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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch.8

SYSTEM, STATE APPROVED NONPUBLIC SCHOOL FOR HANDICAPPED
CHILDREN, OR CHARTERED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF THIS STATE
OR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHILE PERFORMING THE
DUTIES OF THAT EMPLOYMENT;

(II)  A STUDENT OR TRAINEE IN SPEECH
PATHOLOGY WHILE PURSUING A SUPERVISED COURSE OF STUDY AT AN
ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE OR A RECOGNIZED TRAINING
CENTER; AND

(III)  A VOLUNTEER WHILE WORKING IN FREE
SPEECH AND HEARING SCREENING PROGRAMS.

(2) THE BOARD MAY ALLOW A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST
LICENSED IN ANOTHER STATE TO PRACTICE SPEECH PATHOLOGY IN
THIS STATE WITHOUT A LICENSE IF THE SPEECH PATHOLOGIST:

(I)  RECENTLY HAS BECOME A RESIDENT OF THIS
STATE; AND

(II)  HAS AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE
PENDING BEFORE THE BOARD.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) of this section is new
language derived from the first sentence of Art.
43, § 792(b) and rephrased in the standard
language used throughout this article to state
affirmatively that an individual must be licensed
to practice a health occupation in this State.
See also § 19-401 of this title.

Subsection (b) of this section is new language
derived in part from Art. 43, § 792(c) and (f).

In subsection (a) of this section and elsewhere
in this title, since the word "license" implies
"current", "unsuspended", and "unrevoked", these
qualifying terms are deleted as unnecessary.

As to subsection (b) of this section, the
Commission to Revise the Annotated Code has
interpreted present Art. 43, § 792(c) and (f) to
be license exceptions rather than complete
exemptions from this title. There is no
rationale for arguing that an individual who
falls into one of the "exceptions" of present
Art. 43, § 792(c) and (f) and who chooses not to
obtain a license should not be subject to
criminal prosecution for, e.g., counterfeiting
licenses, while another individual in the same
circumstances who chooses to obtain a license is
subject to criminal prosecution for the same
actions.

In subsection (c)(l)(i) of this section, the
present reference to "Baltimore City" is deleted
as unnecessary in light of the definition of
"county" in § 1-101 of this article.