The license of any person licensed by the Board may be suspended or revoked or a reprimand may be issued by the Board. The registration of a Clinical Fellow (CF), Fourth-Year Intern or a Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant may be suspended or revoked or a reprimand may be issued by the Board. The licensed supervisor of the CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant shall be responsible for the legal, ethical, and moral professional behavior of the registered CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Assistant. A second reprimand within a five-year period will be cause for revocation of a license. A license or registration may be suspended or revoked or a reprimand may be issued upon a finding by the Board that:

1. (1) The licensee or registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) has been convicted of a felony in any court within the United States, if the acts for which the person has been convicted are found by the Board to have a direct bearing on whether the person should be entrusted to serve the public as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist.
2. (2) The licensee or registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) has been guilty of fraud or deceit in connection with services rendered as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist.
3. (3) The licensee or registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) has aided or abetted a person, not a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist, in illegally representing such person as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist within this state.
4. (4) The licensee or registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) has been grossly negligent in the practice of speech-language pathology and/or audiology.
5. (5) The licensee or registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) has willfully violated any of the provisions of state law governing said licensee or any regulations adopted by the Board.
6. (6) The licensee or registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) has been guilty of unprofessional conduct or violation of the Code of Ethics.
7. (7) The licensee or registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) has used fraud or deception in applying for a license.
8. (8) Any disciplinary violation by a licensee may be punished with a fine not to exceed $1000.00 per violation. Any disciplinary violation by a registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) may be punished with a fine not to exceed $500.00 per violation. The Board has the authority to effect any legal proceedings necessary to enforce compliance of this rule.

Author: David Savage, Loie Sears, Denise P. Gibbs,

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§34-28A-1, et seq.

History: Filed September 20, 1982. Amended: Filed December 12, 1988; January 14, 1994. Amended: Filed February 11, 1994; effective March 18, 1994. Amended: Filed August 29, 1997; effective October 3, 1997. Amended: Filed September 22, 2014; effective October 27, 2014.