Adds speech-language pathology assistant to the definition of "practitioner" for purposes of the provision of telehealth. Specifies services included in the definition of "audiology". Allows for the sale, use, provision of customer service, or distribution of an over-the-counter hearing aid without the fitting of the hearing aid by a hearing aid dealer who has been issued a certificate of registration or a licensed audiologist. (Current law does not differentiate between a prescription hearing aid and an over-the-counter hearing aid concerning the fitting of the hearing aid.)
us/states/in
Indiana General Assembly
2025
HB 1572
Indiana HB 1572 (2025)
bill
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Licensing (Including Behavioral and Mental Health)
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Speech Pathologists and Audiologists
Indiana HB 1572 (2025) — Hearing aids and speech-language pathologists.
Adds speech-language pathology assistant to the definition of "practitioner" for purposes of the provision of telehealth. Specifies services included in the definition of "audiology". Allows for the sale, use, provision of customer service, or distribution of an over-the-counter hearing aid without the fitting of the hearing aid by a hearing aid dealer who has been issued a certificate of registration or a licensed audiologist. (Current law does not differentiate between a prescription hearing aid and an over-the-counter hearing aid concerning the fitting of the hearing aid.)
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source