There is a State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists in the Department.

Added by Acts 1981, c. 8, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990; Acts 1992, c. 326, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, c. 448, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Acts 1994, c. 3, § 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1994; Acts 1997, c. 380, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 2007, c. 391, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2021, c. 800, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2022, c. 399, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 400, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2025, c. 31, § 1, eff. June 1, 2025; Acts 2025, c. 32, § 1, eff. June 1, 2025.

Formerly Art. 43, § 802.