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Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues (LEPI)

OL302 - Protecting Audiology Scope of Practice State by State

Friday, April 19, 2024
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM EST
Location: Halls A1-A2
Earn 0.1 CEUs
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Instructional Level: Fundamental

    Lead Presenter(s)

  • Tracy Murphy, AuD

    Clinical Audiologist
    North Shore Audio-Vestibular Lab
    Highland Park, Illinois

    Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

    • Lead Poster Presenter(s)

  • Adam Mehlenbacher, AuD

    Audiologist, Consulting Associate
    Durham VAHCS/ Duke University
    Duke University
    WAKE FOREST, North Carolina

    Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

    • Presenter(s)

  • TS

    Tina Stern, AuD

    Assistant Professor, Division of Audiology
    University of Miami Ear Institute
    Weston, Florida

    Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

  • Lee Cottrell, AuD

    Director of Audiology
    Balance and Hearing Institute

    Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

  • SP

    Susan Pilch

    Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

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To protect our profession, Audiologists must be vigilant at the state level about efforts to limit audiology or for scope creep by other professions. The services that define audiology practice are based on having the requisite education and skills to perform; however, there are increasing attempts by other less educated individuals to add some of these services, such as tinnitus management and cerumen management, to their scope of practice. As well, organized medicine continues its campaign to restrict audiologists. This session will present what occurred in several select states and the actions taken by audiologists. Participants will discuss how these threats are often co-mingled with larger legislative efforts and can go unnoticed without careful monitoring.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify what are threats to Audiology scope of practice.
  • Review specific efforts for scope creep in sample states and the audiology response.
  • Discuss strategies for monitoring state-level legislative and regularly activities