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§ 1702. Declaration of policy

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)Effective: September 2, 2014

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 31. Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Licensure Act (Refs & Annos)
Effective: September 2, 2014
63 P.S. § 1702
§ 1702. Declaration of policy
It is declared to be the policy of the Commonwealth that the practice of speech-language pathology and the practice of audiology are privileges granted to qualified persons and that, in order to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare; to protect the public from being misled or receiving nonmedical treatment by incompetent, unscrupulous and unauthorized persons; to protect the public from unprofessional conduct by qualified speech-language pathologists and audiologists; and to assure the availability of the highest possible quality of speech-language pathology and audiology services to the people of this Commonwealth, it is necessary to provide regulatory authority over persons offering speech-language pathology and audiology services to the public.

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1984, Dec. 21, P.L. 1253, No. 238, § 2, effective in 60 days. Amended 2014, July 2, P.L. 971, No. 106, § 1, effective in 60 days [Sept. 2, 2014].
63 P.S. § 1702, PA ST 63 P.S. § 1702
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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