1
The bill provides that it comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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