1. (1) Only an individual who is required to be and is certified pursuant to this article 305 as a speech-language pathologist or is licensed by the department of education to provide speech-language pathology services may advertise as or use the title speech-language pathologist, speech pathologist, speech therapist, speech correctionist, speech clinician, language pathologist, voice therapist, voice pathologist, aphasiologist, or any other generally accepted terms, letters, or figures that indicate that the individual is a certified speech-language pathologist or a licensed speech-language pathologist.
2. (2) For a certificate holder who has successfully completed a doctoral degree in communication sciences and disorders as described in section 12-305-107 (1)(a), a certification to practice speech-language pathology issued pursuant to this article 305 entitles the certificate holder to use the title Doctor or Dr. when accompanied by the terms speech-language pathology or the letters S.L.P.
3. (3) Only an individual who practices in accordance with this article 305 as a speech-language pathology assistant or is authorized by the department of education as a school speech-language pathology assistant may advertise as or use the title speech-language pathology assistant or any other generally accepted terms, letters, or figures that indicate that the individual is a speech-language pathology assistant or an authorized school speech-language pathology assistant.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1593, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2025: (1) amended and (3) added, (HB 25-1075), ch. 163, p. 658, § 3, effective August 6.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-43.7-104 as it existed prior to 2019.