33-33-104. Persons and practices not affected.

(a) Nothing in this chapter prevents or restricts:

(i) A physician or surgeon from engaging in the practice of medicine in this state, or a person under the supervision and control of a physician from conducting hearing testing, provided the person is not called an audiologist;

(ii) A hearing aid dealer or hearing aid specialist from engaging in the practice of fitting, dealing or dispensing of hearing aids including testing of hearing for the purpose of such fitting;

(iii) A person who holds a valid and current certificate as a speech or hearing specialist, issued by the professional teaching standards board from performing speech-language pathology or audiology services solely in the public schools or in programs for the developmentally disabled funded by the department of health. However, the person may, without obtaining a license under this act, consult with or disseminate his research findings and other scientific information to speech-language pathologists and audiologists outside the jurisdiction of the organization by which he is employed;

(iv) The activities and services of a person pursuing a course of study leading to a degree in speech-language pathology at a college or university, if these activities and services constitute a part of a supervised course of study and the person is designated speech-language pathology intern, speech-language pathology student or other title appropriate to his level of training;

(v) The activities and services of a person pursuing a course of study leading to a degree in audiology at a college or university, if such activities and services constitute a part of a supervised course of study and the person is a designated audiology intern, audiology student or other title appropriate to his level of training;

(vi) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 118, § 2.

(vii) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 65, § 2.

(viii) The activities of any other person licensed or certified permitted within the scope of their profession.